Science

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South Korea just launched its first orbital mission of the year. The milestone came on Tuesday night (Oct. 6), when the homegrown Nuri rocket lifted off from the nation’s Naro…

Northwestern scientists have identified, for the first time, a specific group of neurons — cells in the brain — that appear to contribute to anxiety caused by cannabinoid drugs, particularly…

The floodgates are open. Right on the heels of OpenAI’s new large language model producing the biggest math breakthrough in two decades, the company just released no less than 372…

A tiny amount of tungsten inside fusion plasma could roughly double the pressure needed to achieve ignition, according to a new theoretical model from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton…

A broken test tube is an unsettling image: shattered glass, spilled liquid, a dangerous bacterium suddenly outside its container. But in a laboratory designed to handle infectious organisms, that should…

Thus far, each project in James Gunn’s burgeoning DCU has expanded the scope of the world and its history. Creature Commandos introduced us to Task Force M and gave us…

The US has set its sights on developing the world’s first commercial fusion power plant, which could deliver up to 400 megawatts (MW) of electricity to more than 200,000 US…

In the universe’s earliest moments, temperatures reached trillions of degrees, creating an intensely hot mixture of quarks and gluons. These elementary particles raced around at nearly the speed of light…

It’s fall, which means the nights are getting colder and longer—but they will also soon be speckled with shooting stars when a pair of meteor showers make their annual visit…

Artificial intelligence agents keep turning up in places they’re not meant to be. In June an experimental OpenAI model gained unauthorized access to nonpublic files on a Australian government website…

Exercise is well known for supporting physical fitness and mental well being. New research from BYU suggests it may also offer benefits for marriage, particularly when spouses are active together….

Who is Carl, and why is he crawling in the dungeon? If you’re unaware of the phenomenon of LitRPGs, the concept of Dungeon Crawler Carl might not only seem like…

The 2026 Nobel Prize in physics is awarded to Francis Halzen for “decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.” Halzen is…

CELEBRITY Traitors contestant Hannah Fry is not only intelligent, but in a maths way. If you want to stand a chance with her you need to excel at science. Do…

Every few years, you can count on Mike Flanagan to deliver a new take on a Stephen King classic — and you can rest assured knowing it’ll probably be pretty…

Luke Borsten, age 38, has been backpacking and making music since childhood. Today the Portland, Ore.–based filmmaker and musician often combines the two by writing music on the trail. Likewise,…

It is 11 pm, and your brain has finally decided to cooperate. The task that felt impossible all afternoon suddenly seems manageable. You want to read, finish something, or follow…

Only about 500 million years after the Big Bang, when the universe was roughly 3% of its current age, some of the first stars and galaxies had already begun to…

After 16 years, the European project on the vacuum vessel – a key component of ITER, the largest international experiment dedicated to the construction of an experimental nuclear fusion reactor…

Telling good stories about tweens and teens is not nearly as easy as the Disney Channel originals of the ‘90s and 2000s made it look. Beloved as the House of…

NASA has chosen a proposal led by the Planetary Science Institute to determine whether a potentially large cave stretches underground from the opening of a pit on the Moon. If…

You may have watched the moon block out the sun during a solar eclipse, but have you ever seen it do that to a planet? Early Tuesday (Oct. 6) morning,…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is expanding its space footprint with plans to launch a probe to the further reaches of the solar system. The MBR Explorer, which is set…

Hannah York Fusion energy holds the potential to provide an abundant, safe, zero-carbon, firm energy source capable of meeting growing electricity demand while helping to achieve greenhouse gas reduction targets….

October offers several memorable sights for skywatchers, including Saturn at opposition, the Orionid meteor shower, and a close pairing of the Moon and the Pleiades, also known as the Seven…

The ancient Egyptians practiced human sacrifice around 5,000 years ago, a period shortly after the country was first unified, a new study finds. In the new study, Roselyn Campbell, an…

Why do some new skills seem to click almost instantly while others remain frustratingly difficult even after repeated practice? The difference may involve more than talent or effort. It may…

Kisses are a complicated subject in the Star Wars fandom. There’s the awkward twin kiss in A New Hope, the gorgeous “I Love You” “I Know” farewell kiss in The…