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Science News
Science News
- How luna moths grow extravagant wings
- Venus’ tectonics may be actively reshaping its surface
- Males of this ancient human cousin weren’t always bigger than females
- Students’ mental health imperiled by $1 billion cuts to school funding
- Genetics might save the rare, elusive saola — if it’s not already extinct
- A passing star could fling Earth out of orbit
- Personalized gene editing saved a baby, but the tech’s future is uncertain
- ‘Silent’ cells play a surprising role in how brains work
- Bedbugs may have been one of the first urban pests
- Humans used whale bones to make tools 20,000 years ago
Science News Explores! (formerly Science News for Students)
- Magnets mimic gravity’s guiding hand for plants growing in space
- A nearby star system is likely sending lots of comets our way
- Two cities stopped water fluoridation. Kids’ teeth suffered
- Brain cells that make you feel full also make you crave dessert
- Experiment: Blow the best homemade bubbles
- Sheep, llamas and goats fall for optical illusions too
- Let’s learn about vaccines
- Parakeets talk using brain areas similar to ours
- This electric ‘slime’ might help injuries heal faster
- Freshwater fish are in trouble: Here’s how we can help them
BBC News
Science & Environment
- Warning after millions of bees escape overturned truck in US
- Astronauts in space for nine months didn't know if they would 'be able to make it back'
- UK's muddy saltmarshes vital to tackle climate change, report finds
- UK's muddy saltmarshes vital to tackle climate change, report finds
- Idyllic Swiss village stood for centuries - until a roaring glacier wiped it out
- Idyllic Swiss village stood for centuries - until a roaring glacier wiped it out
- BBC Inside Science
- Drinking water shortage in decade without new reservoirs, minister says
- Golden eagles soaring south back to English skies
- Planning change to make installing heat pump easier for millions
Technology
- Football and other premium TV being pirated at 'industrial scale'
- It's Musk's last day - what has he achieved at the White House?
- US green energy firms brace for federal funding cuts
- Customers furious after Game cancels Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders
- Victoria's Secret takes down US website after 'security incident'
- Nvidia revenues surge despite tariff uncertainty
- Elon Musk leaves White House but says Doge will continue
- Second suspect arrested in alleged crypto torture scheme
- Telegram announces partnership with Musk's xAI
- Temu's Chinese owner sees profits plunge as trade war bites
NASA
Breaking News
- Sols 4554–4555: Let’s Try That One Again…
- NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 Launch Fifth Anniversary
- Hubble Spies Paired Pinwheel on Its Own
- June’s Night Sky Notes: Seasons of the Solar System
- Sol 4553: Back to the Boxwork!
- A Dust Devil Photobombs Perseverance!
- NASA Tech Gives Treadmill Users a ‘Boost’
- 45 Years Ago: NASA Announces Ninth Astronaut Group
- NASA Tests New Ways to Stick the Landing in Challenging Terrain
- Integrated Testing on Horizon for Artemis II Launch Preparations
NASA
- Sols 4554–4555: Let’s Try That One Again…
- NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 Launch Fifth Anniversary
- Hubble Spies Paired Pinwheel on Its Own
- June’s Night Sky Notes: Seasons of the Solar System
- Sol 4553: Back to the Boxwork!
- A Dust Devil Photobombs Perseverance!
- NASA Tech Gives Treadmill Users a ‘Boost’
- 45 Years Ago: NASA Announces Ninth Astronaut Group
- NASA Tests New Ways to Stick the Landing in Challenging Terrain
- Integrated Testing on Horizon for Artemis II Launch Preparations
NASA
- Sols 4554–4555: Let’s Try That One Again…
- NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 Launch Fifth Anniversary
- Hubble Spies Paired Pinwheel on Its Own
- June’s Night Sky Notes: Seasons of the Solar System
- Sol 4553: Back to the Boxwork!
- A Dust Devil Photobombs Perseverance!
- NASA Tech Gives Treadmill Users a ‘Boost’
- 45 Years Ago: NASA Announces Ninth Astronaut Group
- NASA Tests New Ways to Stick the Landing in Challenging Terrain
- Integrated Testing on Horizon for Artemis II Launch Preparations
The Guardian (UK)
Science
- We’re close to translating animal languages – what happens then?
