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Scientists are realizing that turtles, lizards and crocodilians communicate vocally more than they once thought Rohini Subrahmanyam, Knowable Magazine September 2, 2026 7:30 a.m. In loud conditions, a tokay gecko…

Microglia are the brain’s most abundant immune cells. They help protect the brain from harmful invaders, clear away damaged neurons, and support normal brain development. Researchers at Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute…

Inertia Enterprises and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have jointly developed a new manufacturing process for the cryogenically frozen deuterium-tritium fuel layers at the core of inertial confinement fusion targets—cutting production…

Could a scientist intervene in a brain experiment on the other side of the world without leaving their desk? Researchers have now demonstrated that possibility by sending commands from Chicago…

This is the injectables age. With more than one in 10 Americans now taking GLP-1 weight-loss drugs and some of us branching out to various other peptides, we have as…

Inside some fusion energy systems, particles hotter than the core of the sun can become unruly in a few thousandths of a second, far faster than any human operator can…

The Sun does far more than provide Earth with light and heat. Two recent NASA-funded studies suggest that events from the Sun’s distant past may have influenced Earth’s climate in…

How old do you think you will live to be? Your answer may be more revealing than you realize. A study that tracked older adults in Japan for up to…

People who reach their 90s without dementia might appear to have escaped much of the danger of cognitive decline. Until recently, however, scientists had relatively little evidence showing what happens…

A flash flood swept through the Grand Canyon on Saturday, killing at least two people. Such events are a vital part of the canyon’s ecosystem, but this one just happened…

Tennessee has officially become the first state in the nation to issue a fusion-specific byproduct material license, marking a monumental step forward for commercial nuclear fusion. Governor Bill Lee, alongside…

With obesity rates increasing at alarming rates, researchers are amassing as much data as they can on the many risk factors and drivers of the condition. If we know the…

NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is back to studying the universe with two of its three science instruments after plans to raise the spacecraft into a higher orbit were scaled…

If you’re out of your element, sometimes it’s best to get a local to show you around. Narwhals – elusive, toothed whales famous for their bizarre unicorn-like tusks – spend…

A Trump administration effort to give political figures control over a large swath of U.S. science funding is off the table until at least December. On Tuesday, members of the…

Simple practices such as mindfulness, gratitude journaling, and optimism training may improve several markers of cardiovascular health within a matter of weeks. A recent study found that these positive psychology…

The universe’s first rocky planets may have gotten their start astonishingly early — perhaps only 100 million years after the Big Bang. Explosions of some of the universe’s first massive…

The State of Tennessee has issued its first license to develop nuclear fusion machines to generate electricity. The fusion process is the reaction that powers the sun and stars. This…

On June 16, 2023, 39 seconds after 3:22 P.M. and one mile beneath the Black Hills of South Dakota, there was a sudden flash of light. It happened in a…

The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope just launched to space yesterday morning. The spacecraft is already more than 600 miles away from our planet—but it has many more miles to go….

What This Story Is About State officials have approved a landmark nuclear fusion license for Type One Energy to begin constructing and operating advanced clean-energy machines at TVA’s Bull Run…

The solar system’s most distant planet, Neptune, was imaged by Voyager 2 in August 1989. This month, the ice giant reaches opposition in our sky. Credit: NASA/JPL Venus is the…

In New York City, teachers have two more weeks to prepare for the start of school—and no access to the educational technology software they typically use to teach. City officials…

Two astronauts will conduct history’s sixth all-female spacewalk today (Sept. 1), and you can watch it live. NASA’s Jessica Meir and Sophie Adenot of the European Space Agency will venture…

Several times over the past few years, deep beneath a mountain in central Italy, a neutrino, the lightest and most elusive particle we know, careened into an electron, producing a…

A New Mexico company has raised $7 million to scale a technology designed to produce enriched lithium-6 and lithium-7, two isotopes needed for next-generation nuclear energy systems. Molten Salt Solutions…

Fusion power aims to provide a revolutionary energy source, but achieving it remains perennially around the technological corner. Who knew that harnessing the same basic process that powers the Sun…

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is already exceeding expectations. After reaching the launchpad ahead of schedule and on budget, the spy-satellite-sourced, $4-billion project pulled off a flawless launch to…

The ingredients needed to build rocky planets may have appeared as early as 100 million years after the Big Bang, according to new research from the University of Portsmouth. That…