Sci-fi stories never really end anymore, and that's a problem
There was a time when things ended. When the stories on our screens had a beginning, middle, and end. A time when a trilogy was the longest series...
NASA Invites Media to Rollout Event for Artemis III Moon Rocket Stage
NASA will roll the largest section of the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, which will launch the second crewed Artemis mission, out of the...
NASA Announces 32nd Annual Human Exploration Rover Challenge Winners
NASA’s 32nd annual Human Exploration Rover Challenge, one of the agency’s longest-standing student challenges, culminated April 10-11 with its final...
'Oslo patient' likely cured of HIV after getting stem cell transplant from his brother, who is genetically resistant to the virus
A 63-year-old man known as the Oslo patient is "likely cured" of HIV after a stem-cell transplant remodeled his entire immune system.Prior to this...
$50,000 rare coin hunt will take over San Francisco
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. A new gold rush is coming to California....
NASA Awards Data Engineering, Informatics Support Contract
NASA has selected Development Seed of Washington to provide research and development services to the Office of Data Science and Informatics (ODSI)...
This Nearly 300-Million-Year-Old Mummified Reptile Reveals the Evolutionary Origins of How We Breathe
This Nearly 300-Million-Year-Old Mummified Reptile Reveals the Evolutionary Origins of How We Breathe Unusually well-preserved fossils have provided...
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4852–4858: When Data Take Their Time…
Written by Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK Earth planning date: Friday, April 3, 2026 I was the...
Modern living may be causing big changes to our oestrogen levels
Our gut microbiome has a significant impact on our hormonesnopparit/Getty Images Discarded sex hormones can be returned to the bloodstream by...
Antiseptic-tolerant germs spread through the air in hospitals, early study hints
A common antiseptic used to clean hospital patients' skin can linger on surfaces for hours, creating breeding grounds for bacteria to become...
NASA science faces 'very serious threat' from new White House budget, experts say
A new White House fiscal year 2027 budget proposal for NASA is drawing sharp criticism from space advocates, who warn it could dramatically reshape...
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4845-4851: Bye-Bye Boxwork, Bye-Bye
Written by Lucy Thompson, APXS Strategic Planner and Planetary Geologist at the University of New Brunswick, Canada Earth planning date: Friday,...
‘Space worms’ are en route to the International Space Station
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. The Artemis II astronauts were back on...
Fluoride in U.S. drinking water does not reduce IQ, a new study finds
Two U.S. states and more than a dozen cities and counties have moved in the past year to stop adding fluoride to community drinking water, citing...
Homo erectus' tools include stunning geodes and fossils, possibly as a way to connect with the cosmos, study finds
Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed 10 "extremely rare" prehistoric stone hand axes that were crafted to deliberately include geological...
Jackie and Shadow’s 2026 babies: Everything you need to know about the new eaglets
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. It’s been another roller coaster nesting...
NASA to Host Artemis II Crew Postflight News Conference
Fresh off their return to Earth, the Artemis II astronauts will hold a news conference at 2:30 p.m. EDT Thursday, April 16, at NASA’s Johnson Space...
A Dizzying Spiral Staircase With a Single Guardrail Once Led to the Top of the Eiffel Tower. Now, You Can Buy 14 of the Original Steps
A Dizzying Spiral Staircase With a Single Guardrail Once Led to the Top of the Eiffel Tower. Now, You Can Buy 14 of the Original Steps The 1,062...
We’ve caught a comet switching its spin direction for the first time
An artist’s impression of comet 41P as it approached the sun and shot material off into spaceNASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI) A small comet...
'Really, really weird': Physicists entangle two moving atoms for the first time, validating 'spooky' quantum theory
For the first time, scientists have observed quantum entanglement in the way atoms physically move — bringing a phenomenon once described by Albert...
'I have not processed what we just did': Artemis II astronauts share all in first news conference since splashdown
The crew of NASA's Artemis II mission have made their first public comments following their record-breaking test mission to the far side of the moon...
Artemis II Astronauts Aboard USS John P. Murtha
Artemis II Astronauts Aboard USS John P. MurthaNASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; left, Christina Koch, mission specialist; CSA (Canadian...
Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo craft arrives at space station
The S.S. Steven R. Nagel has arrived at the International Space Station.The second of Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft to deliver...
Artemis II Astronauts Aboard USS John P. Murtha
The first astronauts to travel to the Moon in more than half a century are back on Earth after a record-setting mission aboard NASA’s Artemis II...
Rolled Up in a Cellar for Decades, This Artemisia Gentileschi Painting Is Now Up for Auction. Why Is Mary Magdalene's Face Missing From the Portrait?
