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For many Americans, middle age is becoming more challenging than it was for previous generations. People born in the 1960s and early 1970s report higher levels of loneliness and depression,…

Moderna, best known for its COVID mRNA vaccine, is developing an investigational mRNA vaccine against the rare Bundibugyo virus species driving the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of…

Massive stars produce light and heat through nuclear fusion, a process that releases enormous amounts of energy from their cores. Eventually, however, the largest stars run out of fuel. Once…

Ground squirrels spend many months in a winter slumber, and then awake ravenous and eat anything and everything in sight. A study of 700,000-year-old DNA from coprolites — fossilized poo…

DELRAY BEACH, Fla., June 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — According to MarketsandMarkets™, the global Nuclear Fusion Market size is projected to grow from USD 18.00 billion in 2026 to USD 33.77 billion by 2031…

One of the world’s oldest turds has been given the royal science treatment, with ancient Arctic ground squirrel droppings offering a smorgasbord of DNA from other animals and plants dating…

SpaceX is shooting for the moon, in more ways than one. The company has just debuted on the stock market in the biggest initial public offering (IPO) in history, with…

Living longer often comes with changes in cognitive abilities, and working memory is among the mental skills most vulnerable to age related decline. Researchers have long believed that both physical…

Imagine feeling a knot in your stomach, or your heart racing, and being unable to tell whether you are feeling anger, anxiety, or excitement. For millions of people around the…

I can already imagine the shouts that will erupt this summer during the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) World Cup: “That was a bad call!” “That wasn’t a foul!”…

A new three-year study from researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas’ Center for BrainHealth (CBH) suggests that getting older does not automatically mean losing mental sharpness. Instead, the…

For years, a mysterious predator haunted the fossil beds of Changma Basin in northwest China. The site is known for a stunning aviary of fossilized birds, including some of the…

Test time has arrived: the first person has been treated in a highly anticipated gene therapy trial that aims to coax aged cells to take on a younger identity. The…

What do we need to develop fusion energy? The Department of Energy has released a blueprint outlining a path forward (POLITICO’s E&E News, subscription). What’s going on: “DOE’s final fusion strategy,…

Not all five-a-days are created equally – and only a fraction of us are getting enough of a key micronutrient from the fruit and veg we eat, new research has…

Astronomers have long suspected that a planet’s mass and its rotation speed are linked. In our own Solar System, Jupiter and Saturn provide striking examples. Despite their enormous size, both…

This week in science: A world record, a world first, and much more! We start with a scorpion you absolutely don’t want to meet. Thankfully, you probably won’t have to…

The conflict in Iran is fueling U.S. chatter about restoring the domestic production of tungsten—a supermetal critical to the defense industry. Tungsten, which is widely used in munitions, reportedly including…

A San Diego-based company is set to develop design concepts for a facility dedicated to testing full-scale fusion power-plant “blankets”. For this, General Atomics is collaborating with the U.S. Department…

Toby Kovacs, University of Sydney/The Conversation It’s surprising how easy it is to see a koala every day in Australia’s major cities. The cute, gray marsupial can be found on…

DOE Charts Fusion’s Future for U.S. in Updated Roadmap European Fusion Groups Join Forces for Energy Sovereignty Tennessee Is First State With Fusion Regulations; Type One Applies for License Commonwealth Fusion…

Astronomers say a recent challenge to one of the most important discoveries in modern cosmology has been resolved, with new research confirming that the universe is still expanding at an…

Although Star City is very much its own show, with its own conflicts, aesthetics, and narrative drive, these episodes are running parallel to For All Mankind Season 1. And, it…

Alien first-contact stories are a classic of science fiction, and they’re all the more fascinating because they can feel like predictions of a possible future. Real scientists all over the…

We may receive a portion of sales if you purchase a product through a link in this article. There’s a fine line between “What the hell is that?” and “How…

The human Y chromosome is shrinking. In the next 5 million years or so, some geneticists think the sex-determining chromosome will vanish completely from our species. In the meantime, we…

George Miller has directed and co-written every one of the Mad Max movies, from the original back in 1979 to the spin-off Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga in 2024. That’s…

Just one alcoholic drink a day is enough to raise a person’s risk of premature death—that’s the major takeaway of a study published this week in the Journal of Studies…

Athena, Xcimer’s reference architecture for commercial laser fusion power plants, is designed for continuous operation, industrial scale, and a fuel cycle that renews itself. Credit: Kilograph Xcimer Energy announced that…