Science

Do you sometimes notice a deep buzzing or humming noise that seems to have no identifiable source? If so, you may be among the estimated 2-4 percent of people worldwide…

SpaceX is gearing up to launch its Starship megarocket. On Thursday, no earlier than 6:45 P.M. EDT, Elon Musk’s space company will attempt a 13th flight test of Starship that…

Every couple of years, the rest of the media world discovers horror. “Remembers” might be a better word for it, given the cyclical nature of the phenomenon, but the coverage…

Last week in Skywatch, I described how stars are born in gigantic families in part one of the trilogy of a star’s birth, life and death. Every phase is controlled…

A rare type of meteorite known as a CO chondrite was likely the object that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago and triggered the extinction of about 75 percent…

More than one in 10 Americans takes a GLP-1 medication for weight loss. As more people take a GLP-1, or glucagonlike peptide 1, receptor agonist, such as Wegovy, so, too,…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new cholesterol-busting drug that appears to reduce harmful cholesterol far below levels than can be achieved using statins. Statins have long…

A PhD student in Sydney has produced cosmic dust from scratch by recreating a small piece of the universe inside a laboratory bottle. The experiment offers new clues about how…

One of the most compelling time-travel tropes is the idea of parents meeting their children before those children are born. It’s the sort of brain-twisting thing we love about Back…

A widely available antidepressant may provide meaningful relief for people experiencing persistent fatigue from long COVID, according to a global clinical trial co-led by McMaster University. Researchers found that fluvoxamine…

What’s the best thing Netflix has ever made? You might point to some of their biggest shows, like Stranger Things or Bridgerton, or perhaps some of their most critically acclaimed…

This week in science: Surprisingly tiny T. rex hatchlings, an elusive new monkey species, and much more! First up: Quantum supercomputers have been put to work on the complex task…

A “space mirror” test satellite meant to beam sunlight and turn night into day on targeted swaths of Earth just received approval to proceed—and astronomers are aghast. The satellite, called…

Earth’s climate systems are inexorably and often unexpectedly interconnected. Dust from North Africa’s Sahara Desert drifts thousands of miles to fuel food webs in the Amazon and the ocean’s depths,…