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Scientists have managed to trap beams of infrared light in a lattice of specially engineered atoms that’s just 42 nanometers thick. That’s around 2,000x thinner than a human hair or…

COLORADO SPRINGS – After announcing a $5 million seed round in January, Indian startup TakeMe2Space seeks to raise $55 million to establish a 50-kilowatt orbital data center. “What is key…

April 16, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Former deputy surgeon general Erica Schwartz nominated as new CDC chief The White House has nominated Erica Schwartz to…

Artemis 2’s space toilet doesn’t deserve the bad press it’s gotten over the past two weeks, according to mission commander Reid Wiseman. Wiseman took some time to defend Artemis 2‘s…

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has named Joe Hoagland associate laboratory director for its Fusion and Fission Energy and Science Directorate (FFESD), supporting its role in advancing…

April 16, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm After their historic moon mission, NASA’s Artemis II astronauts say thank you to the world Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor…

Just as Star Wars has been around for almost half a century, so have Star Wars parodies. Whether they be “Pigs in Space,” Family Guy, or Robot Chicken, the space…

April 15, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Older people have fewer seasonal allergies than young people. Here’s why Do declining immune systems explain the trend, or…

Putting the writer-director’s name in the title of Lee Cronin’s The Mummy may seem like an odd choice for a filmmaker who isn’t a household name. Aside from The Mummy,…

The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has released its five-year plan to accelerate the growth of the UK nuclear fusion industry and ‘maintain the UK’s position as a global thought-leader…

A new theoretical study suggests that black holes may never fully evaporate, which contradicts an infamous Stephen Hawking theory that seems to violate fundamental laws of quantum mechanics. Instead, black…

April 15, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm NASA needs nuclear power for its moon base. Here’s the White House plan to get it If the U.S….

Scientists say nuclear fusion has the potential of virtually unlimited supplies of low-carbon, low-radiation energy. It works by heating and forcing tiny particles, in plasma, together to make a heavier…

COLORADO SPRINGS — The Space Development Agency, created to rapidly field a low Earth orbit satellite network for the military, is poised to be folded into a broader reorganization of…

With just two films, Zach Cregger has already established himself as one of the most inventive (and demented) minds working in studio horror right now. His first film, Barbarian, sold…

April 15, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm When a naked mole rat queen dies, that usually means war—but not for this colony When their queen dies,…

The new, juiced-up version of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket just cleared a big hurdle on the path to its first-ever launch. That liftoff, targeted for early or mid-May, will be the…

The race to build a nuclear fusion power plant is as contentious as ever. Several countries are pushing towards developing a facility to produce near-limitless energy. The United Kingdom is…

A study from the University of Toronto Scarborough suggests that feeling mentally sharp can significantly boost how much you accomplish in a day. Researchers found that when people are thinking…

April 15, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm The Trump administration is looking to experts to weigh in on peptides Peptide-based substances are largely unproven and risky,…

Monkeys can walk around a virtual world using a brain-computer interface Peter Janssen et al. 2026 Monkeys fitted with a brain-computer interface (BCI) successfully navigated a variety of virtual worlds…

April 15, 2026 4 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm A face-swapping illusion can unlock childhood memories By making people feel as if they inhabit a younger version of…

A team led by Specially Appointed Associate Professor Harrison B. Smith of the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at the Institute of Science Tokyo and Specially Appointed Associate Professor Lana Sinapayen…

Brit boffins have a £2.5 billion ($3.4 billion) budget for fusion power research and development, and the government agency leading the effort has published a roadmap of targets to hit…

COLORADO SPRINGS — Commercial space station developer Vast unveiled a new docking interface the company is offering to the broader industry for future large stations and spacecraft. Vast announced April…

SpaceX began and ended the day with Starlink launches. The company sent two Falcon 9 rockets soaring, first from Florida before sunrise on Tuesday (April 14), and then from California…

Engaging in mentally stimulating activities across your lifetime, including reading, writing, and learning new languages, may be linked to a lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease and slower cognitive decline. That…

April 14, 2026 5 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Artemis III sets up a high‑stakes test of rival moon landers In 2027’s Artemis III mission, the space agency…

Certain genetic variants, carried by around 10 percent of the population, could be making type 2 diabetes GLP-1 treatments (such as Ozempic and Wegovy) less effective, according to new research….