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The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) made a close pass by Earth on September 28, skimming the outer reaches of the atmosphere and using our planet’s gravity…

A month ago philosopher Felipe De Brigard received a strange phone call. “Are you in a private place where you can have a private conversation?” the voice on the other…

We’re getting to the point in the Streaming Era where services are starting to gain certain reputations. Paramount+ is the streaming service for broadcast hits like the Yellowstone Cinematic Universe,…

Assembly work at the Burning Plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak (BEST) facility in Hefei, China. | Interesting Engineering Engineers have begun assembling the reactor’s most complex components, with experimental fusion electricity…

The pain returns each month, sometimes lingering after a period ends. Even when treatment brings relief, it may not stay away. For many women living with endometriosis, this cycle continues…

There’s a new fungus amongus, and it’s raising red flags among health care experts because it resists all the major antifungal treatments.  The discovery involves Candidozyma auris (formerly known as…

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. And normally I’d tell you who today’s guest is but she described herself so delightfully that I want you to…

It’s been a blistering year for the U.S. The first eight months of 2026 were the hottest such period ever recorded in the contiguous U.S. since at least 1895. That…

Recognizing a familiar face across the street. Reading a distant sign without squinting. For people with myopia, a clear view often depends on glasses, contact lenses, or laser surgery. But what…

(The Center Square) – Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills into law this week that deal with the development of nuclear energy sources in California, pushing forward an effort to…

With a pedigree that includes Snakes on a Plane, Snakes on a Train, and the 1997 Jennifer Lopez-Ice Cube vehicle Anaconda (and its quickly forgotten 2025 reboot), it’s safe to…

People with dementia, mild cognitive impairment, alcohol addiction, and psychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia may show signs of accelerated brain aging, according to a study published in the open access…

This year’s exceptionally strong El Niño has brought a rare gift to Chile’s Atacama Desert: rain. In one of the driest places on Earth, that rare moisture has awakened millions…

A smile or a frown may reveal more than emotion alone. The faces that capture a child’s attention could provide important clues about their mental health and how depression develops….

Last month Erika DeBenedictis, CEO of the nonprofit start-up Pioneer Labs, delighted or shocked many space nerds with some big news: she and her colleagues had engineered “the first microbe…

A major engineering site dedicated to nuclear fusion has opened in eastern China. The project marks a clear move to bridge the gap between small laboratory experiments and industrial-scale power…

A bizarre neutrino that crashed into Earth in February 2023 is gaining no shortage of equally bizarre explanations. About 35 times more energetic than any neutrino seen before, it was…

NASA’s Curiosity rover has captured a striking new view of Mars as it passed a major mission milestone: 5,000 Martian days on the Red Planet. While stopped at a sandy…

“You had to be there” has become an effective shorthand for the chronically online and the cultural moments that unfolded largely in cyberspace, but it’s hard to think of a…

In some ways, finding exoplanets is amazingly easy. It doesn’t necessarily take a huge telescope and sophisticated equipment to detect these alien worlds. Characterizing them, however—getting detailed information on their…

The UK is seeking to turn its long-standing strength in fusion research into a commercial and industrial fusion sector, with the government looking to build nuclear supply chains and attract…

SpaceX’s latest astronaut launch just set a new space record. The company’s Crew-13 mission for NASA arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) today (Oct. 1) at 7:05 p.m. EDT…

Mount Sinai researchers have uncovered new details about how APOE4, the strongest known genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, may contribute to brain damage. Two studies published in Cell and…

In Tom Cruise’s new movie Digger, the actor plays a crazed oil baron whose irresponsible drilling causes a massive iceberg to split off Greenland. Named Judy by climate scientists in…

NASA will offer live coverage of preparations, liftoff, and docking for the SpaceX Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station. The broadcasts will be available across several NASA platforms. Viewers…

When Elon Musk took SpaceX public in June, a big part of its value proposition came from promises of data centers in space. Skeptics were quick to list all of…

Some of the healthiest plant-based foods on the menu – including spinach, beetroot, rhubarb, almonds, and sweet potatoes – could be linked to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), based on a…

The METI places greater emphasis on energy security, economic growth and climate resilience. Singapore is studying nuclear fusion as a potential low-carbon energy pathway as the new Ministry of Energy,…