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Human memory is, at its core, an unreliable witness. More than 70 percent of all convictions of people who were exonerated with DNA evidence between 1989 and 2019 were cases…

“I don’t know if you’re a detective or a pervert.” The comment is directed at Kyle MacLachlan’s character in David Lynch’s first true masterpiece, 1986’s Blue Velvet. But the line…

A House vote targeting data center power costs sent Oklo and NuScale Power surging past the broader nuclear complex, but the way uranium miners sat out the rally tells a…

Scientists have built a DNA-powered computer that can perform calculations using billions of molecules in a tiny drop of water. The system taps into the laws of physics to create…

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. This week we’re diving into what we like to call a Friday Fascination—a story that uses sound to transport you…

On Sept. 19, 1996, the space shuttle Atlantis rendezvoused with Russia’s Mir space station to deliver supplies and equipment. The mission also picked up NASA astronaut Shannon Lucid, who had…

China’s aim to achieve the commercial utilisation of fusion energy by 2050, and the benefits to be gained from international collaboration, have been set out at Fusion for the Future: Engineering…

In Bangladesh, hospitals and community health workers are facing an unrelenting battle against measles. Despite increased vaccination rates, cases have surged into the deadliest outbreak the South Asian country has…

For most of modern astronomy, rings were associated only with the Solar System’s giant planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. That picture changed in 2013, when astronomers discovered two dense…

There was no need or expectation for a movie based on transforming robot toys to be as absurdly hardcore as it was. Forty years ago, in 1986, Transformers, a moderately…

A routine check of NASA lunar data unexpectedly led to a major discovery. Robert Wagner, a scientist who works with NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), was examining a large map…

Right now, your brain is recognizing the shapes of these letters, analysing their meaning, and holding a stream of thought together—all on about 20 watts of power. That’s roughly what…

Menopause is an experience roughly half of Earth’s population will go through at some point in their life. It’s the point where menstruation stops and marks the end of natural…

The race to develop the energy source of the future is gathering pace. Who will win? The US and China? Or Europe? German start-up Focused Energy, based in Darmstadt, aims…

Rocket Lab will launch a Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit tonight (Sept. 18), and you can watch the action live. An Electron rocket carrying a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) spacecraft…

Does gravity affect every type of particle in exactly the same way? Researchers at ETH Zurich and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Villigen are preparing an experiment that could…

New videos reveal how a male dolphin has perfected a never-before-seen hunting technique for his species: he terrorizes fish until they vomit—and then feeds on their regurgitated food. The observations,…

Europe’s prototype spacesuit aboard the International Space Station (ISS) still needs some work after European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot performed its first fit and dexterity checks on orbit. EuroSuit…

China has recently offered a first look at its next-generation fusion reactor. It has unveiled the blueprint and concept art for its upcoming HL-4 tokamak at the Shanghai Fusion Energy…

Memory problems, thinning skin, and declining bone mass may seem like separate consequences of growing older. Yet experiments in mice suggest that changes in a protein deep inside the brain…

OpenAI may have claimed to have solved a million-dollar math problem that’s fundamental to lots of modern technology, but don’t expect anything to change—at least, not immediately. Earlier this month…

Deciding on Tom Hardy’s greatest performance of all time is tricky. While some would say it’s impossible to top his performance in Mad Max: Fury Road, others would say his…

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope may be able to operate for far longer than originally expected. An exceptionally precise first mid-course correction, combined with other fuel savings, could more…

Ask any mathematician where artificial intelligence stands in their field, and you’ll hear it moved into the office down the hall, knocked off a few open problems and is elbowing…

Nuclear fusion has spent decades suspended between scientific triumph and commercial disappointment. Now, however, the technology is experiencing a remarkable investment boom. Private fusion start-ups are attracting record amounts of…

Say cheese, universe. NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has caught its first glimpses of cosmic light—a major step on the road to beaming back unprecedented images and data about…

People who have both atrial fibrillation and Alzheimer’s disease may experience slower cognitive decline when treated with newer NOAC blood thinners, according to research from Karolinska Institutet published in the…

This time next week, any Arctic cold fronts pushing into northern New York or lake effect snow dumping on Syracuse will be sweeping in from across Lake America—at least according…