Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife Wendy could help make history with a new project unveiled on Wednesday, the Lazuli Space Observatory. As reported by Science, the telescope was announced at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society this week, …
After one of its Starlink satellites exploded and another narrowly avoided colliding with a Chinese satellite, SpaceX says it will lower the orbit of thousands of Starlink satellites to increase safety. Of the over 9,000 Starlink satellites currently operatin…
Inspired by kirigami, a type of Japanese paper art, researchers have created a new material that transforms from a grid into any 3D structure you'd like.
Plus, Joseph Kosinski teases the 'science fact' of his new UFO movie.
Celebrity gossip, fortune-telling and superstitions are the original forms of fake news, but now it’s increasingly widespread. In every field from science to world affairs, it’s troubling to see. People who are familiar with reality can’t understand why it’s …
Despite everything, science goes on.
Dominion Energy, an offshore wind developer and utility serving Virginia's "data center alley," filed suit against the Trump administration this week over its decision to pause federal leases for large offshore wind projects. The move puts a sudden stop to fi…
Homeowners in search of grid independence have another option today with the launch of Anker's Solix E10 big-ass battery system. It joins companies like Tesla and EcoFlow in offering whole-home backup solutions in the US market meant to counter blackouts and …
At last year's CES, Eli Health announced the Hormometer - an at-home hormone test for cortisol that utilized saliva and a smartphone. For this year's show, the company is back and expanding into testosterone and progesterone. Eli Health isn't changing up how …
It looks like the wave of campaigns against data centers are getting under big tech companies' skin - and Microsoft is the latest giant to promise to address frustrations on the ground in communities around their data centers. The company announced a five-poi…
Plus, Lewis Pullman reflects on filming 'Spaceballs 2'.
From ancient footprints to planet parades, 2025 science amazed us with discoveries on Earth and beyond.
Sorry, '2001: A Space Odyssey' fans, but the cosmic menace in the Gerard Butler disaster series has a more ordinary inspiration.
OpenAI plans to focus on "practical adoption" of AI in 2026, according to a blog post from CFO Sarah Friar. As the company spends a huge amount of money on infrastructure, OpenAI is working on "closing the gap" on what AI can do and how people actually use it…
The Trump administration and a bipartisan group of governors are pressuring the PJM Interconnection, the biggest electricity market in the US, to hold a power auction meant to spur a massive buildout of new power plants. Together, they're "urging" PJM to hold…
Less than two dozen cases of extremely early-onset frontotemporal dementia have been documented worldwide.
Researchers used satellite data and computer models of glacial movements to create a new map of Antarctica as it rests deep beneath the ice. The high-resolution imagery reveals the frozen continent's landscape in detail, including "high-relief alpine valleys,…
PBS will premiere separate programs on science and foreign affairs next weekend after shutting the doors on its Saturday and Sunday breaking newscasts...
WINK News weather team member Nikki Sheaks announced her departure on Facebook.
Scientists believe the map could shed light on how Antarctica's vast ice sheet will respond to climate change.
Renee Good won a national prize six years ago for her poem "On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs," which muses on science and faith. Good was shot to death by an ICE agent this week in Minneapolis.
The Trump administration took the next step toward unilaterally jumpstarting deep-sea mining this week, announcing a "consolidated" permitting process for both searching for and commercially extracting minerals that have so far remained relatively untouched. …
President Donald Trump has no shame in admitting what he wants to get out of attacking Venezuela and threatening other energy resource-rich nations. "We're gonna get the oil flowing the way it should be," he said January 3rd, soon after his administration stu…
O'Reilly Media's Tim O'Reilly looks back at 20 years of the maker movement. The post 20 Years of Make: Triumph of the Makers appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers.
Most of the schools in the territory have been damaged or destroyed during the war, Unicef says.
“This donor’s selfless generosity will allow us to reduce the debt burden for our students and attract more young people to the field," said the CEO of UW...
