Science

The U.S. national debt surpassed $40 trillion for the first time on Wednesday. That’s a mind-blowing number. The number 40 trillion is 4 with 13 zeroes after it. If you…

From what I can gather, Freddie Mercury—the rightfully celebrated lead singer of Queen—was about the same height as I am. So while I’m certainly not Freddie Mercury’s twin, would you…

Europe is on fire. This summer the European Union has seen more than 1,750 wildfires. The flames have forced hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate across France and Spain….

Every atom of matter in the Universe is built around a nucleus. It’s a tightly packed bundle of protons and neutrons that makes up the atomic core, defines its elemental…

Fusion energy promises abundant power, and Thea Energy wants to make it a reality. The company announced it had closed an extension to its Series B funding. New support came…

For those living in the shadow of mental health conditions such as PTSD, anxiety, and depression, finding a way forward can sometimes feel impossible – especially when conventional treatments have…

Today’s best atomic clocks, which track time by measuring the way electrons consistently jump between energy states when exposed to particular laser light, would lose less than one second of…

The sixth episode of Strange New Worlds Season 4 sees the crew of the USS Enterprise transformed into puppets. From a technical standpoint, in real life, this was achieved through…

Last week’s total solar eclipse offered more than a spectacular view. It also produced an unusual atmospheric effect that gave the Sun’s outer atmosphere a striking golden appearance. During a…

China is the world leader in solar power, but the country’s massive boom in this clean energy source could have unintended consequences for the country’s birds. Using birdwatching and policy…

Researchers, including a Rutgers professor, have gained a clearer view of the biological changes associated with schizophrenia by directly measuring synaptic connections in the living human brain. The team used…

Ash Williams is laying down his boomstick. And good for him. It was hard enough for him to watch two girlfriends in a row get turned into Deadites back in…

The James Webb Space Telescope did not photograph a Solar-System-sized star with a black hole visible at its center. It found an unresolved red point whose spectrum is extraordinarily difficult…

When an LLM answers a question, is it reasoning like humans, or just producing text that looks like reasoning? The distinction isn’t just philosophical, this determines what we can trust…

Diamond is famous for its beauty, but its value extends far beyond jewelry. This exceptionally hard form of carbon is used to make the tiny capsules that hold fuel in…

Cats are everywhere on the internet: You’ll readily find these felines batting at objects, scampering over ground, interacting with their owners, or doing something else adorable. But is all of…

The human brain is continuously processing enormous amounts of information. Even something as familiar as driving requires several mental tasks at once. The brain must remember the route, recall how…

Fusion startup Inertia Enterprises said it has found a way to cut the time it takes to make its fuel pellets from several days to just minutes.  By slashing fuel…

Most breakfast advice focuses on what to put on your plate. But a large study of US adults suggests the clock may deserve attention, too: The time you consume your…

In the field of nuclear fusion energy, scientists and engineers are studying plasma—which is referred to as the fourth state of matter. They are doing this as part of their…

What’s the secret to health and happiness? For some, it’s an optimistic spirit. Others might say your experiences are what matters, or maybe your personality is paramount. There’s no single…

Researchers at the University of Essex have developed microscopic medicines that could pave the way for new approaches to treating neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and motor neurone disease…

NASA is calling off the effort to save its Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory after a private rescue spacecraft couldn’t overcome its own problems in orbit. LINK, the specialized probe from…

Gov. Maura Healey is keeping the potential of nuclear power in her sights, announcing Wednesday that she plans to host other New England governors next month to explore how advanced…

Whither Star Trek? With the current streaming era of Paramount+ Star Trek shows seemingly at an end, the future of the Final Frontier is technically in flux. While screenwriters Jonathan…

Thea Energy has completed an extension of its Series B financing round to support the engineering and manufacturing of its nuclear fusion systems. The expanded round adds backing from Brevan…

Practically all modern computers, from the cheap microcontroller in your dishwasher to high-tech hardware crunching numbers for artificial intelligence systems, rely on versions of the same technology: slabs of silicon…

Your brain and the ocean share an unexpected feature: waves. Electrical activity can move across the brain’s surface in patterns known as traveling brain waves or neural traveling waves. Like…

Entanglement is one of the best tricks in the quantum physics magic box, two particles that are inextricably linked when measured – a key component of potential advances in computing,…