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Watch live! SpaceX Starship megarocket launches to orbit for first time – YouTube Watch On SpaceX’s Starship megarocket will attempt to go orbital for the first time ever on Monday…

As flu season approaches, TikTokers are spreading a homemade elixir to supposedly boost the immune system that experts warn could in fact cause the fatal disease botulism. In dozens of…

Cancer may seem like an inevitable part of life, but there are so many factors that can help reduce your risk. When we think about reducing cancer risk, we usually…

This past May mathematicians headed into a room near the top of the California Institute of Technology’s tallest building to prep for a sprint. The American Institute of Mathematics was…

It took nearly the entire season, but with Lanterns, we finally have lift-off. We always knew DC’s Green Lantern series would deliver a fairly grounded version of the cosmic comic…

Germany is dismantling and decontaminating many of its aging nuclear sites, but one massive power station is now being lined up for a very different future. Instead of being torn…

Sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean have broken a new record, climate scientists say. This is yet another signal that this year will see an exceptionally strong El Niño….

On Sept. 27, 1997, NASA’s Mars Pathfinder mission beamed its very last data transmission back to Earth. Pathfinder was three months into what was supposed to be just a one-month…

When you have all of time and space at your fingertips, where to start can be very daunting. That’s the issue presented by Doctor Who, the British time-travel sci-fi show…

Researchers at Semmelweis University say persistent rheumatic symptoms may be driven by more than inflammation alone. Sleep disorders, depression, obesity, smoking, and other health problems may also help keep symptoms…

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is turning his attention to the potential health effects of electromagnetic fields and radio frequency radiation—stoking a controversial theory that…

StandardX, a UK-based deep technology company developing advanced isotope production systems, has raised £10 million in seed funding led by Vsquared Ventures and East X Ventures. Additional investors include firstminute…

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A widely used supplement for joint pain has been linked to a potentially concerning outcome in people with early cognitive problems. Researchers at the University of Florida found that glucosamine…

Earlier this month, the Trump administration released a politically charged clone of Tetris called Build the Wall. The Tetris Company (TTC), which owns the rights to the iconic video game,…

It has long been known that Mercury has shrunk over time, thanks to telltale wrinkles on its surface. But now it seems as though it has shrunk even more than…

Global demand for electricity is forecast to keep on rising in the coming years, and researchers are exploring a variety of new ways to meet that demand. Nuclear fusion is…

For the third time this month, SpaceX has sent a national security mission to orbit. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the USSF-385 mission for the U.S. Space Force launched from…

Rachel Feltman: Hey listeners! Rachel here. Today we’re sharing another episode of Vox’s podcast Unexplainable. On September 16, you heard me chat with host Noam Hassenfeld about some of science’s…

Imagine arriving on Mars as part of the fourth human mission to the Red Planet and being asked to establish the first self-sustaining food supply for a permanent settlement. The…

Godzilla Minus Zero begins with a bang — or, more accurately, a rumble. Following a few thundering brass notes that sound like footsteps, Takashi Yamazaki’s followup to Godzilla Minus One…

A factory trial now underway in Japan could solve one of the biggest bottlenecks in clean fusion energy. The challenge is simple: how to mass-produce next-generation superconducting wire. Gigaphoton builds…

Peter Jones once treated a patient with strikingly vivid hallucinations of animals. During ward visits, the patient would stroke and interact with the critters “in as real a way as…

NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman are beginning a new chapter after their historic Artemis II journey around the Moon earlier this year. In September, both astronauts are transitioning…

On Sept. 26, 1983, a Russian Soyuz rocket exploded on the launchpad. Two cosmonauts Vladimir Titov and Gennady Strekalov were inside their Soyuz T-10-1 spacecraft atop the rocket, and they…

The Star Wars franchise might also be known as the Skywalker Saga — and thus very, very focused on the eponymous family — but the Skywalkers aren’t actually the most…

The brain uses an extraordinary amount of energy compared with most other organs. Even so, it can continue processing information when energy is limited by adjusting how available resources are…

On Wednesday, October 23, 1872, a slew of articles appeared in The New York Times, The New York Herald, and The New York Sun, warning New York citizens that their…

China has completed and fully tested the world’s largest superconducting magnet for a nuclear fusion research project. Developed by the Institute of Plasma Physics in Hefei, the D-shaped component weighs…