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When the U.S. announced that it has placed weapons in space on September 14, it came as a surprise to absolutely nobody familiar with the subject. “My initial impression was…

Over the past decade, a network of usually pristine blue rivers and lakes that winds through Alaska’s breathtaking Brooks Range mountains has been starting to look a little… rusty. Scientists…

A satellite no bigger than a small carry on suitcase could help scientists investigate one of the least understood periods in cosmic history: the roughly 150 million years of darkness…

Toronto-based firm provides plasma measurement systems for fusion companies. A former employee of General Fusion has started his own company to make a standardized component to support companies working…

Next-generation weight-loss drugs just hit a new milestone: In a phase 3 clinical trial, retatrutide helped people with type 2 diabetes lose an average of up to 49.6 pounds, or…

NASA and SpaceX are targeting 11:10 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 1, as the earliest opportunity to launch the Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station. In the days before…

Like movies, post-apocalyptic nightmares are a setting video games will never abandon. From the Fallout franchise to more recent examples like Hideo Kojima’s wildly inventive Death Stranding series, gamers are…

Early Monday morning, the European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) zoomed by Earth as it prepared to slingshot itself off to the outer solar system. The flyby’s goal…

Japanese startup Helical Fusion plans to begin preliminary power-on tests of its Helix HARUKA demonstration fusion reactor in 2027. The company expects the project to become a step toward the…

Imagine the most ridiculous uber-wealthy person alive. Maybe he’s a little rotund, his expensive silk pajamas barely hiding his protruding paunch. Maybe he wakes up in a mansion filled with…

Immune cells that usually defend the body by attacking infected or foreign cells appear in unusually high numbers in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease and related conditions. Evidence…

Scientists have taken a closer look at what happens to the human genome in simulated microgravity — and found that it is surprisingly resilient, at least over a single day….

When a rat’s front paw moved, its hind leg answered. Normally, such coordination is the nervous system’s job, carried out by little electrical signals traveling along nerves. This time the…

Saturn’s moon Enceladus is covered in ice, but beneath that frozen shell lies a global ocean. Near the moon’s south pole, fractures in the crust release water vapor and ice…

You might not notice it gazing out from the shore, but water ages. As it gets older, it loses the oxygen dissolved in it, used up by marine life, bacteria,…

Mahershala Ali’s collaboration with writer-director Bassam Tariq has finally made it out of production limbo — and though it’s not the Blade reboot they were initially set to do with…

Scientists at the University of Rochester Medicine have found that strengthening the body’s natural daily rhythms to improve sleep may help the brain recover after a stroke. The work points…

The Trump administration has announced plans to roll back fuel regulations. Advocates say the move could prove “disastrous” for the environment and the economy. Since the 1975 Energy Policy and…

An estimated one in eight cancer cases worldwide may be caused by infections—many of which are preventable with treatment or vaccines, according to new research. In a study published on…

Planets take shape inside disks of gas and dust surrounding young stars, but the supply of gas they depend on is temporary. New observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope…

B2i Digital, Inc./ Key word(s): Financial Companies From Uranium Mining to Fusion Meet Institutional Investors at the Inaugural ROTH Emerging Nuclear Technology Conference 28.09.2026 / 22:48 CET/CEST The issuer is…

Coffee may affect far more than alertness. New research suggests that both regular and decaffeinated coffee can alter the gut microbiome and may influence mood, stress, memory, and attention through…

After a failed maiden crewed voyage, Boeing’s Starliner is getting another shot at flying NASA’s astronauts to space. At a press conference on Monday NASA administrator Jared Isaacman said the…

When the universe was born, space was too hot and dense for atoms to exist. Even the constituents of atoms—the protons and neutrons that make up atomic nuclei—couldn’t immediately coalesce….

New financing will fund the first customer deployments of standardized plasma diagnostic systems, giving fusion developers faster access to higher-quality, third-party-validated data. TORONTO, Sept. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Daedal Systems,…

The JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) spacecraft returned to Earth on Monday (Sept. 28), but just for a brief flying visit. The European Space Agency (ESA) probe stopped by only…

Constipation is a familiar problem for astronauts, but scientists have not fully understood why spending time in space can disrupt normal digestion. New research from the University of Copenhagen, conducted…

Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. You’re listening to our weekly science news roundup. Let’s kick things off with some tech news. According…

DURANGO, Colo., Sept. 28, 2026 – Agile Space Industries today announced that Jason Wright will join the company as President in early October, strengthening Agile’s operational leadership as the company…