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Venus may have had a moon for nearly 2 billion years

A moon may once have been consumed by Venus, after existing alongside the planet for up to 1.7 billion years

What remains of the last Neanderthals tell us about their demise 

An isolated population of Neanderthals is shedding new light on their species’ final days.

Toyohiro Akiyama, first Japanese citizen and journalist in space, dies at 84

He reported from space that only "fat" Japanese tree frogs enjoyed weightlessness.

Just bury your trash: What if everything we know about recycling is wrong?

Modern landfills, when properly managed, may actually be cleaner, cheaper, and more environmentally friendly than…

A nuclear reactor is being installed a mile underground in Kansas

Deep Fission has just received safety approval from the US Department of Energy for a reactor design that it plans to…

Groundbreaking laser of ghostly particles may be impossible to build

A year ago, researchers made a splash with a wildly creative idea for building a laser from notoriously elusive…

Biggest dark matter detector spots a single weird particle

Just Bury Your Trash

The article challenges conventional wisdom about recycling and waste management, arguing that properly managed landfills…

Aging Brains Blend Memories Together Instead of Just Forgetting Them

Research using brain imaging found that aging brains don't simply forget memories—instead, they blend different memories…

Why are there no flow batteries with symmetric ferrocyanide electrolytes?

Ferrocyanide is a highly stable and soluble redox couple widely used in asymmetric flow batteries, but symmetric systems…

Can we really reverse global warming after overshooting 1.5°C?

A UN report says it’s possible to get global temperatures back down to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels by the end of…

Fluorescent lamps (don't) have ears

The author, who previously worked in technical surveillance countermeasures, tests a decades-old claim that fluorescent…

Research roundup: 7 cool science stories we almost missed

"Black hole stars," making cookies from plastic, tiny sound-powered drones, and more.

CDC reported then deleted two measles deaths that were questioned by RFK Jr.

Historically, state health departments determine cases and deaths, not the CDC.

Are you made of real-world quarks or virtual-world qubits?

Is it possible we’re living in a virtual simulation?

How Ukraine created world-leading prostheses amid the chaos of war

Injuries from the war in Ukraine have forced the country to develop highly advanced prostheses and fit them in record…

It turns out that Orion's much-maligned heat shield performed really well

Independent safety officials also have high praise for changes by NASA leadership.

The first signs of dark matter particles may finally have been spotted

Most of the matter in the universe is dark matter, but for decades physicists haven’t been able to directly observe it –…

The UK just had its hottest summer ever 

The average temperature in the UK in June, July and August 2026 has eclipsed the record set in summer 2025, and the…

Mountain warming means there will be more disasters like the Nepal flood

Mountainous regions across the planet are warming especially fast, melting the ice that glues rocky slopes and glaciers…

Without new landers or rovers, it's helicopters or bust for NASA's Mars program

NASA's cost estimate for SR-1 Freedom is $2.1 billion, but that doesn't include the helicopters.

Private group wants to launch "cheapest possible" mission to Alpha Centauri

"We could really be facing the great filter."

If space data centers feel far-fetched, why not interstellar travel?

The team behind Starcloud's orbital data centers has a new high-risk space project: Sending a probe to Alpha Centauri.

NASA: Fill in a name, and you can have an exclusive coordinate in the universe

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Evidence of Fraud in an Influential Study About Procrastination

A replication study published in Psychological Science failed to reproduce results from a highly influential 2002 paper…

A Genealogy of Freudenthal's Lincos

This article traces the intellectual history leading to Hans Freudenthal's Lingua Cosmica (Lincos), beginning with…

Orangutans in danger as wildfires blaze through Borneo

Wildfires in Indonesia have destroyed part of the natural habitat of hundreds of orangutans, risking the survival of the…

Trump admin shelves Cyclospora research despite record-breaking outbreak

The CDC has tallied nearly 30,000 confirmed and probable cases this summer.

Kids These Days

Young people today face conflicting evidence about their wellbeing: objective metrics show improvements in physical…