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Here's what we know about the "space academy" Trump just announced

"It's called the US Space Academy. That's a big deal."

Secrets of the Atomic City

Ron Fowler and Chuck Deuschle, former workers at a uranium-enrichment plant in Paducah, Kentucky, are sharing their…

Autonomous Mathematical Discovery in an Open-World Multi-Agent Environment

Researchers demonstrated autonomous mathematical discovery using multiple AI agents working collaboratively in an…

Lake formed after ice-rock avalanche remains at a high level and is overflowing

A barrier lake formed by an ice-rock avalanche on the Nepal-China border is currently overflowing at high water levels,…

Africa's Wild Dogs Are the Most Hated Carnivores on the Continent

African wild dogs, among the world's most endangered carnivores with only 6,600 remaining, are being actively conserved…

Healed fang wound found on 520-million-year-old apex predator

Something took a bite out of one of the biggest predators in Cambrian seas, an extraordinary fossil shows – and it could…

Are Crows Our Friends?

Research into corvid-human relationships reveals that crows may be just as much in control of these interactions as…

Watch: Stargazers around the world glimpse 'Blood Moon' lunar eclipse

Some parts of the globe had a chance to see the rare event when the Sun, Earth and Moon line up in the night sky.

Daycare Pseudoscience

Critics claim daycare traumatizes children and damages their brains, while governments and institutions argue it's…

Smaller reactors bring nuclear power closer to fulfilling its promise

Small modular reactors (SMRs) are emerging as a promising alternative to conventional nuclear power plants, with…

ALMA Reveals Long-Lived Hotspots on Betelgeuse's Bubbling Surface

Using ALMA, astronomers captured unprecedented high-resolution images of Betelgeuse's surface, revealing bright hotspots…

Bhartrhari's Paradox

Bhartrhari's Paradox, originating from a fifth-century Indian philosopher, highlights a logical contradiction: while…

NASA’s huge Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is about to launch

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which launches on 30 August, will observe space with the same detail as the…

Fastest star ever spotted at the centre of our galaxy

A newfound star called S301 is both the fastest ever seen and the closest to a supermassive black hole –and it could…

Where and when to see 2027’s ‘solar eclipse of the century’

The total solar eclipse on 2 August 2027 is due to be the longest one until the year 2114, and researchers, eclipse…

Hilariously Fast Volume Computation with the Divergence Theorem

A fast algorithm for computing the volume of a 3D triangulated mesh uses the divergence theorem to convert a volume…

A baby echidna has been born in a university for the first time

Echidnas are a difficult animal to breed in captivity, but scientists in Sydney have now managed it, which could improve…

‘Thinking about the edges of space-time can help build a better world’

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, New Scientist columnist and author of the September read for the New Scientist Book Club, The…

Read an extract from Chanda Prescod-Weinstein’s The Edge of Space-Time

The opening chapter to the New Scientist Book Club's read for September sees Chanda Prescod-Weinstein explore what we…

Einstein thought time dilation was both real and not – he was right

What even is time?

Climate change is strengthening El Niño, coral records suggest

Doctors are finally learning to manage antidepressant withdrawal

Medical professionals are increasingly recognizing that stopping antidepressants, particularly SSRIs like escitalopram,…

Autism mutations drive neurodevelopmental pathology

Galapagos corals suggest climate change drives stronger El Niños

Coral records from the Galapagos Islands indicate El Niños have been gathering strength over the past 40 years, in line…

The iconic T-38 jets flown by astronauts just got a spiffy new look

"Everyone wants to take that aircraft up now..."

Numerical (In)Stability of Recurrence Relations

Recurrence relations for special functions like Bessel functions can be numerically unstable depending on the direction…

Why HPSC Is a Big Deal for Space Exploration

NASA announced its High Performance Spaceflight Computing (HPSC) processor in May 2026, a radiation-hardened chip…

Astonishing whale feeding frenzy seen off the eastern coast of Greenland

The population of baleen whales along eastern Greenland has boomed in recent decades, and reporter Leah Crane recounts a…

Engineered yeast for converting plastic and biomass compounds into food