On TikTok and other short-form video platforms, Scientific American explored the underground labs of Greenland, brand-new colors and the perfect way to make eggs
The grand finale arrives on Netflix December 31, so here's one last look back at the characters' most inconsistently important aspect: their love lives.
The Crew-11 mission is coming to an early end so that one of its members can receive medical attention back on Earth.
The $3.4 trillion company is ditching one of learning's most time-honored institutions The post Microsoft Replaces Its Employee Library With AI ‘Learning Experiences’ appeared first on Kotaku.
The supposed "strange signals" were not mysterious at all, but commonly observed transit signals, according to NASA.
New details are starting to emerge following the fatal car wreck involving boxing superstar Anthony Joshua. “AJ” was a passenger in a vehicle traveling...
The current Coursera Plus deal can help you start the new year with some new skills. Here's how to get your first year of courses for $199.
It’s better to be a big fish in a little pond, Gladwell argues in his book David and Goliath.
By exceeding a long-standing density barrier, China’s EAST fusion reactor proved that tokamaks can pack way more atoms into its plasma.
The U.S. space agency will quit funding several independent science advisory groups this year
Garmin and Whoop rival Polar will lend its sleep, training, wellness, activity, performance, and recovery stats to a new Moto Watch, coming soon. Here's what we know about it.
A teacher at Ravenscroft died when an intruder attacked her in her Raleigh home early Saturday.
Nvidia and Eli Lilly are set to launch an AI lab in San Francisco.
The site laid off several games media writers as part of the move The post Inverse ‘Divests From Gaming’ As Owner Pivot’s To ‘Next Generation Influence Company’ appeared first on Kotaku.
Films like 'Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle' and 'Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc' proved the industry's stitched-episode preview events are overstaying their welcome.
Lawmakers aim to support science research despite cuts proposed by the Trump administration
The main camera is a 200MP telephoto lens built specifically for low-light zoom, promising clearer night shots at up to 3.7x optical zoom.
"They’ve been invisible."
During this hearing, under the new state law, prosecutors were able to request that Aundre Matthews be held without bond.
From building your strength to tackling credit card debt, NPR's Life Kit has a newsletter journey to help you tackle your New Year's resolution.
Watch the trailer for Robert Stone's cinematic portrait of NASA engineer and sci-fi author Gentry Lee.
Super-high protein diets are promoted by influencers, but the science shows that there are limits to how much your body can use.
Последние три года оказались самыми жаркими за всю историю наблюдения. Об этом говорится в исследовании, опубликованном в журнале Science News
Space telescopes are all the rage, and rightfully so. The images they take are spectacular, and they’ve greatly increased what we know about the universe. Surely, any picture taken of, …read more
The 800-year-old university is in a legal battle with the founder of a rowing company.
John Stecher reads about technology in another industry on his daily subway ride to work and spends his weekends being hands-on with tools.
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“When Trump is not in the White House, then what?”
Former Republican Sen. Ben Sasse announced Tuesday that he’s been diagnosed with “metastasized, stage 4 pancreatic cancer, and am gonna die.”
Misinformation from the Trump administration is cited as fuelling Canadians’ concerns over childhood vaccinations
The endangered animal easy was spotted numerous times at Princess Sirindhorn Wildlife Sanctuary in southern Thailand
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Just hours later, the same creature was then spotted exiting a bathroom inside another house.
The Kansas City Chiefs are coming to Kansas City, Kansas as state leaders and team leadership announced the plan Monday.
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Lawmakers announce legislation that would actually increase funding for basic research by more than 2%.
Minnesota officials sued the Trump administration over unconstitutional ICE conduct. And, SCOTUS hears two cases on whether states can bar transgender athletes from women's sports.
Find Stevie Nicks tickets for 2026, including concert dates, venues, pricing, and where to buy verified seats before shows sell out.
"We will win this race by becoming an AI-first war-fighting force across all domains," the Defense Secretary said Monday.
Mappa's film adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto's Shonen Jump manga is a gift that keeps on giving.
'The War Between the Land and the Sea' has wrapped up its short run in the UK, squandering what little potential it had to put a grim end note on the darkest year of 'Doctor Who' in decades.
