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Physics allows for black holes far smaller than the enormous objects typically found at the centers of galaxies or created when massive stars collapse. Under the right conditions, microscopic black…

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Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. What does it mean to cause “harm”? If someone walked into your house and slapped you across the face, I…

Using an in-home HEPA purifier for one month spurs a small but significant improvement in brain function in adults age 40 and older. That’s the result of a new study…

Earth’s current mass extinction has our fingerprints all over it. Humans are decimating other species in a wide range of ways, and the problem is still getting worse, with extinction…

A new portable vacuum vessel has arrived at American Fusion’s assembly site, clearing the way for a fresh round of plasma experiments. The hardware will support the testing programme for…

For a patient losing blood, every minute without treatment can matter. But the plasma needed to help control bleeding isn’t always available where the injury happens. Conventional plasma must be…

If you want to improve yourself, your health or your lifestyle, you need to do it to the “maxx”—according to social media, at least. If you want to better your…

NASA’s newest telescope is officially on its way to deep space after more than a decade of development and high anticipation. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope lifted off from…

Of all the diseases spread through the bite of an insect or arachnid in the United States, Lyme disease is the most common. Each year, nearly half a million people…

On October 22, 2001, millions of gamers got an entirely new way to wreak havoc: Grand Theft Auto III. In the landmark video game, players could hit pedestrians with cars,…

For decades, fusion environments have had limited availability. Progress has been constrained by limited access to these environments. Companies developing new technologies have relied on a handful of national laboratories…

A prosthetic limb can help people to stand, walk, or run again. But it cannot always warn them when its socket is pressing too hard against the skin of their…

When you’re looking for exoplanets, stars are irritating. Now, I have nothing against stars! I live near one and have deep appreciation for the light it provides. Stars are interesting…

A new flagship observatory is about to launch to space and join the ranks of its powerful predecessors, like the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes. NASA’s groundbreaking new Nancy…

INTERNATIONAL energy firm Eni says it plans to open a commercial fusion plant in Europe by the 2040s as part of its long-time partnership with US private fusion company Commonwealth…

Do you feel like the same person in February as in June? For most people, the answer is a resounding no. During winter, your energy tends to dip, your immune…

Graphene is a very special material, only one atom thick. It has a rare combination of properties, including quantum and magnetic characteristics, that make it unique in many respects. Now,…

An international team of astrophysicists says the universe is still expanding at an accelerating rate, rejecting recent claims that cosmic expansion may have begun to slow. The researchers challenged a…

Photo Credit: Getty Images Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is preparing to bring New England governors together to examine whether advanced nuclear and fusion technologies could help lower electric bills. Healey…

On Aug. 29, 1965, two NASA astronauts returned from their record-breaking Gemini 5 mission. Astronauts Gordon Cooper and Pete Conrad spent eight days in Earth orbit, and for the first…

When a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket blasts off from Kennedy Space Center as early as Sunday morning, it will be carrying a crucial steppingstone toward astronomers’ grand goal of finding…

Could subtle changes during sleep reveal vulnerability to Alzheimer’s disease years before memory problems become noticeable? Researchers at ULiège, supported by the Stop Alzheimer’s Foundation, are investigating whether the sleeping…

The warning signs of Parkinson’s appear to be all around us. Scientists have found clues to the disease’s emergence in people’s hair, in their blood, and in their earwax too….

For an experienced reader, recognising the words on this page feels effortless. Yet, evolutionarily speaking, your brain shouldn’t be able to read. Reading has existed for too short a time…

The first physicist Taylor Wilson pitched turned him down flat. Friedwardt Winterberg, an eminent professor at the University of Nevada, Reno who had studied under Werner Heisenberg, listened to the…

In 1988, archaeologists cracked open a lead coffin inside the Château de Laval in northwestern France and found something peculiar. A woman who had been dead for more than 350…

With health problems related to poor diets and obesity continuing to become more widespread, researchers are hunting for the specific biological mechanisms behind preferences for fatty foods – and for…

NASA’s Starling mission has reached another milestone in autonomous spaceflight by demonstrating a system that can determine a satellite’s orbital position using other objects in space as reference points rather…