Rolled Up in a Cellar for Decades, This Artemisia Gentileschi Painting Is Now Up for Auction. Why Is Mary Magdalene’s Face Missing From the...
Artemis 2 commander Reid Wiseman broke NASA protocol to save the mission's moon mascot: 'It's hard not to love this little guy. I can't let Rise out of my sight'
Reid Wiseman had one last decision to make before leaving his spacecraft post-splashdown: leave something behind in accordance with NASA's...
Songkran Is Thailand’s Splashing New Year’s Festival, When Everyone Gets Out a Super Soaker and Prepares to Get Drenched
Songkran Is Thailand’s Splashing New Year’s Festival, When Everyone Gets Out a Super Soaker and Prepares to Get Drenched The memorable tradition has...
Talking dogs and chatty cats could one day ‘speak’ in our language
In the animated movie Up, a boisterous dog wears an electronic collar that translates his doggy thoughts into English words. “My master made me this...
Artemis 2 astronauts celebrate successful return to Earth | Space photo of the day for April 13, 2026
NASA Artemis 2 astronauts Victor Glover and Christina Koch celebrate after splashing down back on Earth. (Image credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)The...
Mystery item spotted in 2,000-year-old Egyptian child mummy
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Archaeologists in Poland are finally...
How to help a turtle cross the road
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. This time of year, new flowers and animals...
Africa’s forests have flipped from carbon sink to carbon source
New research has delivered a stark warning about a major change in Africa's forests. Once a crucial part of the fight against climate change, these...
NASA Night-light Imagery Tracks US Energy Transition, Global Volatility
New nighttime maps based on NASA satellite imagery are upending assumptions, revealing a world where artificial brightening and dimming have...
Sperm quality is at its peak in the summer, study finds
A new study suggests that human sperm quality follows a seasonal pattern, peaking in the summer and dipping in the winter. The research, published...
New toothpaste stops gum disease without killing good bacteria
Periodontitis is a common condition that can affect much more than just oral health. Scientists at Fraunhofer have discovered a compound that...
Collapse of key ocean current may release billions of tonnes of carbon
The seas around Antarctica might begin releasing CO2Nigel Killeen/Getty Images Global warming caused by humanity’s carbon emissions has been slowing...
Chernobyl at 40: The man with the most dangerous job on Earth
Anatoly Doroshenko is tasked with entering Chernobyl’s reactor 4 to take vital radioactivity readingsMykhaylo Palinchak The shattered remains of...
Chernobyl at 40: My life as a meteorologist under Russian occupation
Lyudmila Dyblenko stayed at Chernobyl during the Russian occupation in 2022Mykhaylo Palinchak As Russian troops rolled across the Belarusian border...
Chernobyl at 40: The past, present and future of a nuclear disaster
The bleak landscape of the Chernobyl exclusion zoneMykhaylo Palinchak It was 1.23am when disaster struck. A routine safety test led to a...
In a First, This Personalized Cell Therapy Treated Three Life-Threatening Autoimmune Diseases in One Patient
In a First, This Personalized Cell Therapy Treated Three Life-Threatening Autoimmune Diseases in One Patient The patient was bedridden and needed...
Artemis 2: Our favorite photos from NASA's historic moon mission
NASA's historic Artemis 2 mission around the far side of the moon officially ended on April 10, as astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina...
Men and women with obesity face very different hidden health risks
New findings presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Istanbul, Turkey (May 12-15) highlight clear differences in how obesity...
Gray whales are entering San Francisco Bay and many aren’t surviving
Gray whales are known for their long migration between food-rich Arctic waters and the warm lagoons of Baja Mexico. But as climate change alters...
Light makes plants stronger but also holds them back
Light plays a major role in how plants grow, but scientists are still uncovering exactly how it works. Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University...
“Giant superatoms” could finally solve quantum computing’s biggest problem
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have introduced a new theoretical design for quantum systems based on what they call...
Hubble Spies an Active Spiral
A luminous swirl set against the deep black of space, the barred spiral galaxy IC 486 glows with a soft, ethereal light in this new NASA Hubble...
'God of Chaos' asteroid Apophis will blaze across the sky on April 13, 2029 — here's why this once-in-a-lifetime event is worth traveling for
A rare naked-eye asteroid will light up the night sky on April 13, 2029, when the near-Earth asteroid 99942 Apophis makes an extraordinarily close...
In 1776, the Declaration of Independence Was Breaking News. Here's How the Founding Document Reached the American Public
In 1776, the Declaration of Independence Was Breaking News. Here’s How the Founding Document Reached the American Public A new book by historian...
