Science

We’ve all heard of menopause: a supposedly terminal moment for the female reproductive system, in which the ovaries stop releasing eggs and presumably call it a day. But reproductive biologist…

Back in 2002, a massive earthquake in central Alaska was felt as far away as Seattle. This giant earthquake even generated standing waves that damaged houseboats in Washington State. Known…

NASA is ramping up its efforts to establish a sustained human presence on the moon—including potentially shifting resources away from its efforts to explore Mars. On Tuesday, the space agency…

The demonstration shows not only whether a fusion reaction can be achieved, but also how efficiently energy from the reaction can be converted back into electricity. [Photo: Realta Fusion] Realta…

Last year, director Guillermo del Toro unveiled the film that some have dubbed his magnum opus. Frankenstein is a culmination of the filmmaker’s greatest loves — and some of del…

The heat in New York City is expected to surpass 100 degrees Fahrenheit (around 38 degrees Celsius) this week—potentially breaking the record for the hottest temperatures seen in parts of…

Creatine is one of the world’s most popular sports supplements, widely used to improve strength and muscle performance. Now, researchers are exploring whether it could have benefits far beyond the…

General Fusion, a company working to commercialize fusion power, partnered with Renexia, an Italian renewable energy firm. They signed a deal to bring General Fusion’s technology to Italy. These new…

A Chinese supercomputer has topped global rankings for speed for the first time. The machine, called LineShine, placed first in the TOP500, a twice yearly ranking of the world’s fastest…

The center of the Milky Way is on fire, lit with pinky purple and golden hues in a stunning new image captured by Euclid, a European Space Agency (ESA) space…

Strutting and fluttering around cities, pigeons have adapted to an ever-shifting environment. But their environment isn’t the only thing that’s constantly changing. New research suggests the birds themselves avoid stability…

Alzheimer’s disease is marked by the buildup of a toxic protein called Tau, which damages and eventually kills brain cells. As this harmful protein moves into new areas of the…

A scientist has brought us closer to talking to animals, and it’s won her the 2026 Coller-Dolittle prize for two-way interspecies communication. Dr Julie Elie from the University of California,…

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In late 2021, Amber Salzman interviewed for a job that she had no intention of taking. A relatively new start-up company, called Epicrispr Biotechnologies, was looking for a chief executive,…

That question is at the center of a new paper published in Nature Astronomy, where researchers examine the often-overlooked problem of “false negatives” in the search for extraterrestrial life. These…

For the first time in more than 15 years, the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) committee has significantly revised the protocols governing how scientists “evaluate,…

A newly published study in Oncoscience explores a potential new approach to treating glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer that remains extremely difficult to treat. The paper is titled…

MADISON, Wis. — A baby born today in Wisconsin may not see nuclear fusion become a part of the commercial energy landscape until he or she is “twenty-something” … and…

It used to be easy to tell when a face was generated with artificial intelligence (AI). Whether it was a distinctive uncanny sheen, impossibly smooth skin, eyes that didn’t quite…

“Did I ever tell you what the definition of insanity is? Insanity is doing the exact same thing, over and over again, expecting it to change.” Said (albeit in far…

Researchers led by the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) have developed a new technique that could greatly improve how scientists study the expansion of the…

Temperatures across the eastern U.S. could feel as high as 110 degrees Fahrenheit (about 43 degrees Celsius)—potentially even 115 degrees F (46 C)—this week, right in time for the July…

Canadian fusion company General Fusion has signed a framework agreement with Italian renewable energy developer Renexia to explore the deployment of commercial fusion power plants in Italy, marking another step…

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered that the human brain can continue performing surprisingly advanced language tasks even when a person is fully unconscious under general anesthesia. The…

Robert Eggers has carved out a terrifying niche in historical horror. In works like The Witch and Nosferatu, he’s told folkloric stories in excruciatingly accurate settings, but for his next…

Apple TV has long been the go-to home of innovative sci-fi TV shows, but there’s far more to the streamer than just Severance and Pluribus. Since 2023, Apple Tv’s undersung…

Researchers led by Daan van der Vliet, working with teams from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Leiden University, and Utrecht University, have identified a biological process that may help explain…

June’s full moon, the Strawberry Moon, will rise Monday (June 29) as seen from North America and Europe. As it does, it will be the lowest-hanging and one of the…