- Exercise ‘better than drugs’ to stop cancer returning after treatment, trial finds
- Milky Way photographer of the year 2025 – in pictures
- Immunotherapy trial helps cancer patients with tumours live 40% longer
- ‘Breakthrough’ breast cancer therapy can slow advance of disease and prolong survival
- ‘Gift of life’: experts hail neck and head cancer breakthrough
- Étienne-Émile Baulieu, French scientist who invented abortion pill, dies aged 98
- NHS could start offering breast cancer checks to women in their thirties
- ‘Science is a human endeavor’: astrophysicist uses art to connect Black and brown kids to the Stem fields
- The new Covid variant NB.1.8.1 is driving infections in Australia. A virologist explains what you need to know | Lara Herrero for the Conversation
Climate Crisis
- ‘This is ground zero for Blatten’: the tiny Swiss village engulfed by a mountain
- How the little-known ‘dark roof’ lobby may be making US cities hotter
- Are there billions more people on earth than we thought? If so, it’s no bad thing | Jonathan Kennedy
- Only two European states have net zero military emissions target, data shows
- ‘Like touching climate change’: glaciers reveal records of the way the world was
- What does a crystal ball tell gen Z about the future? | Fiona Katauskas
- Sussan Ley wants to keep the Coalition together – but caving on net zero won’t help her win back seats | Tom McIlroy
- Can you live without a car in the mountains? Yes, with planning and a few different bikes
- How the US became the biggest military emitter and stopped everyone finding out
- Carbon footprint of Israel’s war on Gaza exceeds that of many entire countries
Environment
- ‘This is ground zero for Blatten’: the tiny Swiss village engulfed by a mountain
- Tide is turning in Europe and beyond in favour of nuclear power
- How the little-known ‘dark roof’ lobby may be making US cities hotter
- What is ecocide and could it become a crime under international law?
- ‘Like touching climate change’: glaciers reveal records of the way the world was
- ‘Nothing left’: Irish whale-watching company closes amid ‘overfishing’
- Australia’s best photos of the month – May 2025
- ‘It’s just maths’: uninsurable, disaster-hit pockets of Australia pose existential questions requiring radical answers
- Sussan Ley wants to keep the Coalition together – but caving on net zero won’t help her win back seats | Tom McIlroy
- Can you live without a car in the mountains? Yes, with planning and a few different bikes
NYTimes
Science
- Northern Lights May Be Visible as Far South as Alabama
- Breast Cancer Patients Get Early Warning of Faltering Drugs With Blood Test
- Trump to Withdraw Musk’s Ally as Nominee for Top NASA Job
- A Court Debates Whether a Climate Lawsuit Threatens National Security
- Trump’s Proposed Budget Would Cut the Ecosystems Mission Area and Much of Its Work
- Étienne-Émile Baulieu, Who Developed the Abortion Pill, Dies at 98
- Scientists Say They’ve Found a Dwarf Planet Very Far From the Sun
- World Scientists Look Elsewhere as U.S. Labs Stagger Under Trump Cuts
- Trump Administration Ends Program Critical to Search for an H.I.V. Vaccine
- George E. Smith Dead: Nobel Prize Winner Was 95
Space & Cosmos
- Northern Lights May Be Visible as Far South as Alabama
- Sync Your Calendar With the Solar System
- Trump to Withdraw Musk’s Ally as Nominee for Top NASA Job
- Scientists Say They’ve Found a Dwarf Planet Very Far From the Sun
- Manhattanhenge Is Back for 2025: When, Where and How to Watch
- China Launches Tianwen-2 Mission to Capture Pieces of Near-Earth Asteroid
- SpaceX Starship Loses Control on Test Flight 9 as Rocket Re-enters Earth
- Sonic Detectives Want to Help SpaceX Listen Up
- New Studies Dismiss Signs of Life on Distant Planet
- Trump’s Gulf Trip Also Brought Benefits to Elon Musk
Health
- Breast Cancer Patients Get Early Warning of Faltering Drugs With Blood Test
- Do Patients Without a Terminal Illness Have the Right to Die?
