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Autism diagnoses rose sharply after the COVID-19 pandemic began, but the pattern may not mean that autism itself suddenly became more common. The rise was driven overwhelmingly by diagnoses among…

Discovered in 2004 while traveling on an alarming potential collision course with our planet, the near-Earth asteroid Apophis is now better known as the best example yet of our world…

On land, a volcanic eruption is dramatic—columns of ash, fountains of lava, a complete remaking of the terrain. But terrestrial eruptions make up only a fraction of Earth’s volcanic activity….

Venture capitalists are taking a major interest in nuclear energy start ups. Funding is surging for both nuclear fusion and fission firms as the technology becomes an increasingly essential part…

The curious case of the solar system’s missing silver has had scientists scratching their heads for years. Why do ancient meteorite fragments contain much more silver than the Sun, if…

Last Thursday Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate student Seyoon Ragavan sent a new quantum cryptography proof to his friend Yao-Ting Lin, a doctoral student at the University of California, Santa…

We just got an amazing new view of SpaceX’s Starship vehicle, thanks to one of the company’s next-gen Starlink satellites. Starship, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built, launched…

Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2026 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals Board….

In Silo Season 3, Juliette is probably at the lowest she’s been. Yes, she’s Mayor, but she has no memory of what came before thanks to a constant dose of…

Lindsay Clancy, a 35-year-old former nurse, is on trial in Massachusetts for the murder of her three young children in 2023. The details of the case are disturbing—according to court…

Some people think that the newest trend of “protein maxxing” will help them live longer and healthier lives, but new research suggests the opposite: reducing protein intake could add years…

Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) is the best-funded fusion power startup, having raised $4 billion from investors over the last seven years, including the $1 billion the company has raised now….

It’s summertime here in the Northern Hemisphere, when beachgoers beat the heat by splashing around the cooling waters of Earth’s lakes and oceans. Liquid water is ubiquitous on our planet,…

Marvel Studios has been building out its cinematic universe for nearly 20 years now, but the franchise has yet to fully master the art of seamless worldbuilding. The bigger the…

WASHINGTON — As companies develop plans for large constellations of orbital data center satellites, experts say now is the time to start thinking about some critical space safety topics and…

Assembly crews at the ITER facility successfully lowered the sixth tokamak sector module into the reactor pit on 28 July. The operation brings two-thirds of the machine’s central torus-shaped core…

In a new Science study, scientists read the family tree buried inside modern genomes and turned up “ghost ancestors” in every population on Earth that no fossil records can account…

A rare and potentially fatal genetic disease marked by weakened bones is often overlooked, but with greater awareness, we can better diagnose and treat the devastating condition, scientists say. Hypophosphatasia,…

Many weddings, funerals, graduations and gestures of congratulations have one thing in common: flowers. From our perfumes to home decor, modern humans live in a floral world—but we haven’t always….

Smallpox is an age-old scourge with a terrible history. Caused by the variola virus, it’s thought to have been responsible for some 4 million total deaths in Indigenous communities in…

Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Rutherford Energy Ventures LP are joining forces to build a new network of fusion testing facilities. The initiative operates under an agreement called Fusion Upscaled…

In the Miocene, 10 million years ago, the Central American Seaway separated North and South America, leaving the southern continent in what scientists call “splendid isolation.” By 2.8 million years…

Extreme heat messes with our bodies in all sorts of ways. It can aggravate conditions such as heart disease and diabetes. And it can cause kidney problems, heatstroke and, in…

In recent years, our perception of the ocean’s pecking order has been turned on its head. Ever since Jaws, great white sharks have loomed large in the popular imagination as…

Astronomers looking for evidence of intelligent life beyond Earth may have overlooked promising signals simply because they have concentrated on a relatively narrow portion of the radio spectrum. Most radio…

Berlin (dpa/d.de) – Berlin (dpa) – Three so-called fusion hubs are to be established to help Germany draw closer to the goal of realising the world’s first commercial nuclear fusion…

A commercial spacecraft launched on an unprecedented mission to rescue an aging NASA observatory now needs a rescue of its own. Launched in early July, the Lightweight In-Space Navigation and…

Red and green don’t look like particularly close colors at a glance, but the way your eye treats them is surprisingly similar.  A new study in Science, led by biochemists…

SAN FRANCISCO – Sophia Space announced the award July 30 of a patent, shared with the California Institute of Technology, covering large, modular space-based data centers. The patent, issued July…