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We may be getting better images of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole in the future. Astronomers used 10 years of observations of a distant blazar to detect turbulence in the Milky Way's interstellar medium. This turbulence makes...

Sci.News

For the first time, astronomers have directly detected how turbulent clouds of ionized gas between the stars bend and blur radio signal from a distant quasar. The post Astronomers Catch Interstellar Turbulence Warping Light across Milky...

Nature.com

Nature, Published online: 15 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01590-wThe Trump administration has spent months investigating the lab after a Chinese postdoc was charged with smuggling biological material into the country.

PsyPost

A recent study published in The Journal of Sex Research suggests that adults with autism experience higher rates of certain types of sexual victimization compared to those without the diagnosis. The findings indicate that these...

Scientific American

A strange, tiny fish that resembles the famous Sesame Street character camouflages amid red algae thanks to its flamboyant reddish “hairs”

SciTech Daily

A long-term study found that brain health can improve throughout life with consistent daily habits, cognitive training, and personalized support, regardless of age. What if the brain doesn’t have to follow the familiar path of gradual...

SciTech Daily

Fur seals may look relaxed on shore, but their hearts reveal a hidden battle still underway after deep dives. Diving places enormous physical stress on marine mammals. During long and deep dives, animals can switch to ‘anaerobic’...

Ars Technica

The world's leading space powers desperately want to know what the others are up to high above the equator. For more than a decade, the US military has operated a fleet of "inspector" satellites designed to sidle up to other spacecraft in...

Discover Magazine (Pay Wall)

Learn how researchers used DNA and 23andMe to connect 17th-century Maryland colonists to more than 1.3 million living people and potentially identify the colony’s second governor.

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Scientists have extracted and analyzed proteins from the tooth enamel of six Homo erectus individuals who lived in China roughly 400,000 years ago, offering an unprecedented glimpse into the genetic makeup of one of humanity’s most...

Science Focus

Does my brain live a little in the past? Yes, your brain does live a little in the past. It can't help it. The information it receives via your senses is always a little out of date. Whether it’s light entering the retinas in your eyes, or...

SciTech Daily

Long-distance gene control first emerged around 650 to 700 million years ago, significantly earlier than scientists had previously believed. Life depends on timing. Every cell must turn genes on and off at just the right moment. Even the...

Scientific American

The filmmaker behind the newly released movie Silent Friend shares the scientific and historical inspiration for its story of botanical consciousness

Scientific American

Varda’s plan to develop medicines in microgravity has its advantages, but it requires a big up-front cost

Scientific American

Hantavirus misinformation is spreading fast. COVID trauma and social media algorithms may be to blame

Universe Today

A study of NASA's Black Marble data reveals a pattern of regional volatility in nighttime illumination across the planet.

Ars Technica

AI-generated slop has shown up everywhere, including in the peer-reviewed literature. Fake citations, unedited prompt responses, and nonsensical diagrams have all slipped past editors and peer reviewers, and it's not always clear if there...

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Global warming already threatens to destabilise the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, and new research shows that regional clean-air policies could reduce its strength further

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A record-breaking new version of Starship, due to launch within days, could form the basis of NASA's ambitious Artemis programme that aims to put humans back on the moon as soon as 2028

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Adding olivine to the ocean could remove CO2 from the atmosphere, and a pilot project in New York state found no signs of adverse effects on seafloor organisms

PsyPost

A recent study published in the journal Nutritional Psychiatry suggests that consuming higher amounts of specific dietary nutrients, like fiber and folate, is associated with a lower likelihood of experiencing depressive symptoms. The...

STAT News

Takeda Pharmaceuticals agreed to pay $13.6 million to settle allegations that it paid kickbacks to doctors to prescribe an antidepressant and, consequently, violated federal law by causing Medicaid to pay false claims, the U.S. Department...

Nature.com

Nature, Published online: 15 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01559-9Could spinach extracts be the next treatment for dry-eye disease?

Popular Science

Coral reefs may soon have new swimming visitors observing their life-rich aquatic metropolises. But  that visitor isn’t a fish—or even a human. It’s an autonomous, multi-sensor survey robot. Developed by the Woods Hole Oceanographic...

