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Scientists have just discovered the Milky Way’s equivalent of a giant fake mustache. For four decades, astronomers have puzzled over a giant loop apparently ballooning out of the center of…

Intense abdominal pain. Extreme fatigue. Explosive diarrhea. These are just some of the symptoms of cyclosporiasis, a foodborne parasitic infection that has sickened thousands and hospitalized more than 100 people…

If you happen to find yourself in Greenland, off the west coast of Iceland or along a narrow path in central Spain on August 12, 2026, then you’re very lucky…

Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a promising experimental strategy for treating glioblastoma, the most aggressive form of brain cancer. Fewer than 30% of patients survive for two years…

A young Chinese startup is trying to change one of the slowest parts of the clean-energy race, the years of trial, error, and eye-watering spending needed to design a working…

Much of the U.S. is shrouded in smoke. Wildfires burning across Canada have sent plumes of air pollution to the Midwest and the Atlantic Coast. As of the time of…

The Sunda clouded leopard stalks the dense rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra in search of bearded pigs and mouse deer to prey on. Its tawny coat, accented by dark, cloud-shaped…

SpaceX’s IPO marks the moment the space dream became a mainstream capital markets story. For decades, it has sold a vision of interplanetary civilization on behalf of the wider space…

Astronomers have found strong evidence that TOI-5882, a sun-like star about 1,300 light-years from Earth, may have consumed one of its own planets. The team, led by University of Michigan…

The Cap Times is an independent newsroom serving Madison and Wisconsin. Sign up for the Morning Update to receive news in your inbox each morning. Madison-based Realta Fusion plans to…

Researchers at King’s College London have identified a promising new strategy for tackling Alzheimer’s disease by targeting several of the disease’s earliest biological changes at the same time. Their study…

In July 2024, residents of the New York metropolitan area were treated to a rare spectacle as a fireball exploded in the sky, rattling the region with a sonic boom….

In the U.S., the first Sunday in November brings temporary joy—an extra hour of sleep—followed by months of what can feel like unending darkness. It’s all worth it, though, for…

Ancient Egyptian princesses actually knew how to use the weapons they were buried with, according to a new study published in Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology. Any doubts around the women’s…

Updated July 15, 2026, 12:39 p.m. CT A nuclear fusion research center will be built at Madison’s former Oscar Mayer plant by Realta Fusion. The new facility, dubbed “The Realta…

The first launch attempt for SpaceX’s thirteenth flight of its Starship megarocket has ended before it truly began. Automated safety features suspended the launch at T-minus 0, about 6:45pm Eastern…

The science of longevity is an important topic for many researchers: how we might add years to our lifespans, and avoid disease and age-related decline at the same time. There…

A group in South Carolina is burning houses to better understand how wildfires spread. By Mira RojanasakulPhotographs and video by Will Crooks Mira Rojanasakul and Will Crooks reported from a…

The massive hardware demands of artificial intelligence (AI) applications are stretching the physical and structural limitations of semiconductors. But researchers have engineered a three-dimensional silicon chip that they propose as…

This story was supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center and published in partnership with Mongabay and Project Multatuli. TRANSCRIPT [CLIP: Forest sounds] On supporting science journalism If you’re…

Imagine the year 2158. You’re pursuing a PhD in planetary volcanology at the University of Utopia Planitia on Mars, surviving on freeze dried ramen while searching for the perfect exoplanet…

Nuclear fusion company building HQ in Madison MADISON (WKOW) — A local fusion energy company announced an agreement to move into the vacant former Oscar Mayer plant…

A site that represents Madison’s industrial past will get new life as the host of a new research and development facility aimed at helping power the future. After a multi-state…

The X-Men have a pretty eclectic cast of villains, from the Master of Magnetism to the undying superpowered eugenicist Mister Sinister, but Wolverine in particular has one of the most…

A rocky planet that’s the right distance from its star to be hospitable to life likely has an atmosphere, a new study claims. The exoplanet, known as LHS 1140 b,…

By adding just one minute to their daily car commutes, U.S. drivers could be saving more than $20 million—and preventing nearly 60,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions—every day, a…

Astronomers have directly confirmed four previously hidden white dwarf stars in nearby binary systems. Every system lies within 65 light-years of Earth, and one contains the ninth closest known white…

An Early Bronze Age metalworker and shaman discovered over 200 years ago in a lavish burial near Stonehenge and long assumed to be male was actually female, a new genetic…

What makes a feminine rage story worth watching? What keeps us rewatching Gone Girl and remaking Carrie over and over again? There’s something so invigorating about a woman leaving it…