Where Does This Anti-War Masterpiece Belong? In Spain, a Request to Borrow Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ Sparks a Bitter Debate
Where Does This Anti-War Masterpiece Belong? In Spain, a Request to Borrow Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ Sparks a Bitter Debate The artwork depicts the...
Scientists are trying to build a vaccine that works against almost any respiratory pathogen — here's how close they are.
Imagine a single vaccine that protects against the flu, COVID-19, lung-invading bacteria and seasonal allergens all at once.Scientists recently...
Enslaved and Free Workers Built Thomas Jefferson's Monticello Brick by Brick. Archaeologists Just Discovered One of the Kilns They Used
Enslaved and Free Workers Built Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello Brick by Brick. Archaeologists Just Discovered One of the Kilns They Used Researchers...
A worst-case solar storm could knock out satellites, GPS and power grids, report warns
For many of us, checking the weather is part of daily life. But, in an increasingly technology-dependent world, there is another kind of forecast we...
Idol of Pomos: A 5,000-year-old fertility figurine from Cyprus that wears a miniature version of herself on a necklace
The Idol of Pomos has become a symbol of Cyprus. (Image credit: The Print Collector/Alamy)QUICK FACTSName: Idol of PomosWhat it is: A carved...
Scientists were wrong about lifespan. Your genes matter way more than we thought
What influences how long we live, and how much of that is written in our genes? For many years, scientists believed genetics played only a modest...
Black hole wakes after 100 million years and erupts like a cosmic volcano
Astronomers have captured one of the clearest views yet of a "reborn" black hole in action, revealing a dramatic outburst that has been compared to...
Forget daily pills. This shot works when blood pressure meds fail
A new clinical trial led by researchers at Queen Mary University of London suggests that a single injection given every six months may significantly...
For gray whales, San Francisco Bay is becoming a deadly pit stop
News Animals For gray whales, San Francisco Bay is becoming a deadly pit stop Nearly 1 in 5 whales that enter the bay don’t make it out A gray whale...
Stanford scientists discover “natural Ozempic” without side effects
Scientists at Stanford Medicine have identified a naturally occurring molecule that appears to mimic some of the weight loss effects of semaglutide,...
Human ancestors butchered and ate elephants 1.8 million years ago, helping to fuel their large brains
Imagine a creature nearly twice the size of a modern African elephant (which can weigh up to 6,000kg [13,000 lbs]). This was Elephas (Paleoxodon)...
Ancient Egyptian stone monument depicting a Roman emperor as a pharaoh discovered in Luxor
Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 2,000-year-old sandstone monument depicting a Roman emperor as a pharaoh.The small rectangular monument,...
From spa to boat party: 10 epic events for the Aug. 12, 2026, total solar eclipse in Spain and Iceland
Where will you be for the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026?If you're within the roughly 190-mile (305 kilometers) wide path of totality through...
Why Ozempic doesn’t work for everyone: Scientists just found a hidden reason
More than one in four people with Type 2 diabetes use GLP-1 receptor agonists, a class of widely prescribed medications. However, new research from...
Why you never forget how to ride a bike
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. There are some among us who can’t remember...
Neandertals may have hunted and eaten outsiders, chilling cannibalism study finds
A new study of Neanderthal remains from a cave in Belgium is shedding light on a disturbing aspect of prehistoric life. Researchers analyzing human...
110,000-year-old discovery rewrites human history: Neanderthals and Homo sapiens worked together
The first-ever published research on Tinshemet Cave is changing how scientists understand the relationship between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens....
How aggressive breast cancer turns off the immune system
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women worldwide. According to the World Health Organization, about 2.3 million women were...
Hidden weak spots in HIV and Ebola revealed with breakthrough nanodisc technology
Viruses are highly effective at entering human cells, largely because of specialized proteins that cover their outer surfaces. These proteins are...
'Human minds shouldn't have to go through' this: Artemis II crew recalls unreal moment when Earth disappeared — Space photo of the week
Quick factsWhat it is: "Earthset" as seen by the crew of NASA's Artemis II missionWhere it is: 4,070 miles (6,550 kilometers) above the lunar...
'The most special thing that will ever happen in my life': Artemis 2 astronauts describe their epic moon mission
HOUSTON — The crew of NASA's Artemis 2 mission around the moon is back on Earth — and now back home, here in Houston.NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman,...
Does the moon look the same from everywhere on Earth?
Whether you're watching a spectacular lunar eclipse or studying lunar features through a telescope, there are plenty of reasons to gaze at the...
