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Humanity has likely dreamed of flight since the very beginning, marveling at birds soaring overhead and trying to puzzle out their seemingly magical secret. We made some halting steps over…

NASA is lighting the cosmos in red, white and blue in honor of the 250th birthday of the United States—and the show even comes with sound. The imagery shows the…

Nuclear Fusion’s Rising Stars: Companies Leading the Charge Toward Clean, Limitless Energy ST. LOUIS, MO (STL.News) Nuclear Fusion – Once the stuff of science fiction, nuclear fusion is rapidly gaining…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force has earned a reputation inside the Pentagon for moving faster than traditional military acquisition programs. But a new government watchdog report suggests some space…

Every time I see the moon in the sky, it makes me happy. Our natural satellite is so familiar it’s easy to take it for granted, but in fact it’s…

The one thing we all ‘know’ about black holes is that nothing escapes their ineluctable grasp. That is mostly true – but since the 1970s, physicists have predicted that black…

Down a long driveway, just off a rustic road in Stoughton, scientists are plugging away in a basement warehouse, trying to generate and confine plasma, the fourth state of matter….

Scientists at the University of Glasgow are celebrating the release of a massive new catalog of gravitational wave detections that marks another major step forward for gravitational wave astronomy. The…

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The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. You know that feeling when you walk into a room and immediately forget…

The experience of watching Terminator 2: Judgment Day is very different in 2026 than it was in 1991. In 2026, Skynet is real, and although it has yet to gain…

Primordial black holes have remained one of astronomy’s most intriguing ideas for decades. Now, researchers at the University of Miami believe a recent gravitational wave detection may bring scientists closer…

On June 17, 1775, some 1,000 rebel colonial troops faced down the British war machine on a hill on a peninsula north of Boston, allegedly conserving scarce ammunition by waiting…

“An exceptional moment and a genuine privilege,” said Pulsar CEO Richard Dinan. “There is no greater platform to share this first test than here, surrounded by an esteemed group of…

An ancient human ancestor called Homo floresiensis was likely a scavenger who subsisted on the scraps left behind by the fearsome Komodo dragons that shared their home on the island…

Scientists have uncovered evidence that could change how doctors think about a common form of stroke and why standard preventive treatments often fail. New research suggests that lacunar ischemic stroke…

Submarine reliefs produced by a survey off the coast of Mayotte in 2019, showing the new underwater volcano Fani Maoré Campagne MAYOBS2 A rising underwater volcano off the coast of…

July is always the hottest month for the U.S., but Julys today are significantly hotter than they were when Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and the other Founding Fathers declared the…

Scientists have developed a new way to control quantum systems that can make their behavior appear more consistent with time moving backward rather than forward. The research, published in Physical…

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. When the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool turned green with algae just days after…

Fusion startup Helion Energy, armed with a $1.5 billion war chest, has signed an agreement to sell fusion-generated electricity to Microsoft for a Central Washington data center by 2028, according…

In May, a federal judge ordered White House staff to comply with the Presidential Records Act, the 1978 law that makes a president’s official records public property and governs their…

For centuries, scientists have marveled at the brain’s ability to organize sensory information into neat topographical maps. Vision, touch, and hearing rely on orderly patterns in which neighboring neurons respond…

Bumble bees have demonstrated an impressive ability that scientists once believed was limited to humans and other animals with much larger brains. In a new study, the insects successfully completed…

Running a marathon is hard work; the miles don’t get easier as they tick by. Among a runner’s worst fears is a phenomenon known as “hitting the wall” or “bonking,”…

The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and Eni have established a new joint venture designed to support the rapidly expanding fusion energy sector. The new company, Rh3ova, will provide specialist…

Scientists at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have taken a new look at Earth’s violent beginnings and found that ancient asteroid impacts may have played a key role in making the…

Lupus isn’t pleasant. The chronic autoimmune disease, which takes several forms, can attack the tissues and organs of the body and lead to pain, swelling, extreme fatigue, rashes, and headaches….

Superconductivity, the ability for materials to conduct electricity with zero resistance, is a valuable scientific treasure. Researchers have now discovered a new haul of this exotic phenomenon, hidden away inside…