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A recent study published in the journal Computers in Human Behavior suggests that automated news chatbots programmed to deliver balanced viewpoints can earn the trust of people with varying ideological backgrounds. The research provides...

Science News

Ryan Gosling is on a mission to save the sun — and Earth — from star-killing microbes. Science News dissects the science behind the sci-fi movie.

Science Focus

The recent death of Dawson’s Creek star James Van Der Beek from bowel cancer, aged just 48, highlighted a worrying trend: cases of early-onset cancer are rising. Research recently published in The Lancet Oncology found that the incidence...

Scientific American

Autism researchers are working to counter a federal autism advisory panel that has vaccine skeptic members and, they say, a “striking absence of scientific expertise”

StudyFinds.org

Study finds evidence of a potentially substantial reservoir of fresh groundwater hidden beneath the lake's briny crust, buried under layers of ancient lakebed sediment. The post Scientists Find Evidence Of Hidden Fresh Water Beneath The...

Discover Magazine (Pay Wall)

Learn how researchers use archaeological techniques to show how sea turtle shells grow in layers that capture chemical clues about diet, movement, and ocean change over time.

NASA Breaking News

NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren takes a selfie with the people behind “Project Hail Mary” and the audience during a panel about the movie at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Feb. 25, 2026. NASA/Dan Goods Real-life space exploration and...

Ars Technica

For more than 60 years, nearly every large rocket used some combination of the same liquid and solid propellants. Refined kerosene was favored for its easy handling and non-toxicity, hydrazine for its storability and simplicity, hydrogen...

Ars Technica

When NASA’s Perseverance rover landed in Jezero Crater in 2021, its primary mission was to scour the remnants of a dried-up Martian lakebed for signs of ancient life. Scientists have been focused on the crater's spectacular Western Delta,...

StudyFinds.org

Are botanical gardens necessary infrastructure for healthier, more livable cities? The post Doctors Might Soon Write Prescriptions To Visit A Botanical Garden appeared first on StudyFinds.

Wired Science

“This will be so, so, so, so, so bad,” one analyst says.

Science News

This spring, these six orchids will lure pollinators with mimicry, scent or other unusual strategies.

PsyPost

People who are more impressed by buzzword-heavy “corporate speak” tend to perform worse on measures of workplace leadership and decision-making, according to a new study published in Personality & Individual Differences. Many...

Science Blog

Ars Technica

A landmark site in the peopling of the Americas is several thousand years younger than we thought. While that means very different things about the site itself, it doesn’t change the big picture as much as the researchers who generated the...

New Scientist (Pay Wall)

Apophis will be visited by multiple spacecraft – including landers – when it skims past Earth in three years

Chemistry World

Environmental Protection Agency will relax limits on emissions from commercial sterilisers

Scientific American

Agnes Pockels achievements in surface science have long been overshadowed by a popular and likely untrue story that she became interested in the subject while doing the dishes

Scientific American

This science-fiction movie plays with quantum physics, space travel, astrobiology and mass-to-energy conversion

SciTech Daily

New findings suggest that targeting inflammation in Alzheimer’s may matter as much as targeting protein buildup. For decades, Alzheimer’s disease has been defined by amyloid plaques and tau tangles. But a growing body of research suggests...

SciTech Daily

A key brain protein may explain why cocaine addiction is so hard to quit. Relapsing after quitting cocaine is not simply a matter of willpower — it reflects physical changes in the brain, according to new research. Scientists have found...

Science News

Mosquitoes stop feeding because signals from rectal cells tell them they’re full, offering a target for preventing human bites.

Ars Technica

Despite being declared the third-hottest year on record, 2025 was a relatively quiet year for climate disasters in the US. No major hurricanes made landfall, while the total number of acres burned in wildfires last...

NASA Breaking News

2 Min Read NASA Simulations Improve Artemis II Launch Environment This simulation of the Artemis I launch shows how the Space Launch System rocket’s exhaust plumes interact with the air, water, and the launchpad. Colors on...

Quanta Magazine

The passage of the sun across the sky — dawn, day, dusk, night — drives the clock of life. Some species wake with the sun and sleep with the moon. Others do the opposite, and a few keep odd hours. These naturally driven, 24-hour biological...

