Science

If nothing else, the horror genre has always been one built on reinvention. The passage of time and socio-cultural transformation are constantly influencing trends, which means there’s an ocean of…

NGK Corporation and Kyoto Fusioneering will collaborate on the production and purification of specialized coolant for nuclear fusion energy. The companies NGK Corporation and Kyoto Fusioneering formalized a strategic alliance…

Scientists have developed a forecasting technique that could reveal the strength of the Sun’s next activity cycle as many as seven years before it reaches its maximum. The method focuses…

Being a mom can be an exhausting job. Taking a break every now and then is much needed for mothers of many species—whales included. And that could be the motivation…

WASHINGTON — The pilot of the Artemis 2 mission says NASA’s return to the moon should start with human landings in less challenging equatorial regions rather than go directly to…

Overall federal funding for scientific research is set to decline in 2027, the most senior White House science figure said on Wednesday. The government, however, pledged to spend $5 billion…

HELSINKI — A classified satellite launched by China in June is operating in a creative orbit, giving it a unique vantage point over the geostationary belt. Shijian-31 launched on a…

The dinosaurs had a good run, but when their time was up, it was very much up. Around 66 million years ago, a massive asteroid slammed into what is now…

A single dose of psilocybin, the psychedelic substance in magic mushrooms, may produce physical changes in the brain that remain detectable for as long as a month, according to researchers…

Most of the energy that reaches Earth comes from nuclear fusion in the Sun. Can a similar process be controlled on Earth? The results of the MAST Upgrade programme, involving…

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Mosses are some of the earliest plants that appeared in the fossil record, but they’re anything but simple. A new study, published in Royal Society Open Science, reveals that moss…

Astronomers have reached a major turning point in the search for life beyond Earth by detecting an atmosphere around a rocky, Earth-like planet located in another star’s habitable zone. The…

SAN FRANCISCO – Zenno Astronautics, a New Zealand startup focused on applying superconducting magnets for spacecraft attitude control and acceleration, plans to redomicile to the United States. “It is obvious…

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is on its way to a metal-rich asteroid beyond Mars—and it’s enjoying the scenic route. In a flyby maneuver earlier this year, Psyche used the planet’s gravity…

Private investment in fusion energy is rising quickly. According to the Fusion Industry Association’s 2026 report, 56 fusion companies raised $4.48 billion in the past year. This is a 69%…

Twenty-four Starlink satellites reached low Earth orbit on Tuesday (July 21), a day later than originally scheduled due to a last-second rocket engine abort. SpaceX at first tried to launch…

“Turn off that TV, it’ll rot your brain!” has been repeated in households for generations. The word “rot” is clearly an exaggeration, but new research suggests that heavy television viewing…

For decades, astrophysicists have been puzzling over a mystery hidden in plain view: Most supernovae come from the biggest stars, and most of our galaxy’s biggest stars are thought to…

The Moon has been exposed to the solar wind for billions of years. However, new evidence shows that its two hemispheres have not experienced that bombardment in the same way….

Scientists have taken a step toward developing an effective vaccine against shigellosis, the infection caused by Shigella bacteria. In a small clinical trial, two oral doses of a vaccine called…

Imagine you’re at a party. All your friends are crammed into a room, you’re having a blast – but it’s time to head home. You start to make your way…

A tiny organ in our chest cavity could be the key to regulating inflammation as we age, according to new research in mice. The thymus is nestled between our lungs…

There are certain laws of physics that heat must follow. Take Kirchhoff’s law of thermal radiation, for example, which applies the idea of reciprocity to heat, and dictates that a…

The last week of July 2026 is a meteor shower lover’s dream. Not one but two meteor showers are set to peak, one after the other, from July 28 to…

Science may one day give us a way to replace damaged and diseased parts of the body with artificial replacements – but reproducing organs and tissues in the lab isn’t…

Alzheimer’s disease and several other neurodegenerative disorders are linked to a damaging change in tau, a protein that normally helps support the internal structure of nerve cells. Under healthy conditions,…

SpaceX has pushed the next launch of its Starship megarocket back a few more days. Elon Musk‘s company is now targeting Thursday (July 23) for Flight 13 of Starship, the…

Astronomers are gearing up for a unique moon observation event: a stray piece of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is on track to hit the lunar surface on August 5….