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As satellites fill Earth’s orbit, the space race risks becoming an environmental crisis

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Apr 03, 2026

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The exact political location where conspiracy theories thrive

Footage captured by plane passenger shows Artemis II launch from air – video

How Large-Scale Human Migration Reshaped Europe More Than a Thousand Years Ago

Are Your Vegetables Safe? Scientists Uncover Hidden Chemical Risks in Crops

Four things we’d need to put data centers in space

NASA’s Artemis II astronauts may catch a comet—if it can survive the sun

How NASA’s moon mission could help transform space medicine

Inge Lehmann and Earth’s deepest Secret

Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom

When our minds wander to the body, it may affect mental health

Fly me to the moon – or at least to Luton | Brief letters

When made to feel sad, men with psychopathic traits shift their visual focus to anger

Where is Artemis II now? NASA mission is committed to the moon

Forget Wi-Fi This Laser Tech Hits 360 Gbps at Half the Power

Scientists Discover “Shape-Shifting” Semiconductors Activated by Light

New Advances Bring the Era of Quantum Computers Closer Than Ever

We may have seen a 'dirty fireball' star explosion for the first time

How worried should you be about an AI apocalypse?

Here Are the Best U.S. National Parks to See the Northern Lights — and No, They Aren’t All in Alaska

Supreme Court ruling on ‘conversion therapy’ puts medical talk in the hot seat

This Liquid Snapped Instead of Flowing and Scientists Were Shocked

'You look beautiful': Artemis II crew makes contact from space – video

Different types of childhood maltreatment appear to uniquely shape human brain development

Nature’s strangest eggs—from spongy clusters to gelatinous blobs

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Purple Martins Rely on Human 'Landlords' to Provide Nest Boxes Each Spring. Can That Dynamic Last?

Huge Numbers tackles mathematics at its most incomprehensibly large

Cannibalism in Snakes Is Not Uncommon — but Could be a Behavior That's Tied to Evolution

The Habitable Worlds Observatory Will Need Astrometry To Find Life

UK’s leading AI research institute told to make ‘significant’ changes

Brain scans shed light on how short videos impair memory and alter neural pathways

New Study Challenges Long-Held Concerns Over Infant Ibuprofen and Acetaminophen Use

This Molecule in Your Sweat Could Stop the Flu Before It Starts

How a DIY worm farm can compost food scraps, paper or a whole kangaroo

Multipurpose anti-viral pill may treat colds, norovirus, flu and covid

NASA’s Artemis II astronauts put spacecraft systems to the test on 10‑day mission

Where did the ‘Oh-My-God’ particle come from?

See the first stunning images of a massive coral reef that has lain hidden for decades

The hidden reason new 'superfast' Wi-Fi still feels anything but

Breakthrough Alzheimer’s Drug Rewires the Brain Instead of Just Clearing Plaques

Cannabis intoxication broadly impairs multiple memory types, new study shows

Big tech's next move is to put data centers in space. Can it work?

NASA's Artemis II has left Earth's orbit, and 4 astronauts now head to the moon

Week in wildlife: a meep-meep roadrunner, a new frog species and Orkney voles

As satellites fill Earth’s orbit, the space race risks becoming an environmental crisis

Original Sin by Kathryn Paige Harden review – are criminals born or made?

NASA’s Artemis II Cleared for Moon Flight As Orion Prepares for Critical Engine Burn

NASA Artemis II Crew Scrambles To Fix Unexpected Toilet Failure in Space

‘I’d introduce aliens to shito sauce.’ Items our panel would take into space

Barents Sea Tied to Low Arctic Sea Ice