Scientific AmericanStunning video shows huge fireball blazing over EuropeA large, bright meteor fell over Europe on Sunday, with some observers saying they could hear the rock’s explosive descent from the groundMar 09, 2026
NASA Breaking NewsWebb Studies Cranium NebulaNASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI) Nebula PMR 1 is a cloud of gas and dust that bears an uncanny resemblance to a brain in a transparent skull, inspiring its nickname, the “Exposed Cranium” nebula. Webb...Mar 09, 2026
NASA Breaking NewsNASA to Share Artemis II Flight Readiness Review UpdateNASA’s crawler-transporter 2, carrying the agency’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft, arrives Feb. 25, 2026, inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to...Mar 09, 2026
NASA Breaking NewsFlammability Testing Configuration and Approach of Barrier MaterialAssemblies Designed for Space Flight ApplicationsThe NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) partnered with Materials and Processes and Flammability subject matter experts from the Johnson Space Center, White Sands Test Facility, and the Marshall Space Flight Center to design and...Mar 09, 2026
Chemistry WorldFirst half-Möbius molecule madeTwisted structure is an unprecedented case of a compound that becomes aromatic by breaking its own symmetryMar 09, 2026
The GuardianTaking multivitamin daily could help to slow biological ageing, study suggestsResearchers working to unpick whether daily multivitamin results in people staying healthier as they age Taking a multivitamin every day for two years appears to slow some markers of biological ageing – albeit to a small degree – research...Mar 09, 2026
PsyPostMisophonia is strongly linked to a higher risk of mental health and auditory disordersA study of individuals with misophonia found that approximately 65% of them have received at least one other psychological disorder diagnosis. The most common additional diagnoses were depression (49%) and anxiety disorders (47%). The...Mar 09, 2026
New Scientist (Pay Wall)'Singing' dogs may show the evolutionary roots of musicalitySome Samoyeds adjust the pitch of their howls depending on the music being played, showing a form of vocal ability they might have inherited from their wolf ancestorsMar 09, 2026
New Scientist (Pay Wall)The first apes to walk upright may have evolved in EuropeA single femur found in Bulgaria appears to represent an ape or early hominin that walked on two legs before any known African hominin, but the evidence is far from conclusiveMar 09, 2026
Universe TodayTerraforming Mars Isn't a Climate Problem—It's an Industrial NightmareEven when the idea of terraforming Mars was originally put forward, the idea was daunting. Changing the environment of an entire planet is not something to do easily. Over the following decades, plenty of scientists and engineers have...Mar 09, 2026
SciTech DailyScientists May Have Found a Way to Fix Green Hydrogen’s Biggest ProblemA new European project aims to reinvent green hydrogen without toxic PFAS or costly rare metals. Green hydrogen is widely viewed as a crucial piece of the global shift toward cleaner energy. However, producing it at scale still presents...Mar 09, 2026
SciTech DailyElectrons Catapult Across Solar Materials Near Nature’s Speed LimitScientists have discovered that electrons in solar materials can be launched across molecules almost as fast as nature allows, driven by tiny atomic vibrations. Scientists have found that electrons can be propelled across solar materials...Mar 09, 2026
MIT Technology ReviewHow AI is turning the Iran conflict into theaterThis story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. “Anyone wanna host a get together in SF and pull this up on a 100 inch TV?” The author of...Mar 09, 2026
NASA Breaking NewsNASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in New YorkNASA astronaut Chris Williams calls mission controllers during Crew Medical Officer training while inside the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory module. NASA/Jessica Meir Students in New York will hear from NASA astronauts...Mar 09, 2026
New Scientist (Pay Wall)SETI may have missed alien signals because of space weatherSETI has spent decades listening for a sharp, well-defined radio signal that could indicate it was sent by distant intelligent life. Now researchers believe that space weather could distort and blur such signals – meaning SETI has been...Mar 09, 2026
Popular ScienceWhat a cold winter means for ticks and mosquitoesWith days to go until the official first day of spring, it was a tale of two winters in the continental United States. Colorado’s mountains had record low snow levels, while Salt Lake City and Phoenix were among the cities who had their...Mar 09, 2026
Scientific AmericanA $1.3-billion river dredging in North Carolina by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could unleash ‘forever chemicals’A proposed $1.3-billion U.S. Army Corps of Engineers port expansion in North Carolina threatens to unearth decades of “forever chemicals.” The government’s initial plan: don’t test the mudMar 09, 2026
PsyPostBrain scans reveal the unique brain structures linked to frequent lucid dreamingA recent study published in the Journal of Sleep Research suggests that people who frequently experience lucid dreams have specific physical network patterns in their brains. Scientists found that the tendency to realize one is dreaming...Mar 09, 2026
Science BlogAI Disclosure Labels Reduce Trust in True Science Posts While Boosting False OnesMar 09, 2026
Quanta MagazineDisorder Drives One of Nature’s Most Complex MachinesAt the dawn of complex life, evolution created a container for DNA, its most treasured item. A few billion years later, 20th-century microscopists looked at this container — the nucleus — up close and saw that it was covered in tiny...Mar 09, 2026
MIT Technology ReviewThe Download: murky AI surveillance laws, and the White House cracks down on defiant labsThis is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Is the Pentagon allowed to surveil Americans with AI? The ongoing public feud between the Department...Mar 09, 2026
