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TRENTON — State Senator Joe Pennacchio, R-Morris, Passaic, is calling on the administration and legislative leaders to put New Jersey at the forefront of commercial production of fusion energy. “Fusion,…

A massive star has been torn apart and gradually consumed by a black hole in a spectacular event that scientists compared to “preparing a snack for lunch.” Astronomers around the…

Bones do more than hold your body upright. Inside many of them is a living factory that constantly produces the cells that make up your blood and immune system: bone…

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) suggests that individual human neurons can carry out far more complex computations than neurons in other…

A new study has improved understanding of diamond melting, which might also be relevant for achieving higher energy gain in laser-driven nuclear fusion. Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)…

SpaceX keeps setting spaceflight records. Elon Musk‘s company launches far more frequently than any other outfit, and it operates the largest satellite constellation ever assembled — the Starlink broadband network,…

Obesity is a major health problem worldwide and can raise the risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and other metabolic disorders. Many factors can contribute to obesity, but researchers are increasingly…

It’s long been known that depression has links to dementia and also specifically to Alzheimer’s disease, but exactly how depression and cognitive decline may interact with one another remains unexplained….

Scientists have discovered that copper melts gradually rather than collapsing all at once under extreme heat. The finding challenges earlier computer models that predict how nuclear fusion reactor materials handle…

The highs and lows of bipolar disorder are difficult enough – and then there’s the chaos of finding treatments that actually help through the peaks, troughs, and everywhere in between….

Astronomers from MIT and other institutions have identified an exceptionally bright red object dating back to the early universe. At first glance, it resembles an enormous star with dimensions comparable…

A large study has found that women who used hormone therapy later in life had a lower risk of developing dementia. The findings were published August 12, 2026, in Neurology,…

Back in 2021, one TV show launched the Disney+ Marvel Universe: WandaVision. It was an experimental, meta take on TV shows as a whole, and let Wanda Maximoff craft her…

Over the last several years, fusion power has gone from the butt of jokes — always a decade away! — to an increasingly tangible and tantalizing technology that has drawn…

What makes a film festival — or a film, for that matter — “genre?” As a category, it’s more about what you leave out than what you put in: Although…

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has captured a remarkable celestial sight: Earth briefly vanishing behind Phobos in the evening sky of Mars. A newly released sequence of images shows Earth as…

If you’re ever in a patch of woods or meadow at just the right time of year, you may stumble across something that seems like an act of otherworldly trickery….

When laboratory mice experience brain damage, e.g., from an injection, Jan Deussing repeatedly notices the same response. A particular group of cells appears and becomes active around the damaged area….

There’s something about drawing stick figures with weapons and monsters in the margins of your homework that stands the test of time. Even in the age of iPads and Minecraft,…

China has completed and tested a giant 582-tonne superconducting magnet for its next-generation nuclear fusion project, a development that could strengthen its ambition to become a global leader in future…

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey V has taken a major step toward mapping the sky on a truly global scale with Data Release 20. Known as DR20, the release includes…

The standard cosmological model does an excellent job of explaining the Universe, but there are a few places where the numbers don’t add up. That’s led to several theories about…

David Wain is the comedy legend you didn’t know you loved. His latest movie, Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass, is a classic R-rated comedy and secret Wizard of…

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Nuclear energy is often touted as an ultra-efficient alternative to dirtier energy sources…

For decades, scientists have generally viewed the brain’s immune system as largely separate from the immune defenses operating throughout the rest of the body. The brain has its own specialized…

The new DC Universe is a world built, for better and worse, on the backs of C-list heroes. There’s a reason this reboot — spurred by Marvel’s erstwhile edgelord, James…

In 1989, Voyager 2 discovered six previously unknown moons around Neptune. Five of them are tiny satellites that travel just beyond the planet’s main rings. Their small size and distant…

Fusion energy has cleared major scientific hurdles. Now researchers have a new way to determine whether future power plants can actually make money. Scientists spent the last decade proving fusion…

People with a rare disorder that causes excessive burping may benefit from an unlikely treatment: singing therapy. A new study suggests that this singing approach could offer a more engaging…