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If you’re out of your element, sometimes it’s best to get a local to show you around. Narwhals – elusive, toothed whales famous for their bizarre unicorn-like tusks – spend…

A Trump administration effort to give political figures control over a large swath of U.S. science funding is off the table until at least December. On Tuesday, members of the…

The State of Tennessee has issued its first license to develop nuclear fusion machines to generate electricity. The fusion process is the reaction that powers the sun and stars. This…

Simple practices such as mindfulness, gratitude journaling, and optimism training may improve several markers of cardiovascular health within a matter of weeks. A recent study found that these positive psychology…

The universe’s first rocky planets may have gotten their start astonishingly early — perhaps only 100 million years after the Big Bang. Explosions of some of the universe’s first massive…

On June 16, 2023, 39 seconds after 3:22 P.M. and one mile beneath the Black Hills of South Dakota, there was a sudden flash of light. It happened in a…

The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope just launched to space yesterday morning. The spacecraft is already more than 600 miles away from our planet—but it has many more miles to go….

What This Story Is About State officials have approved a landmark nuclear fusion license for Type One Energy to begin constructing and operating advanced clean-energy machines at TVA’s Bull Run…

The solar system’s most distant planet, Neptune, was imaged by Voyager 2 in August 1989. This month, the ice giant reaches opposition in our sky. Credit: NASA/JPL Venus is the…

In New York City, teachers have two more weeks to prepare for the start of school—and no access to the educational technology software they typically use to teach. City officials…

Two astronauts will conduct history’s sixth all-female spacewalk today (Sept. 1), and you can watch it live. NASA’s Jessica Meir and Sophie Adenot of the European Space Agency will venture…

Several times over the past few years, deep beneath a mountain in central Italy, a neutrino, the lightest and most elusive particle we know, careened into an electron, producing a…

Fusion power aims to provide a revolutionary energy source, but achieving it remains perennially around the technological corner. Who knew that harnessing the same basic process that powers the Sun…

A New Mexico company has raised $7 million to scale a technology designed to produce enriched lithium-6 and lithium-7, two isotopes needed for next-generation nuclear energy systems. Molten Salt Solutions…

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is already exceeding expectations. After reaching the launchpad ahead of schedule and on budget, the spy-satellite-sourced, $4-billion project pulled off a flawless launch to…

The ingredients needed to build rocky planets may have appeared as early as 100 million years after the Big Bang, according to new research from the University of Portsmouth. That…

For the first time in 14 years, doctors have updated guidelines for preventing migraine attacks. The new recommendations from the American Academy of Neurology and American Headache Society, published August…

Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett are not shy about using conspiracy theories in their movies. Even in the very mainstream and relatively family-friendly Godzilla franchise, the creative duo (Wingard directs,…

Funding will accelerate pilot-scale production of lithium-6 and lithium-7 isotopes, strengthening a critical domestic supply chain for next-generation energy technologies. SANTA FE, N.M., Aug. 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Molten Salt…

Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. We’re kicking this week off by focusing on one major science news story: the launch of NASA’s…

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has begun a three-month journey covering roughly one million miles as it travels toward its final orbit. The observatory lifted off at 7:26 a.m….

Familiar things can look very strange when viewed under a microscope – which is why each week we bring you a fresh microscope mystery to put your detective skills to…

Two remarkably successful theories explain nearly everything we observe in the universe, from tiny atoms and molecules to planets, stars, and galaxies. Quantum mechanics describes the behavior of matter at…

What would you do with a super-Hubble that could take snapshots of the sky not just in small patches but also in huge chunks? That’s a question NASA put to…

SACRAMENTO – The state Legislature Wednesday unanimously approved Sen. Jerry McNerney’s SB 925, which would accelerate the development of fusion energy in California – a potential clean power gamechanger. McNerney…

Rocket Lab will launch a private Japanese radar satellite to orbit early Tuesday morning (Sept. 1), and you can watch the action live. An Electron vehicle is scheduled to lift…

Researchers have uncovered a major temperature imbalance deep inside Mars, with the planet’s southern interior appearing significantly hotter than its northern half. Gravity measurements suggest that the interior beneath Mars’s…

We know that AI is transforming modern life in myriad ways – influencing everything from scientific research to student education. But it’s less clear how we’re all affected as consumers,…

It’s possible to lose weight following any one of three diets, a new clinical trial has found—but one diet stands out for its substantive health benefits that the other eating…