Science
Astronomers want direct images of exoplanets. They...
A new device uses quantum optics to filter out starlight in real time — bringing scientists closer t...
Honeybees are getting confused by electric polluti...
Airborne electric fields similar to those from nearby power lines seem to have a dramatic effect on ...
How to boost your brain power just by changing how...
We mostly breathe subconsciously, but columnist Helen Thomson finds evidence that the brain function...
Extra cancer screening could help pick up early ca...
Dense breast tissue can make tumours hard to spot on mammogram scans, but adding another step to thi...
U.S. Space Force general selected to lead Trump's ...
U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled a plan for his ambitious "Golden Dome" missile defense shield t...
Ax-4 private astronaut mission to the ISS is 'go' ...
Axiom Space has completed the Flight Readiness Review for its upcoming launch of private astronauts ...
Jupiter used to be twice as big as it is now — it ...
A new study reveals early Jupiter was twice its current size with a magnetic field 50 times stronger...
Why taping your mouth shut at night probably isn't...
Social media is awash with videos claiming that taping your mouth closed will improve your sleep – b...
US military launches unarmed intercontinental ball...
The U.S. military test launched an intercontinental ballistic missile on May 21 to demonstrate the r...
Why the climate crown is ready for China to take –...
With the US in retreat from climate negotiations, China's Xi Jinping could become the next green glo...
New species of space-adapted bacteria discovered o...
A newly discovered bacterial species aboard China's Tiangong space station may offer insights into h...
NASA legend Gene Kranz returns to mission control ...
NASA flight director, Gene Kranz, now 91 years old, is seen posing with his lifetime achievement awa...
Vagus nerve stimulation shows promise for spinal c...
People with incomplete cervical spinal cord injuries showed improvements to their hand and arm movem...
The first teeth were sensory organs on the skin of...
Teeth are good for chewing and biting, but they are also sensitive – and that may have been their or...
Weird planet is orbiting backwards between two sta...
After two decades of debate, research confirms that an odd binary star system has an equally odd pla...
How buried cables are revealing Earth’s interior i...
The globe is criss-crossed by unused fibre-optic cables. Now, researchers are using them to defend a...
'Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back' at 45: Stop-m...
The Oscar-winning SFX guru talks turkey sandwiches, space lizards, and making the awesome Battle of ...
Starfish Space's 'Otter' satellite will attempt 1s...
Starfish Space's Otter Pup 2 mission will launch atop a SpaceX rocket this June to perform the first...
The physics of the universe appear to be fine-tune...
The physical constants of the universe appear to favor the existence of life. So why are we here?
Watch tile-shedding private Chinese rocket launch ...
Chinese company LandSpace sent six satellites into orbit on Saturday (May 17) aboard its methane-pow...
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If you're looking for a Memorial Day streaming deal ahead of the long weekend, getting nearly 70% of...
West Nile virus detected in mosquitoes in the UK f...
“Fragments” of West Nile virus have been detected in UK mosquitoes, suggesting that the virus is cir...
China is readying a mission to two rocky bodies in...
China's ambitious Tianwen-2 mission will soon be heading to two extremely different space rocks, and...
See the crescent moon rise close to Saturn and Nep...
Remember: A telescope or binoculars will be needed to spot far-flung Neptune!
Perseverance rover rolls into 'Crocodile' region o...
NASA's Perseverance rover is exploring a new Mars region called Krokodillen, which is thought to har...
SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites to orbit on...
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites late Tuesday night (May 20), atop...
Tropical forest loss doubled in 2024 as wildfires ...
A record 67,000 square kilometres of primary rainforest was lost from the tropics in 2024, with glob...
Supergiant crustaceans may cover more than half of...
The enigmatic crustacean Alicella gigantea is the world’s largest amphipod, but like all deep-sea cr...
How the US military wants to use the world's large...
The world’s largest aircraft, called WindRunner, is being designed to carry huge wind turbine blades...
Lightning on alien worlds may fail to spark life, ...
New research has found that lightning, while not very common, can occur on tidally locked exoplanets...
Earliest galaxy ever seen offers glimpse of the na...
The galaxy MoM-z14 dates back to 280 million years after the big bang, and the prevalence of such ea...
Powerful Mother's Day geomagnetic storm created ra...
Researchers have provided some new insights about the powerful geomagnetic storm that flared up last...
NASA's X-59 jet takes 'flight' without leaving the...
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft is seen during its “aluminum bird” systems testing, v...
How an ancient alchemy technique is transforming m...
Today’s chemistry is a wet business, mostly done by mixing compounds in liquid solvents. But a push ...
House-size asteroid will pass between Earth and mo...
The asteroid poses no threat to the moon or Earth.
Vaccine may treat cocaine addiction by blocking dr...
A vaccine that helps people overcome cocaine addiction has shown signs of being safe and effective i...
The 100th woman in space: Emily Calandrelli talks ...
As the 100th woman to travel to space, Calandrelli isn't just celebrating personal achievement — she...
Why do dwarf galaxies line up? 'Zippers' and 'twis...
Structures known as "zippers" and "twisters" in the early universe may explain why dwarf galaxies te...
'We don't know how bad it could get': Are we ready...
Space weather forecasting doesn't yet command the same resources as Earth weather forecasting, even ...
Ancient Maltese temples may have been schools for ...
The alignment of some megalithic temples in Malta suggests they may have been used to teach sailors ...
Did Predator just harpoon a plane out of the sky? ...
The first of 2025's two Predator movies is an animated anthology which is looking even bloodier and ...
Take a closer look at the moon and galaxies with t...
With a huge 15x magnification, these binoculars from Celestron will give you great views of star clu...
Astronomers double down on claim of strongest evid...
Are there aliens living on the exoplanet K2-18b? Some astronomers believe they have evidence for mol...
Sea level will rise fast even if we limit global w...
Satellite observations show the ice sheets are melting faster than expected, and slowing sea level r...
NASA names geomagnetic storm for 1st time, honorin...
NASA took the initiative to name Storm Gannon after a space weather scientist who died in 2024. This...
Moon mining machine: Interlune unveils helium-3 ha...
Seattle startup Interlune's newly unveiled machine is designed to churn up 110 tons (100 metric tons...
AI doesn't know 'no' – and that's a huge problem f...
Many AI models fail to recognise negation words such as “no” and “not”, which means they can’t easil...
SpaceX gets updated Starship launch license but st...
The FAA has greenlit license modifications ahead of Flight 9 of SpaceX's Starship but has not yet ap...
James Webb Space Telescope discovers an alien plan...
The presence of water-ice in the debris disk around a young star could have helped facilitate the gr...