Universe Today

The galaxy cluster Abell 2029 is sometimes described as “the most relaxed cluster in the Universe.” This moniker does not arise from some sort of mellow vibe, but rather because of how calm and undisturbed the superheated gas that pervades...

The Guardian

Researchers say daily exposure to cold activates brown fat and could help speed up body’s burning of calories Wearing an ice vest or taking daily cold showers could help people lose weight, according to researchers. Despite the growing...

Science News

A study of 50 crab species in Japan traces the iconic sideways walk to a single ancestor, suggesting the trait drove the group's remarkable diversity.

Ars Technica

Cement production alone currently accounts for about 8 percent of global CO2 emissions, so considerable effort is going into lowering that number. Efficiency can be increased, and energy sources can be swapped for cleaner ones, but a...

Discover Magazine (Pay Wall)

A powerful storm briefly transformed one of Hawaiʻi’s driest islands into a thriving wetland, inspiring conversations and actions for ecological restoration.

Nature.com

Nature, Published online: 15 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01558-wEight of the top ten officials at the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases have now been pushed out since President Donald Trump took office.

STAT News

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Scientific American

As more people turn to chatbots for medical guidance, the technology is revealing both its promise and its risks

Universe Today

Earth has a group of cosmic stalkers. Known as “co-orbitals”, these small bits of rock have a 1:1 mean motion resonance with Earth. Basically, they take the exact same amount of time to orbit the Sun as we do. Astronomers have long...

PsyPost

Breathing in common air pollutants over many years may substantially raise a person’s risk of developing certain neurodegenerative diseases, pointing to an environmental driver for cognitive decline. A new study published in JAMA Network...

SciTech Daily

Dementia is more than memory loss, and rare types can affect vision, movement, and behavior. Recognizing these symptoms early can improve diagnosis and support. When most people hear the word “dementia,” they think of memory loss and...

SciTech Daily

Scientists have uncovered why severely damaged livers can continue failing even after a person stops drinking alcohol. The human liver is famous for its ability to regenerate. Ancient myths even referenced its seemingly endless capacity to...

Ars Technica

This week, a company called Casimir Inc. emerged from “stealth mode” to announce that it had raised significant funding from venture capitalists willing to roll the dice on free energy. That’s right: a startup has gotten serious backing to...

STAT News

The reports emerging this week of a major Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, coming alongside a growing hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship in South America, should serve as another warning that the era of emerging...

Popular Science

Only around 600 of the nearly 4,000 known snake species are venomous. The recently discovered Guangxi reed snake (Calamaria incredibilis) in China is not one of those species, but its alternative defense mechanism is strange enough to keep...

NASA Breaking News

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS After NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover drilled a sample from this rock on April 25, 2026, it withdrew its robotic arm and pulled the entire rock off the surface with it. Engineers spent several days repositioning the arm...

Nature.com

Nature, Published online: 15 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01575-9Nature staff discuss some of the week's top science news.

Science Focus

The door clicks shut on the soundproof booth in which I find myself, and I’m left alone in the dark. I’m sitting in an office chair, headphones on my head, as classical music begins to play.  What I am about to experience, I was told...

Science News

Historian Janet Browne’s Darwin: A Biography lifts the curtain on the private life of Charles Darwin, one of science’s most controversial pioneers.

Carbon Brief

Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed.  An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This week US-China meet ENERGY TALKS: Trump administration officials have raised the prospect of China buying more US...

Ars Technica

Welcome to Edition 8.41 of the Rocket Report! The stories of the world's two most powerful rockets are now intertwined. Hardware for NASA's third Space Launch System rocket is coming together at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, while...

SciTech Daily

A decades-old assumption about how the body handles fat may have been incomplete. For 60 years, scientists believed they understood exactly how a protein called HSL worked. Since the 1960s, hormone-sensitive lipase has been recognized as...

PsyPost

A recent study has identified how specific puberty hormones relate to the physical structure and functional wiring of the adolescent female brain. The findings suggest that hormones like estradiol and testosterone are linked to distinct...

STAT News

On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that one of the drugs in a highly effective two-drug regime for medication abortion can remain accessible via telehealth and mail — for now. The decision comes after a chaotic weekend in April in which...

STAT News

And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too soon, yes? This is, you may recall, our treasured signal to daydream about weekend plans. Our agenda is still shaping up, but we expect to drop in at a few musical...

STAT News

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