The Epstein files revive questions of whether the disgraced financier sought to merely cultivate famous scientists, or to shape science itself
In the latest effort to undermine climate action, President Trump pulled the U.S. out of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, which underpins global efforts to address rising temperatures
As another year comes to a close, take a look back at the year that was with our most-read posts of 2025.
This morning, I asked my Alexa-enabled Bosch coffee machine to make me a coffee. Instead of running my routine, it told me it couldn't do that. Ever since I upgraded to Alexa Plus, Amazon's generative-AI-powered voice assistant, it has failed to reliably run …
Scientists believe the map could shed light on how Antarctica's vast ice sheet will respond to climate change.
From immune cell therapies to measles outbreaks to federal attacks on public health, these are some of the health topics we’ll be watching next year
How one year of the Trump administration has impacted US science. Plus, baby-to-baby transmission shapes their developing gut microbiomes and the tech to look out for in 2026.
Why the EPA’s air pollution rule change could make the air dirtier, how cancer survival hit a record-high, and what we know about the first-ever medical evacuation from the International Space Station
2026 will be here in a few days, and I expect things to shift a bit when it comes to tech products.
Scientists achieve major robotics milestone as robot learns 1,000 different physical tasks in single day, potentially transforming manufacturing, healthcare and home robotics.
"We now have the opportunity to preserve this species in the wild."
The Goddard Space Flight Center Library in Greenbelt, Md. reportedly closed on Friday, Jan. 2
Hudson Stephen O’Loughlin, 6, was riding a bike with his family in San Diego’s Pacific Beach neighborhood when he was fatally struck by a car, police said
The AI boom is threatening white-collar entry jobs—but it’s creating a booming six-figure opportunity for electricians, plumbers, and construction workers.
A team of archaeologists working in South Africa has discovered a hoard of 60,000-year-old arrowheads affixed with a surprising, and extra-fatal, security...
Don't let AI erode your focus.
These rare sea creatures live where the sun don't shine. The post Giant phantom jellyfish spotted deep in Pacific appeared first on Popular Science.
Jensen Huang claims the negative comments about AI are preventing people from making investments that could make the tech safer.
The UK is bringing into force a law that will make it illegal to create non-consensual intimate deepfake images after X's Grok AI was spotted generating sexually explicit images of real people without consent.
The new option will be covered by private insurance beginning in January 2027.
Somali-run daycare centers in Minnesota report receiving threats following a viral video that accused them of fraud. And, how Trump could play a role in extending ACA subsidies.
Congress plans to allocate $24.4 billion to NASA for fiscal year 2026, nearly $6 billion more than President Trump had proposed.
Средняя температура в России за последние 50 лет изменилась сильнее, чем в остальном мире примерно на один градус. Изменение температуры оценил эксперт по вопросам климата фонда «Природа и люди» Алексей Кокорин, сообщает РИА Новости
Ralph Fiennes and Jack O'Connell star in the zombie sequel directed by Nia DaCosta.
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By Brenda Goh and Laurie Chen SHANGHAI/BEIJING, Jan 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. attack on Venezuela will embolden China to strengthen its territorial claims over ...
An EPISD grad was remembered for having the "kindest soul, a beautiful smile" after she was killed in a crash at a Northeast El Paso intersection.
Tyrannosaurus rex lived longer and took more time to reach its maximum size than previously thought, according to a new study.
Why flu cases are spiking, how AI predicts disease from your sleep, and what surprising biomechanics lie behind woodpeckers’ powerful pecks.
Smith created the Texas Tribune Festival and has advised dozens of newsrooms on their editorial-events businesses.
Painted flowers show an understanding of symmetry and spatial division long before written numbers came into use. Plus, travel the vast ocean with sea turtles and what to watch from the Trump administration in 2026.
NASA's Curiosity rover has sent back a striking new "postcard" from high on the slopes of Mount Sharp, offering a dramatic look at the rugged Martian landscape it's been exploring for more than a decade.