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A recent study has found that dreaming about a specific problem can help people find creative solutions the next day. By playing specialized sounds while participants slept, scientists were able to guide dream content toward unsolved...

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A large study found that people taking GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic for diabetes were less likely to be diagnosed with substance use disorder. (Image credit: Maria Fabrizio for NPR)

The Guardian

Among the many justifications Donald Trump has presented for the US and Israel attacking Iran has been the supposedly imminent threat posed by its nuclear weapons programme. But how close was the country really to developing an atomic...

The Guardian

Scientists hope results analysed after the mice watched video footage will help them understand their perceptions Scientists have reconstructed short movies from the brain activity of mice that watched videos for a project that aspires to...

NPR Science

The Trump administration wants to allow deep-sea mining for critical minerals near the American territories of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. Residents are worried about environmental impacts.

The Guardian

To some it was a reckless experiment but scientists hope the dispersal of 65,000 litres of sodium hydroxide into the Gulf of Maine could ease the climate crisis For four days last August, a thick slick of maroon bruised the waters of the...

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A breathtaking astronaut photo reveals El Salvador’s Lake Coatepeque—an ancient volcanic crater lake that sometimes mysteriously turns brilliant turquoise. Lake Coatepeque, located just inland from El Salvador’s Pacific coastline, stands...

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Scientists have discovered that applying an electric field to certain ceramics can dramatically redirect how heat moves through them. New research from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, carried out with...

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Observations show the universe appears flat, yet its true size and global shape beyond the observable horizon may remain forever unknown. The surface of Earth has a measurable size. Scientists can calculate its total area, and if the...

The Guardian

Scientific awards – which honor research that makes people laugh and then think – to move away from ‘unsafe’ US The annual Ig Nobels, a satirical award for scientific achievement, are shifting for the first time from the US to Europe due...

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A bright new lunar crater detected in spacecraft images shows that asteroid impacts continue to reshape the Moon’s surface today. The Moon’s familiar surface tells a story of both ancient violence and ongoing change. While its vast dark...

Popular Science

A pair of hares spar. A sparrow hawk pins down a starling. Nature can be fierce. It can also be serene and beautiful. The British Wildlife Photography Awards celebrate the diverse natural beauty of Britain. “This year’s winners celebrate...

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Scientists have developed a new blood test that could spot Alzheimer’s earlier by detecting hidden changes in how proteins fold in the bloodstream. Alzheimer’s disease affects an estimated 7.2 million Americans age 65 and older, according...

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Which side has the advantage will depend less on raw model capabilities and more on who adapts fastest. Cybersecurity is an endless game of cat and mouse as attackers and defenders refine their tools. Generative AI systems are now joining...

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 Learn more about why hip fractures can be so deadly for elderly patients. 

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Learn how bacteria inside marine snow may dissolve shell minerals and influence how the ocean stores carbon.

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Learn about two marsupial species discovered in New Guinea that were thought to have been extinct for 6,000 years.

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US-Israeli strikes on oil facilities have caused black rain to fall on Tehran, but the black smoke filling the air is likely to be a bigger health risk

SciTech Daily

Researchers have uncovered a new way to enhance the cancer-fighting ability of the immune system. All people naturally produce a growth factor known as IL-15 that plays an important role in protecting the body from cancer. This molecule...

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Scientists have identified a critical breakdown in the cellular machinery that produces proteins in aging brains. Aging and neurodegenerative disease can interfere with a cell’s ability to produce properly functioning proteins. This...

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Their species name is well known, but until recently we’ve understood very little for certain about Homo habilis. Columnist Michael Marshall reveals what new fossils are telling us about the hominins that have been considered the first...

NASA Breaking News

1 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA / Scott Anders / Lillian Gipson / Rich Wahls The purpose of the Subsonic Flight Demonstrator (SFD) project is to engage with industry and other government...

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Learn how a deep-sea detector helped trace the most energetic neutrino ever detected to distant blazars.

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Learn how scientists identified genetic clues that distinguish natural viral spillovers from lab-handled viruses — and why one historical outbreak of 1977 surprised them.

SciTech Daily

A new study suggests that widely used GLP-1 weight-loss drugs may do more than improve metabolic health: they could also protect the heart after a heart attack. Doctors can often reopen the blocked artery that triggers a heart attack, but...

