Science

It seems animals may have had just about enough of human activity and technology. Jellyfish have shut down a nuclear reactor in northern France for the second time, and it’s…

We know that plant-based diets can be a good option for people looking to improve their health, and a new study based on real-world dietary practices reveals fresh insights on…

Talking through a difficult problem can help some people organize their thoughts. But according to cognitive neuroscientists at MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research, language itself is not required for…

Long-term memories may not “stick” in the brain for the reasons we thought, a study of mice in artificial hibernation reveals. Instead of relying on many individual, strong links between…

For decades, the joke was that nuclear fusion was and would always be 30 years away. But a rapid string of breakthroughs over the last five years, catalyzed by privatization…

Black holes created before the Big Bang may have survived into the Universe we see today, according to new research from the University of Portsmouth. These ancient objects could act…

Why is there something rather than nothing? Philosopher Martin Heidegger called this “the first of all questions,” and it has vexed scholars and theologians alike throughout history. Science has yet…

The night sky holds endless wonders, but few experiences match the thrill of photographing planets in vivid detail. With even a modest telescope and camera setup, you can capture cloud…

The adult brain may have a greater ability to repair itself after injury or certain autoimmune diseases than scientists previously believed. In experiments with mice, researchers at the University of…

A dog-sized carnivore and mammal ancestor that lived around 236 million years ago seems to have given birth to live young, a new study suggests. This means the tactic of…

President Lee Jae Myung views a container vessel model equipped with a small modular reactor (SMR) ahead of a meeting to explore ways to nurture advanced future industries, including small…

One of the central mysteries of the brain is how it achieves so much with so little. At any given moment, it processes an entire world of input, pilots a…

Satellites high above Earth may soon have fewer places to hide. San Francisco-based company Astranis announced today (Aug. 13) that it’s developing a line of spacecraft called Perceptor, which will…

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured new images of NGC 2392, a planetary nebula commonly known as the Lion Nebula, revealing the cosmic object in striking infrared detail. The…

Sky-gazers have been captivated by the 2026 total solar eclipse, the first of its kind to pass over mainland Europe in some three decades. On August 12, for a few…

Quantum computing is kicking the doors open on a fusion energy problem that has long challenged scientists. IBM, in partnership with the Oak Ridge…

Despite their association with planet-pulverizing destruction and extinction, space rocks can be a cosmic gift. The meteorites that are too puny to blow up our Earth provide insights into wholly…

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) can reduce movement problems caused by Parkinson’s disease, and new research is providing a clearer picture of why the treatment works. Scientists have found that its…

When NASA’s Perseverance rover used its laser to tease apart some pale rocks lying around in Jezero Crater in 2025, scientists did not expect anything out of the ordinary. Little…

Alzheimer’s disease disproportionately affects women—around two thirds of the people who develop it are female. Why that is the case isn’t totally clear. It may be because women tend to…

The region surrounding Earth is getting more crowded as thousands of satellites and pieces of space debris move through low Earth orbit. Farther above, at altitudes of several hundred kilometers,…

The grid is hungry. The technology boom has led to a huge demand for power generation across the US and startups, scientists and atomic entrepreneurs are stepping up with ingenious…

Star Trek is headed back to the big screen for its big 60th birthday in September. Starting on September 4 and running through September 8 — the 60th anniversary of…

Incredible new video footage reveals a convoy of hundreds of stingrays—a grouping that marine biologists call a “fever”—off the coast of Southampton, N.Y. In the videos, shot by drone by…

For many people, the thought of a tasty burger or a cold pint of beer conjures up a vivid mental image and drives behavior. This link between thinking and doing…

You might know a tomato when you see one, but for the federal government, identifying one is harder. Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable? In 1893, this question…

Provided by the Ministry of Science and ICT ■ The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) announced on the 12th that it held the “Future Growth Engine 7 SEED Briefing…

When a group of astronomers set out two years ago to map parts of the ancient cosmos, they had hoped to find galaxies that contained two black holes. The universe…

Imagine a lion with the nose of a dying star, a mane of space dust and a habitat 10,000 light-years away from Earth. On its infrared galactic safari, NASA’s James…