Life on Mars? Tiny cells just survived shock waves and toxic soil
Mars is a harsh and unforgiving world. Any life that may have existed there in the past, or could exist today or in the future, would need to...
The Universe is expanding too fast and scientists still can’t explain it
An international team of astronomers has delivered one of the clearest measurements yet of how quickly the nearby Universe is expanding. Instead of...
La NASA da la bienvenida a la Tierra a los exploradores lunares de Artemis II, quienes batieron récords
Los primeros astronautas en viajar a la Luna en más de medio siglo han regresado a la Tierra tras una misión que ha establecido nuevos récords a...
I found a new meteor shower — and it comes from an asteroid getting baked to bits by the sun
Across the Earth, every night, thousands of automated stargazers are waiting to take pictures of shooting stars. I am one of the scientists who...
Early weight gain is linked to lifelong health consequences
When people gain weight during life can play a major role in their health decades later. A large study of more than 600,000 individuals from Lund...
NASA Science, Cargo Launch Aboard Northrop Grumman CRS-24
NASA is sending more science, technology demonstrations, and crew supplies to the International Space Station following the successful launch of the...
Two simple eating habits linked to lower weight, study finds
Maintaining a healthy weight may depend not only on food choices but also on meal timing. A study published in the International Journal of...
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 205 — All About Artemis
All About Artemis - The Brilliance of Artemis 2 - YouTube Watch On On Episode 205 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss the flight...
Unusual airborne toxin detected in the U.S. for the first time
Scientific fieldwork does not always go as planned. Researchers often set out with a clear goal, but sometimes the data leads them somewhere...
A 67-year-old “crazy” theory about vitamin B1 has finally been proven
Chemists have achieved what many once considered impossible by stabilizing an extremely reactive molecule in water, confirming a 67-year-old theory...
Your nose could detect Alzheimer’s years before symptoms begin
A declining sense of smell may be one of the earliest warning signs of Alzheimer's disease, appearing even before noticeable memory problems. New...
AI for breakup texts? How 'sycophantic' chatbots are messing with our ability to handle difficult social situations.
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems' sycophantic responses could be messing with the way people handle social dilemmas and interpersonal conflicts,...
Watch SpaceX launch big 'Cygnus XL' cargo spacecraft toward the ISS today
NASA’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 24 Launch - YouTube Watch On SpaceX will launch a big cargo ship to orbit on this morning...
Artemis II Recovery
Artemis II RecoveryNASA’s Orion spacecraft with Artemis II crewmembers NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina...
Artemis II Splashes Down
This image from April 10, 2026, captures NASA’s Orion spacecraft, with its parachutes deployed, seconds before splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. The...
Science news this week: Artemis II splashes down, the world's fattest parrot bounces back, and the Shroud of Turin is contaminated
This week's science news was moonstruck by updates from the Artemis II mission, which saw four astronauts swing around the moon's far side before...
10 Artemis II photos that define humanity's return to the moon
Since its historic April 1 launch from Kennedy Space Center, NASA's Artemis II mission around the moon has delivered a stream of extraordinary...
Artemis 3 and beyond: What's next for NASA after Artemis 2 moon success
Artemis 2 has come home, but NASA still has its nose to the lunar grindstone.The four astronauts of Artemis 2, the first crewed mission to the moon...
Do the microbes in your gut influence what foods you like?
Scientists have identified more than 3,000 species of bacteria living in the human gut. We know they play a role in digestion and immune function....
NASA Welcomes Record-Setting Artemis II Moonfarers Back to Earth
The first astronauts to travel to the Moon in more than half a century are back on Earth after a record-setting mission aboard NASA’s Artemis II...
Scientists finally crack mystery of rare COVID vaccine blood clots
Researchers led by Flinders University, working with international collaborators, have uncovered how a rare blood clotting condition can develop...
'I'm at a loss for words': Artemis II mission comes home to joy and cheers after historic 10-day mission
The Artemis II mission ended in a dramatic fashion on April 10, 2026, when NASA's Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, just off the...
NASA’s Artemis II mission was a historic success
The astronauts of the Artemis II mission have made it home. Their journey, which began in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 1 April, took them around the...
Splashdown! Artemis 2 astronauts return to Earth after historic NASA mission to the moon
Artemis 2 has come home.The four Artemis 2 astronauts splashed down off the coast of San Diego this evening (April 10), wrapping up an epic mission...
Artemis 2 Astronauts Successfully Return to Earth After Completing a Historic Mission Around the Moon
Artemis 2 Astronauts Successfully Return to Earth After Completing a Historic Mission Around the Moon The crewmembers splashed down Friday after...
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