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A new brain imaging study led by scientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) has uncovered what researchers describe as the strongest evidence so far that long…

When we think about black holes, we tend to imagine dominant cosmic titans that consume everything around them. However, for many years scientists have mused over the existence of far…

Hylenr Inc. has completed the first phase of an independent study of its lattice confinement fusion reactor at Texas A&M University, reporting thermal, gas and material signatures that the company…

An international team of astronomers co-led by an IAS scholar has identified what appears to be a universal rule governing one of the most dramatic behaviors of black holes: the…

President Donald Trump’s reported plans to establish a committee to oversee—and possibly veto—scientific grants issued by the nation’s top health agency via an executive order would undermine U.S. science and…

Zombie movies are a veritable genre of their own. From Dawn of the Dead to Shaun of the Dead, tales of the undead emerging and wreaking havoc can be small-time…

In the video introduction for the Fantastic Fest screening of Carrie, series creator Mike Flanagan said that he’s been asked many times: “Why Carrie now?” And the miniseries makes that…

A new type of brain implant could give scientists a more precise way to study the brain and may eventually contribute to treatments for neurological conditions such as epilepsy. Researchers…

Two weeks ago OpenAI claimed a solution to one of the biggest open problems in math—the Navier-Stokes problem—an achievement worth a $1-million prize from the Clay Mathematics Institute. The proof…

TEL AVIV, Israel and ALEXANDRIA, Va. and HOUSTON, Sept. 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — nT-Tao, an Israeli compact fusion energy company, and Orion Nuclear Energy Corporation, a U.S. developer of…

The Parthenon is a stunning example of ancient Greek architecture—but it is also the site of an optical mystery. If you look closely, the platform on which the columns of…

It’s hard to imagine a system of physics simpler than a billiard table. Send a ball across the table, and its path follows a simple rule: It travels in a…

Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. You’re listening to our weekly science news roundup. Let’s catch up on some recent headlines. Today we’ve…

China’s push into next-generation nuclear technology has reached a new milestone: ENN Group broke ground on the ENN Fusion Spherical Ring Hydrogen-Boron Plasma Platform, or Helong-2, which the company says…

There’s a lot more to sleep than just the amount of time that passes between you drifting off and waking up again – and the different facets of our slumber…

For years, paleontologists have been piecing together clues that suggest Tyrannosaurus rex may have been quite unlike modern reptiles—including the possibility that it may have been warm-blooded. But you can’t…

The closer we get to the end of Lanterns, the closer we get to the end of the line for Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler). In the very first episode of…

In the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, the murderous artificial intelligence HAL 9000 went into operation on January 12, 1992. In the early Terminator films, Skynet became “a new order…

There are countless stories that begin with a nuclear explosion, but none of them end the exact same way. A post-nuclear story can go incredibly grim in a project like…

The growing diversity and capability of China’s launch sector were on display last week. Four different Chinese orbital rockets lifted off in a 45-hour span from Tuesday (Sept. 15) to…

Supercomputers in the UK and US are joining forces to accelerate the race toward practical fusion energy. The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the US Department of Energy’s…

For 10 years, physicist Stephan Schlamminger had been chasing one of the most stubborn numbers in science. Now, after a decade of experiments, corrections, and painstaking analysis, the answer was…

On September 12 Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei posted an essay urging the industry to “slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models.” To make such a…

I think I might fall out of my seat. That’s not hyperbole — my seat is literally shaking so hard that I wonder if I should be wearing a seatbelt;…

When asked about the greatest innovation of humans, people will often say language or fire. A new paper suggests that these innovations may be more interlinked than we previously assumed….

It takes a certain amount of bravery to embark on a weight-loss journey. For most people, eating more healthily and doing more exercise is a radical change from their daily…

Mars’ innermost moon, Phobos, has puzzled planetary scientists for decades. One of the biggest unanswered questions is where it came from. Some researchers think Phobos is an asteroid that was…

nT-Tao, an Israeli company specializing in compact nuclear fusion, has developed and deployed a new 50-megawatt (MW) pulsed-power subsystem with real-time nonlinear control. The subsystem expands the company’s MEGA (Modular…

The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the US Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have signed a Joint Declaration of Intent to explore linking their advanced…