Research, Space & Discovery
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The universe still appears to be expanding at an accelerating rate, despite a recent study that suggested it may have started slowing down. An international team of astrophysicists says the universe i...
Jessie Seiler, CSPI"Most people hear nicotine and picture lung cancer," writes biohacker Dave Asprey. "Wrong target. Cigarettes contain 7,000 chemicals. Pure nicotine in low doses works...
A $10 million Australian government campaign celebrating inspirational teachers risked overlooking the workplace conditions driving educators from the profession, according to new research led by Curt...
The sun and moon are positioned just right for us to see total solar eclipses, and the make-up of the universe is just right for life. Columnist Leah Crane wonders if it’s really all one big coinciden...
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Scientists discovered that aging cells can use malfunctioning mitochondria to unlock inflammatory genes and keep the immune system stuck in a prolonged state of alert. Blocking one part of this proces...
The Hubble and James Webb space telescopes discovered some surprising things about 27 new tiny objects far beyond the orbit of Neptune.
A new model connects observations of Venus with the optical properties of the liquid inside its cloud droplets. Venus’s clouds look pale yellow from afar, but the liquid inside their droplets could be...
Bill Gourgey, Pop SciBy the time naval architecture firm George G. Sharp tasked Jack Heaney with the design of the world's first nuclear-powered merchant ship,
In a win for people and the environment, new economic modeling from James Cook University researchers reveals that a $5 million investment to control crown-of-thorns (CoTS) starfish numbers in the Cai...
Reds, yellows, and oranges are already sweeping across tundra landscapes in Nunavut.
Mount Etna’s ancient eruptions followed radically different paths, with some magma lingering near the surface for weeks while other magma raced upward from nearly 30 kilometers deep in just hours. Sci...
A model of lunar soil mixing could help scientists reconstruct millions of years of supernova debris preserved on the Moon. When massive stars die, some end in supernova explosions that scatter newly ...
Allysia Finley, Wall Street JournalListening to my 7-year-old nephew sounding out words last week, a dark thought occurred: How long before the three Rs become as outdated among young...
As tech companies like Meta, Google and TikTok face ongoing scrutiny over addictive platform design, the rapid rise of micro-dramas offers a glimpse into how AI, algorithms and commercial incentives c...
As Africa prepares for the arrival of a powerful El Niño weather event, an international team of researchers led by the University of Sydney and Imperial College London has found that access to improv...
A surge in Indonesia's wood pellet and chip production is driving a new wave of deforestation, threatening the vast archipelago's remaining tropical forests, vital biodiversity hot spots and the land ...
The discovery of water in dark craters at the moon's poles has sparked a "moon rush" to establish bases there, followed by villages, cities and heavy industry. How sustainable is this rush?