Science

Researchers at the University of Oxford have found evidence that Mars may once have contained enormous Earth-like magmatic systems deep below its surface, even though the planet does not have…

GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic are never out of the headlines for long. They’ve proven to be very effective for managing weight loss and type 2 diabetes, but questions…

How nutritious is cockroach milk? At last, this burning question is getting the recognition it so sorely deserves: the team answering it has received one of the 2026 Ig Nobel…

It goes without saying, but a key element of any successful superhero is the costume. It’s pretty hard to imagine Spider-Man becoming such a cultural phenomenon without the eternally cool…

The state of Tennessee issued what officials called the first license to a commercial nuclear fusion project in the U.S. under a new regulatory framework to speed up development of…

A new study suggests that deliberately changing the rhythm of your breathing can influence how you make decisions by altering activity in both the heart and brain. Researchers from the…

“It’s great to have great sex and hot-fudge sundaes,” says cognitive scientist Laurie Santos, who studies the science of well-being at Yale University.   “But ultimately, true happiness probably comes from…

Hardly anyone reckoned that struggling in high school to calculate the area of a triangle or the volume of a prism could be used one day to influence the outcome…

Astronomers have identified a little-studied population of faint remnant radio galaxies that appear to fade quickly after their central supermassive black holes stop producing powerful radio jets. The findings provide…

In 1976, when Kerry O’Quinn launched the magazine Starlog, he knew it could be a success. Not only was he confident that Star Trek — and its connected sci-fi fandoms…

Pranos says it built the machine in around eight months and plans to operate it for nearly two decades, targeting 10-12 experimental shots a day, or about 3,000 shots annually….

Aging often makes itself visible in familiar ways, from gray hair and wrinkles to lapses in memory. That has fueled a longstanding scientific question: Could some of those changes eventually…

The Pentagon is pausing guidelines under a controversial policy to require testosterone testing for service members over the age of 30, Reuters reports. The policy, which was announced in July,…

This December, Shang-Chi will be one of the many heroes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe who will gather to fight Doctor Doom in Avengers: Doomsday. When that movie comes out,…

September brings a busy lineup for skywatchers, including a dazzling Venus, a Harvest Moon near Saturn and Neptune, the seasonal equinox, and opportunities to use the Moon as a guide…

Too much ‘bad’ cholesterol in the bloodstream – that’s the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) type – can contribute to plaque buildup in the arteries, increasing the risk of cardiovascular problems like…

The Trump administration has remained silent so far on vaccination recommendations as flu season approaches. But leaders of some of the country’s largest medical organizations are urging Americans to get…

The AI boom’s insatiable appetite for electricity is pushing power utilities into uncharted territory: striking deals with fusion energy startups that haven’t yet produced a single watt of commercial power….

When we picture glaciers, it’s easy to imagine vast expanses of white ice gleaming under the sky. But not all glaciers take that form. The world is covered in a…

A new study suggests that brain imaging could reveal changes linked to Alzheimer’s disease more than seven years earlier than researchers previously believed. The work was led by scientists in…

Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, is extremely difficult to study up close. In fact, just one spacecraft, NASA’s MESSENGER, has ever orbited the planet. But soon a second…

The universe is producing fewer stellar “babies.” Over the past 4.5 billion years, the rate at which new stars form has fallen to less than half its previous level. Yet…

Vacuum-vessel thermal shields at the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Bengaluru: When a critical component of the world’s largest fusion research project developed microscopic cracks, the solution…

The world runs on metals, and not (just) the kind produced by long-haired musicians with monochromatic wardrobes. Our modern technologies, industries, and infrastructure would not be possible without 17 invaluable…

High blood pressure means a significantly higher risk of heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular diseases, motivating researchers to look for new ways to bring blood pressure numbers down –…

Chemotherapy is brutal. The cancer treatment is often lifesaving, but it comes with serious side effects. Some are shorter-lived, such as hair loss, nausea and fatigue, but others can last…

Aging happens at different speeds from one person to another, but it eventually affects everyone. New research from Stanford Medicine, conducted in mice and human cells, points to a particular…

It’s the most common cause of childhood physical disability, affecting as many as three children out of every 1,000 babies born around the world each year. But despite the prevalence…

Engineers have successfully run five live tests using an automated system to stabilize a fusion reactor in real time. The trials took place at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility in…