MIT Technology ReviewThe usability imperative for securing digital asset devicesWhen Tony Fadell started working on the iPod, usability often trumped security. The result was an iterative process. Every time someone would find a security weakness or a way to hack the device, the development group would iterate to add...Mar 09, 2026
SciTech DailyScientists Just Made Light Do Something Once Thought ImpossiblePhysicists have recreated the Nobel Prize–winning quantum Hall effect using light, revealing that photons can follow the same strange quantum rules once thought exclusive to electrons. In the late 1800s, scientists discovered what is now...Mar 09, 2026
Science NewsHow does early pregnancy lower breast cancer risk? Odd cells could offer cluesSuspicious cells build up in mice that haven’t given birth, a new study finds. They could help explain a longstanding mystery of breast cancer biology.Mar 09, 2026
Science BlogSingle Exercise Session Increases Memory-Related Brain Wave Activity in HippocampusMar 09, 2026
PsyPostBlack Lives Matter protests sparked a short-term conservative backlash but ultimately shifted the 2020 election towards DemocratsA recent study published in the journal Political Behavior suggests that the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020 significantly increased the Democratic vote share in the presidential election that same year. The research provides evidence...Mar 09, 2026
StudyFinds.orgSpring Fatigue May Be All In Your Head, Study FindsEvery spring, a familiar complaint ripples through Germany, Switzerland, and Austria: people feel inexplicably drained even as the days grow longer and the weather improves. In German-speaking countries, there's even a name for it,...Mar 09, 2026
SciTech DailyScientists Finally See How Plants and Fungi Coordinate a 450-Million-Year PartnershipA new pair of molecular tools is allowing scientists to uncover how plants and fungi coordinate their ancient underground partnership. For about 450 million years, plants and soil fungi have maintained a mutually beneficial partnership....Mar 09, 2026
Popular ScienceThese birds listen to their parents to avoid being eatenHow do chicks learn safe bird calls from ones that mean possible imminent death? According to new research, jackdaw (two species of bird in the genus Coloeus) chicks listen to their elders—but there’s also an evolutionary instinct at...Mar 09, 2026
The GuardianHow Nasa contractors are pressing on to bring humans to the moon with ArtemisAs the US space agency misses its launch window for the second month, smaller firms continue work on their parts It was shaping up into another ordinary day at the Colorado headquarters of the small space startup Lunar Outpost last Friday...Mar 09, 2026
StudyFinds.orgScientists Have No Idea If Most Of America’s Bugs Are Dying OutFor nearly nine out of ten insect and arachnid species in North America, science has no answer to a basic question: are they in danger? The post Scientists Have No Idea If Most Of America’s Bugs Are Dying Out appeared first on StudyFinds.Mar 09, 2026
NASA Breaking NewsFrom Cabbages to Countdowns: NASA Marks 100 Years of Modern Rocketry3 Min Read From Cabbages to Countdowns: NASA Marks 100 Years of Modern Rocketry Photograph of Robert Goddard and his liquid-fueled rocket, prior to its first flight on March 16, 1926, from a farm at Auburn, Mass. Credits: ...Mar 09, 2026
PsyPostMassive global study links the habit of forgiving others to better overall well-beingA recent study published in npj Mental Health Research provides evidence that a general tendency to forgive others is linked to small but broad improvements in a person’s overall well-being. The findings suggest that practicing forgiveness...Mar 09, 2026
SciTech DailyThe Surprising Truth About Aging: New Study Challenges the Idea of Inevitable DeclineA large longitudinal study challenges the idea that aging inevitably brings decline, revealing that many older adults improve in key measures of physical and cognitive health. Aging later in life is often described as a gradual decline in...Mar 09, 2026
SciTech DailyScientists Discover Way To Reverse Chemical Process Linked With Alzheimer’s DiseaseBy watching Alzheimer’s-related protein clumping unfold second by second, researchers have uncovered new clues about the role of metal ions. An Oregon State University chemist and a group of undergraduate researchers have captured...Mar 09, 2026
Yale Environment 360Global Warming Is Accelerating, Study ShowsThe Earth is warming at the fastest rate on record as emissions hit new highs and critical carbon sinks break down. Read more on E360 →Mar 09, 2026
Scientific AmericanA measles surge, AI in warfare and accelerated global warmingWhy measles cases are rising in the U.S., how artificial intelligence is shaping warfare, and what accelerated global warming means for the worldMar 09, 2026
Scientific AmericanA clever math shortcut could reveal your problem-solving superpowerMental math shortcuts suggest future STEM performance—and gender is a significant predictorMar 09, 2026
Wired ScienceDon’t Expect Big Surprises in the Government’s Alien FilesDonald Trump has ordered the release of files related to aliens, UAP, and UFOs. If previous disclosures are any indication, get ready for a letdown.Mar 09, 2026
The GuardianA new start after 60: I’d had several careers but no degree – then I became a palaeontologist at 62In search of a new adventure, Craig Munns went back to school. Now, at 65, he spends his days examining long-vanished life forms Craig Munns has a large model of a T rex on his desk. He got it with a magazine subscription two decades ago....Mar 09, 2026
Chemistry WorldUnconventional catalyst support promotes record green methanol synthesis from carbon dioxideHoming in on a specific crystal structure for the support can boost activity by 70%Mar 09, 2026
PsyPostNeuroscientists have pinpointed a potential biological signature for psychopathyA recent study has found that high levels of psychopathic traits are associated with reduced thickness in specific outer layers of the brain responsible for processing emotions and guiding decision-making. These neural patterns appear...Mar 09, 2026
