Science

A widely used supplement for joint pain has been linked to a potentially concerning outcome in people with early cognitive problems. Researchers at the University of Florida found that glucosamine…

Earlier this month, the Trump administration released a politically charged clone of Tetris called Build the Wall. The Tetris Company (TTC), which owns the rights to the iconic video game,…

It has long been known that Mercury has shrunk over time, thanks to telltale wrinkles on its surface. But now it seems as though it has shrunk even more than…

Global demand for electricity is forecast to keep on rising in the coming years, and researchers are exploring a variety of new ways to meet that demand. Nuclear fusion is…

For the third time this month, SpaceX has sent a national security mission to orbit. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the USSF-385 mission for the U.S. Space Force launched from…

Rachel Feltman: Hey listeners! Rachel here. Today we’re sharing another episode of Vox’s podcast Unexplainable. On September 16, you heard me chat with host Noam Hassenfeld about some of science’s…

Imagine arriving on Mars as part of the fourth human mission to the Red Planet and being asked to establish the first self-sustaining food supply for a permanent settlement. The…

Godzilla Minus Zero begins with a bang — or, more accurately, a rumble. Following a few thundering brass notes that sound like footsteps, Takashi Yamazaki’s followup to Godzilla Minus One…

A factory trial now underway in Japan could solve one of the biggest bottlenecks in clean fusion energy. The challenge is simple: how to mass-produce next-generation superconducting wire. Gigaphoton builds…

Peter Jones once treated a patient with strikingly vivid hallucinations of animals. During ward visits, the patient would stroke and interact with the critters “in as real a way as…

NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman are beginning a new chapter after their historic Artemis II journey around the Moon earlier this year. In September, both astronauts are transitioning…

On Sept. 26, 1983, a Russian Soyuz rocket exploded on the launchpad. Two cosmonauts Vladimir Titov and Gennady Strekalov were inside their Soyuz T-10-1 spacecraft atop the rocket, and they…

The Star Wars franchise might also be known as the Skywalker Saga — and thus very, very focused on the eponymous family — but the Skywalkers aren’t actually the most…

The brain uses an extraordinary amount of energy compared with most other organs. Even so, it can continue processing information when energy is limited by adjusting how available resources are…

On Wednesday, October 23, 1872, a slew of articles appeared in The New York Times, The New York Herald, and The New York Sun, warning New York citizens that their…

China has completed and fully tested the world’s largest superconducting magnet for a nuclear fusion research project. Developed by the Institute of Plasma Physics in Hefei, the D-shaped component weighs…

The worst thing about Forgotten Island might be its name. It’s generic, forgettable, and could be easily mistaken for a cheap sequel to Forbidden Planet. In other words, it’s everything…

After more than three years zooming through our solar system, the European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, or Juice, is coming back to Earth for a quick flyby: on…

One of the most famous full moons of the year will climb into the eastern sky on Saturday, Sept. 26. This year, the Harvest Moon will make its appearance with…

BIRMINGHAM – Leading British universities have joined a new partnership with the US-based University Fusion Association (UFA). The collaboration aims to strengthen transatlantic cooperation in fusion energy. Framed within the…

MAUI, Hawaii — Engineers have built a first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence (AI) audio chip for wearable devices that they say will let users engage with AI assistants without needing to maintain…

For the third time this year, Hawaii is under a hurricane watch—that’s never happened before. Hurricane Nolo, currently south of the Big Island, could mark the first time three storms…

NASA is moving forward with designing a new space telescope that can see even deeper into the infrared universe than the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) can. The new mission,…

Fusion-powered space travel has long held the promise of rapid trips across the solar system: Mars in weeks, Saturn in months, Pluto in years. For decades, such possibilities have remained…

An invisible stream of superfast plasma is heading straight for Earth, and scientists are thrilled. The reason why is that these jets offer the first evidence of a microblazar. This…

Astronomers are finding that the first generations of galaxies do not always behave the way existing models predict. One possible reason is that their most massive stars may have evolved…

Almost half a century ago, movie audiences were introduced to the Mogwai: cute, cuddly creatures that came with a few rules: keep them out of bright light, don’t get them…

A group of leading UK universities have joined a new partnership with the US-based University Fusion Association (UFA), aiming to strengthen transatlantic cooperation in fusion energy. Framed within the…

In 2006 former vice president Al Gore sounded the alarm on climate change in the documentary An Inconvenient Truth. In the film, he implored the world to wake up and…