Science

For decades, physicists working on nuclear fusion repeatedly hit a wall. Pack more than about 1.6 x 10^20 electrons into a cubic meter of plasma and the reaction… For decades,…

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now just two days from launch, marking the arrival of the agency’s next flagship astrophysics mission after the James Webb Space Telescope. University…

We’ve been looking for aliens for as long as we’ve been looking up at the starry night sky. Wondering, “What’s up there?” quickly leads to asking, “Who’s up there—and why…

After more than a decade of development, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is at last set to launch this weekend. With its unprecedented field of view—100 times that of…

Students who attended public school pre-K went on to perform better academically through high school than children who received family-based childcare, according to new research from Florida International University. The…

Scientists have figured out how to secretly enrich white bread with spinach – and it could have an immediate and measurable impact on the body’s insulin response. In a recent…

A new approach to plasma physics may solve two of the biggest engineering hurdles facing commercial nuclear fusion. Marathon Fusion announced that it has successfully separated both hydrogen and lithium…

Last night’s near-total lunar eclipse did not disappoint. In the second and final lunar eclipse of the year, our natural satellite transformed into a stunning red-orange “blood moon” as almost…

The world changed forever on 6 August 1945. That was the day humanity first deliberately turned the most powerful weapon ever conceived upon itself – when the US unleashed an…

Nearly 90 years ago, Werner Heisenberg predicted a strange quantum effect known as vacuum birefringence, in which seemingly empty space can change the way light behaves. According to the idea,…

A huge SpaceX rocket is just days away from launching NASA’s next great observatory into space: the Roman Space Telescope. But if you’re hoping to watch it live online, you’ll…

A catastrophic flash flood has struck northern Nepal on the Tibetan border, killing at least 157 people and leaving hundreds missing, including at least 34 Australians. The death toll is…

Chevron (NYSE:CVX) is expanding its energy portfolio with new investments in nuclear fusion technology as part of Big Oil’s broader push toward commercial fusion power. The company is backing multiple…

Unicorns, Bigfoot, and banshees have been scientifically debunked, but ghosts are real – kind of.  The exceptionally elusive neutrinos and their counterpart antineutrinos are known as ghost particles because they…

A faint background of extremely low frequency gravitational waves detected through networks of pulsars could contain clues to events that unfolded more than 13 billion years ago, including the emergence…

As strange cases of mistaken identity go, this story is a difficult one to beat. A fossil dating back some 324 million years has turned out to be a completely…

We’re in the midst of a blockbuster El Niño that could be become the strongest in living memory. It and other very strong, recent El Niños are much stronger than…

Deep inside the brain, a small group of nerve cells helps control how strongly pain signals are felt. Under normal conditions, this system can suppress pain traveling through the spinal…

What is goodness without evil? The basic question of the 1985 Ridley Scott-directed fantasy epic Legend suggests that the villain of any major fairy tale is just as important, if…

On Tuesday the legendary and beloved music icon Dolly Parton passed away. On Thursday a tropical disturbance managed to overcome headwinds to become a tropical storm. And the next name…

Astronomers now have their strongest evidence yet that Betelgeuse, one of the best-known stars in the night sky, has a stellar companion. A team led by French astronomer Miguel Montargès…

There are a few voices that just can’t be separated from their characters. Hulk’s screams will always be Lou Ferrigno, C-3PO will always be Anthony Daniels, and Optimus Prime will…

Small nuclear fusion reactor ©Adobe Stock Images American Fusion reported repeatable peak confinement pressures of approximately 100,000 atmospheres from its Texatron testing program, while stressing that significant scientific and engineering…

Glioblastoma is considered the most aggressive type of brain cancer. One reason it is so difficult to treat is that cancer cells spread into nearby brain tissue. That makes complete…

Hollywood has been searching for the successor to Greta Gerwig’s Barbie since it became a bona fide cultural phenomenon three years ago. But no amount of halfhearted toy movies or…

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory just dropped a new cache of photographs that capture the stunning beauty of different types of galaxies across the universe. The 16 images include x-ray data…

Remember Buddy, the friendly orange unicorn created to teach kids about right and wrong, sharing, and caring? Casper Kelly’s feature debut, so named for its mascot, doesn’t actually expect you…

With age comes wisdom – and, apparently, some rusty plumbing in the old noggin. Growing evidence suggests that as we age, the lymphatic system that serves our central nervous system…

The story always goes the same way: guy meets girl, guy explains he’s here from the future to stop the robot apocalypse, and guy and girl fall in love and…