Science Focus

You may hear a heartbeat in your pillow for a few reasons – most likely it's normal blood flow amplified by your head’s position. If you’re on your side with your ear against the pillow, and you have some earwax buildup, you may simply be...

Scientific American

Speakers at the Stand Up for Science rally in Washington, D.C., criticized the politicization of science and cuts to research that serves the public

Scientific American

The cancellation of a meeting of the committee that guides federal autism research funding follows an announcement that an independent group of autism scientists would meet the same day

Scientific American

The discovery adds to the Archimedes Palimpsest, an important medieval manuscript containing texts from the Greek mathematician Archimedes

Scientific American

A new study shows that taking a daily multivitamin could boost longevity, but the results aren’t conclusive

PsyPost

A recent experiment reveals that artificial intelligence programs might offer a practical way for men struggling with chronic romantic isolation to practice social skills and reduce their emotional burden. Over a three-month period,...

NASA Breaking News

3 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s Van Allen Probe A is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere, almost 14 years after launch. From 2012 to 2019, the...

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NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft lifts off for its first flight Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, from U.S. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. The aircraft’s first flight marks the start of flight testing for NASA’s Quesst...

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A 2006 conference for physicists in the U.S. Virgin Islands that included a trip to Jeffrey Epstein's private island shows how he used his wealth to build relationships with prominent scientists. (Image credit: JPL-Caltech/NASA, Getty...

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Warmer waters in the Pacific Ocean may have brought devastating floods to the cradle of ancient Chinese civilization, according to a recent study in which its authors link three wildly different lines of evidence to tell the story. People...

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Learn more about Ann Hodges, the first and perhaps only person known to have been struck by a meteorite. 

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A sudden release of pressure allowed a copper-based compound to superconduct at the highest temperature yet for atmospheric pressure, a study claims.

Science News

Alaska’s glacial lakes are growing as glaciers retreat out of basins. These lakes will change desolate glacial rivers into thriving salmon habitat.

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Taking a multivitamin every day might slightly slow the rate of ageing, but the extent to which this is relevant to our health is unclear

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We’re learning that frailty can quietly arrive decades before old age, with some people in their 30s or 40s unknowingly in a pre-frail state. There are surprising ways to stay strong – and it’s not all about weight training

NASA Breaking News

Portrait of Brad Flick Credit: NASA On Monday, NASA announced Bradley Flick, director of NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, will retire Thursday, March 19, after a nearly 40-year career advancing aeronautics...

NASA Breaking News

3 Min Read What Is Pi? (Grades 5-8) This article is for students grades 5-8. What is Pi? Pi is a number. You might know it as 3.14 or the symbol π. But it’s way more than that! What Makes Pi Special? Pi is an irrational...

Science Focus

The majority of animals on Earth, humans included, are bilaterally symmetrical. It means we can be divided roughly into two mirror-image sides. Evolutionary biologists believe that it has been like that for at least 300 million years, and...

Universe Today

Jupiter's powerful, continuous aurorae dwarf those of Earth. Scientists know that Jupiter's Galilean moons created bright spots on Jupiter's northern aurora. The JWST observed these bright spots and generated infrared spectra of them for...

Ars Technica

Why do falling cats always seem to land on their feet? Scientists have been arguing about the precise mechanism for a very long time—since at least 1700, in fact—conducting all manner of experiments to pin down what's going on. The...

PsyPost

Getting a tattoo often makes young women feel more attractive, but this boost in confidence does not translate into better sexual functioning or improved body image in the bedroom. A recent survey revealed that while lower anxiety about...

Science Focus

Two severed killer whale fins found on a remote Russian island may point to a gruesome new behaviour never seen before: orcas actively hunting and eating their own kind. That’s because each of the fins, a new study says, bears tooth marks...

NASA Breaking News

El transportador oruga 2 de la NASA, que traslada el cohete Sistema de Lanzamiento Espacial con la nave espacial Orion de la misión Artemis II de la agencia, llega el 25 de febrero de 2026 al interior del Edificio de Ensamblaje de...

Universe Today

Lunar dust can be a pain - but it’s also literally the ground we will have to traverse if we are ever to have a permanent human settlement on the Moon. In that specific use case, it’s clingy, jagged, staticky properties can actually be an...