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Avalanche Energy Designs and the Tri-City Development Council announced Thursday that they are moving forward with plans for Avalanche’s first global advanced manufacturing facility for its modular fusion energy machines….

When you start a medication and notice something different about your body, a question can follow: Is the drug responsible? Changes to your nails might prompt that question, too. In…

At some point around three billion years after the big bang, some celestial object in a faraway galaxy suddenly went pop and shot out a brief-but-powerful blast of radio waves,…

A facial mass detected before birth prompted the early delivery of identical twin sisters. A fetal MRI at 33 weeks showed the mass on one baby’s face. When the sisters…

It’s been two days since OpenAI’s “slop drop” of AI-generated results on 372 open math and computer science problems. Scientists are just beginning to parse through the heap and pick…

Short gamma-ray bursts, or short GRBs, are believed to occur when two compact objects, such as neutron stars, spiral toward one another before colliding and merging. These extraordinarily violent events…

On Tuesday afternoon OpenAI dropped more than 700 manuscripts reporting proofs, solutions and progress on 372 open problems across theoretical research. It will take time for mathematicians to trudge through…

Open this photo in gallery: General Fusion CEO Greg Twinney stands with the LM26, which the company uses to test its fusion method, in Richmond, B.C., last year.Jennifer Gauthier/The Globe…

NASA is moving closer to establishing humanity’s first Moon base with the selection of three scientific investigations designed to answer some of the biggest questions about living on the lunar…

Mike Flanagan has practically made a career out of adapting Stephen King projects, but he’s never been afraid to put his own stamp on the stories. Usually, that means long…

NASA’s Artemis II mission—a slingshot around the moon earlier this year that sent four astronauts to lunar space for the first time in more than half a century—was an unequivocal…

The beginning of Netflix’s upcoming series Below is jarring to say the least. Not only is there a terrifying monster on the loose, but Josh Hartnett is talking in an…

Berlin (d.de) – Germany is pressing ahead with the development of fusion power plants. As part of Germany’s High-Tech Agenda, the Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation (SPRIND) has launched a…

Tropical Storm Isaias, a cyclone in the Gulf of Mexico, is expected to strengthen into a hurricane by Thursday, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. If it…

Giving a child a smartphone before age 13 could be risky for some aspects of their mental health. In a new study of nearly 9,000 adolescents in the US, researchers…

Earth’s center of mass does not stay perfectly still. As water, ice, and air move around the planet with the seasons, they redistribute enough weight to push the center of…

In a mountain village in the heart of Sardinia, Italy, something very special appears to be happening. On the same island, roughly 20 years ago, scientists identified the world’s first…

Jonathan, an Aldabra giant tortoise on the South Atlantic island of Saint Helena, appears fully grown in a photograph researchers say was taken around 1882. That means he’s survived to…

Optical fibers and miniature silicon sensors designed for nuclear physics experiments are being sent underground. Their new mission is to protect drinking water supplies near upcoming commercial fusion power plants….

For scientists searching for life beyond Earth, rocky planets with atmospheres are among the most promising places to investigate. An atmosphere is essential for maintaining liquid water on a planet’s…

Some pieces of our DNA can copy themselves into new locations. Copies derived from one gene active in human brain cells appear to have taken that journey further: into a…

World health experts are closely following a potential case of pneumonic plague—the most deadly form of the disease. Earlier this week Russian officials reported that an employee at a laboratory…

The remote south Atlantic island of St. Helena boasts an international celebrity: the tortoise Jonathan, the oldest living land animal. At 194 years old, he has outlasted the expected lifespan…

EVERETT — Zap Energy, a leader in developing fission and fusion-based, carbon-free power, just secured federal approval for a new type of breakthrough capacitor that reaches an expected 20-year life cycle…

Scientists may have found a new way to reduce harmful inflammation in the brain by targeting a receptor that can already be blocked with existing drugs. The research, published in…

Astronomers have spotted a never-before-seen type of “phoenix planet” rising from the ashes of a dying alien sun. The discovery, which the scientists say was “completely unexpected,” raises hopes that…

Whether you are smoking or eating it, marijuana can be relaxing—or it can cause feelings of anxiety, panic and paranoia. But despite the prevalence of these unnerving experiences—studies suggest frequent…

Scientists think one of the most important events in the early solar system was a colossal collision between the young Earth and a Mars-sized body known as Theia. The impact…

Taking a nice hot bath at the end of a long day is a wonderful way to unwind, but the end results can go way beyond simple relaxation. In fact,…