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An extraordinary high-energy event detected deep in space is giving astronomers a rare opportunity to study some of the Universe’s most extreme phenomena. On July 2, 2025, the China-led Einstein…

Photo credit: Jason Laurea / Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory A “holy grail” breakthrough. The “biggest news of the decade.” Potentially “limitless clean energy.” Those were the headlines that circulated the…

Dietary fads come and go, but one particular healthy food plan may be here to stay. Researchers at Harvard University have now led a study to compare six dietary patterns…

How do you read a book you can’t open? That’s precisely what Brent Seales, a professor at the University of Kentucky, has spent his career trying to figure out. And…

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Fructose and glucose are two common sugars found in many foods and drinks. Although they contain the same number of calories, new research suggests the brain responds to them in…

Listen to the episode on: For a half century, fusion has been a scientific story playing out in national labs, government research budgets, and peer-reviewed journals. Every so often, a…

Julie Elie has spent a lot of time listening to zebra finches. These chatty little birds are a popular animal model for studying communication, but most research focuses on the…

Before Dark Shadows, the notion of a romantic, reluctant vampire simply wasn’t as mainstream as it is now. Starting on April 18, 1967, Jonathan Frid embodied the character of the…

The theory of panspermia proposes that life, or the ingredients needed for it, can spread throughout the cosmos aboard asteroids, comets, and other rocky objects. When life develops on a…

TAMPA, Fla. — Spanish startup FOSSA Systems has raised about $10.5 million to expand its connectivity constellation in a funding round that included a technology investment vehicle backed by Spain’s…

There is no sound in space, but black holes can still sing. When two black holes collide, their song ripples through the very fabric of existence, creating a thundering chorus…

POWAY, Calif. (KGTV) – San Diego County could be getting a new facility to create more nuclear fusion energy.  “This will be the first facility of its kind, certainly at…

Intel co-founder Gordon Moore observed that processing power doubles every two years whilst almost halving in cost. That should translate to older technology dropping in price and year on year…

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Part of soccer’s beauty lies in its unpredictability. Already in World Cup 2026,…

It’s not an easy thing these days to tell a story that feels genuine. Nostalgia is the new order of the day: writers and showrunners can’t seem to get a…

The promise of fusion power has always traveled with a caveat: the physics is close, but the engineering remains unsolved. This week, a simulation study from the Max Planck Institute…

For decades, our picture of Mars was of a dead desert world. Its magnetic field exists only in sparse patches. Its lakes and rivers have long dried up. Surface volcanic…

A placebo, or fake supplement, may offer real benefits for older adults, according to new research from psychologists at the Università Cattolica in Milan. After taking placebo pills for three…

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Weight-loss jabs are the latest craze for shedding a few pounds. Their effect…

There’s a fair chance you’ve not heard of the risks of the Toxoplasma gondii parasite – and a lack of awareness around it is a dangerous problem, scientists warn. The…

A human brain starts as a single cell. Over time, that lone cell gives rise to an extraordinarily complex organ containing roughly 170 billion cells. One of the biggest questions…

General Fusion says its LM26 fusion machine has more than tripled plasma electron temperature through mechanical compression alone, reaching about 0.72 keV, or 8.4 million degrees Celsius. The Vancouver-based company…

WASHINGTON — NASA has selected Rocket Lab to launch a pair of science missions on three Electron rockets in 2027. NASA announced June 25 it selected Rocket Lab to launch…

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Every bridge has parts that drivers never see: steel buried in concrete, welds…

Two micrograms is an almost unimaginably small amount. It weighs less than a tiny fragment of a grain of table salt. Yet adults need only around this amount of vitamin…

Supergirl proves that only the worst things happen when you indulge in weeks of nonstop partying on red-sun planets. First, you get attacked by space pirates after nobly trying to…

A historic heatwave is slamming France: On Wednesday, national temperature averages reached an all-time high of 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) across day and night, according to Météo-France, the…

Saadet Gökce 24 June 2026•Update: 24 June 2026 Japan on Wednesday unveiled an investment plan target worth around $2.3 trillion for sectors, including artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and nuclear fusion technology…