PsyPost

A secondary analysis of data collected in 75 countries found that nature connectedness is a robust predictor of well-being. Nature connectedness was found to be associated with multiple aspects of well-being. The paper was published in the...

Singularity Hub

There’s plenty of hand-waving around AGI. DeepMind hopes to change that with a new, more rigorous approach. Few terms are as closely associated with AI hype as artificial general intelligence, or AGI. But Google DeepMind researchers have...

SciTech Daily

New research reveals how skin-derived signals may help turn local stress into a body-wide antibody response. Skin does much more than act as a protective covering. New research tackles a basic question in immunology: how can a skin...

Science Blog

Popular Science

It might not seem like it when you nonchalantly click a Buy Now button while online shopping, but that new t-shirt is part of a complex global web of commerce taking a toll on the environment. Consulting giant McKinsey estimates that the...

MIT Technology Review

This 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. OpenAI is throwing everything into building a fully automated researcher  OpenAI has a new grand...

NASA Breaking News

Students collaborate on a hands‑on STEM project, assembling and testing components during the NASA Glenn High School Engineering Institute at NASA’s Glenn Research Center on July 18, 2025. NASA/Sara Lowthian-Hanna NASA’s Glenn Research...

Science News

Experimenters hope to harness the powerful effects of medications such as Ozempic and Wegovy at doses smaller than those studied most.

The Guardian

Moon orbit program, preceding planned landing in 2028, has been delayed due to fuel leaks and clogged helium lines For the second time this year, Nasa moved its moon rocket from the hangar out toward the launchpad on Friday in hopes of...

The Guardian

Experts continue to analyse strain of MenB to understand whether it has become more likely to spread or cause disease The Kent meningitis outbreak may have reached its peak after only two new cases were reported by officials on Friday. The...

Popular Science

It’s a warm July day in Yellowstone National Park’s grassy Hayden Valley and wildlife photographer Tom Murphy is tracking herds of chocolate-colored bison gathered for the annual breeding season. He eventually spots a young male, not yet...

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Universe Today

Space weather is a fascinating subject, but one we still have a lot to learn about. One of the main components of it is the active regions (ARs) of the Sun. These huge concentrations of magnetic fields show up throughout the Sun’s...

MIT Technology Review

OpenAI is refocusing its research efforts and throwing its resources into a new grand challenge. The San Francisco firm has set its sights on building what it calls an AI researcher, a fully automated agent-based system that will be able...

The Guardian

Causes of meningitis, what the public health response has been, and how the situation differs from Covid The deadly outbreak of meningitis in Kent has fuelled concerns about how far the disease will spread and seen the return of people...

PsyPost

Being ignored without explanation tends to cause more prolonged psychological distress than being directly rejected. A new study published in Computers in Human Behavior provides evidence that while both ghosting and explicit rejection...

Wired Science

While the United States and Europe are moving cautiously forward with clinical trials, China is racing toward the commercialization of brain implants.

Science News

Solve the math puzzle from our April 2026 issue, where we plant floras to celebrate an upcoming nuptial.

SciTech Daily

Genetic switches near the FTO locus may enable hibernators’ extreme metabolic resilience and could inspire future treatments for human metabolic and age-related diseases. Animals that hibernate display remarkable biological resilience....

SciTech Daily

Behind the stillness of desert landscapes, cacti appear to be changing in unexpected ways. The cactus on your windowsill may not seem like a fast mover, but new research suggests cacti are remarkably quick when it comes to producing new...

New Scientist (Pay Wall)

We know that a person’s outlook can have a huge effect on their health, and it’s no different when it comes to ageing. Columnist Graham Lawton looks at new evidence of just how powerful our attitude is – and how to use it to age better

Smithsonian Magazine

Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s “habitable zone,” often considered the gold standard of potential livability

Scientific American

The author of the novel Project Hail Mary breaks down aliens, anxiety and the process of bringing his story to the screen

Scientific American

Just how big can a star become? The answer depends on when in cosmic history you’re asking the question

SciTech Daily

Fungi may hold a little-known key to ice formation in clouds. Can fungi affect the weather? It may sound unlikely, but new research suggests they just might. An international team of researchers, including Virginia Tech scientists Xiaofeng...