- F.D.A. Warns of High Risk of Illness or Death in Update of Tomato Recall
- Five Things to Know About MAID in Canada
- Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Cucumbers Sickens 45 People
- Étienne-Émile Baulieu, Who Developed the Abortion Pill, Dies at 98
- World Scientists Look Elsewhere as U.S. Labs Stagger Under Trump Cuts
- Trump Administration Ends Program Critical to Search for an H.I.V. Vaccine
- CDC Issues New Advice on Covid Vaccines for Children That Contradicted RFK Jr.
- Robert Jarvik, a Designer of the First Artificial Heart, Dies at 79
Climate & Environment
- A Court Debates Whether a Climate Lawsuit Threatens National Security
- Trump’s Proposed Budget Would Cut the Ecosystems Mission Area and Much of Its Work
- Flooding in Nigeria Flattens a Town, Killing at Least 151
- Alarmed by Trump Cuts, Scientists Are Talking Science. For 100 Hours.
- Will Charleston’s Climate Lawsuit Survive the Week?
- Energy Dept. Cancels $3.7 Billion for New Technologies to Lower Emissions
- Williams to Revive Plans for N.Y. Natural Gas Pipelines
- U.S. Oil Companies Are ‘Battening Down the Hatches’
- Some Glaciers Will Vanish No Matter What, Study Finds
- Oil Companies Are Sued Over Death of Woman in 2021 Heat Wave
And even...
Wired – Science
- How to Make AI Faster and Smarter—With a Little Help from Physics
- Analysts Say Trump Trade Wars Would Harm the Entire US Energy Sector, From Oil to Solar
- Is Using a Stair Machine the Same as Climbing Stairs?
- The Plan to Send Plant-Filled ‘Gardens’ Into Orbit
- Starship’s Latest Test Reveals New Problems for SpaceX to Solve
- Hummingbirds Are Evolving to Adapt to Life With Humans
- Mushroom Supplements Are the Biohackers’ Latest Fix (2025)
- A New Study Reveals the Makeup of Uranus’ Atmosphere
- Why Women With Type 2 Diabetes Are Diagnosed Later Than Men
- The Milky Way Has a Mysterious ‘Broken Bone’
Discover Magazine
- Black Death Bacterium Evolved to be Less Aggressive to Kill Victims Slowly
- Cicadas Will Soon Bring a Noisy Start to the 2025 Summer as Brood XIV Emerges
- 99.999 Percent of the Deep Ocean Is Unexplored — Its Secrets Are Key to Understanding Our Planet
- Big Eyes, Blurry Vision: Why Humpback Whales Struggle to See Clearly
- New Method Could Unlock Diet, Disease, and Daily Life of Ancient Human Remains
- Constantly Changing Ice on Jupiter's Moon Europa Hints at Possible Ocean and Life
- Birds Nested Alongside Dinosaurs in Alaska 73 Million Years Ago
- Campi Flegrei Had a Massive Eruption 40,000 Years Ago – Could a Supermassive Volcano Happen Soon?
- Mongolian Wall Excavation Reveals Medieval Artifacts, Tools, and Even a Human Body
- This Detailed Map of a Human Cell Could Help Us Understand How Cancer Develops
...more...
Space.com
- Predator: Badlands: Release date, plot, trailers & everything we know about Predator's silver screen return
- Northern lights may be visible in these 23 US States tonight
- 'Doctor Who' finale sees Ncuti Gatwa's 15th Doctor regenerate into a very familiar face, but what does it mean for the show?
- Aurora alert: Ongoing powerful geomagnetic storm could spark more northern lights across the US tonight
- Severe G4 geomagnetic storm sparks northern lights across US and beyond (photos)
- Super-magnetic dead star throws a violent temper tantrum as NASA X-ray spacecraft looks on
- Trump to withdraw Jared Isaacman's nomination as NASA chief
- SpaceX adds 27 Starlink satellites to constellation after successful launch from California (video)
- Aurora alert: Severe geomagnetic storm could spark northern lights as far south as Alabama and northern California tonight
- Blue Origin launches 1st New Zealander to reach space, 5 others on latest New Shepard suborbital flight (video)
Phys.org
- Earth's seasonal rhythms are changing, putting species and ecosystems at risk
- Many police forces have found ICE agreements undermine public safety
- Climate action could save half of world's vanishing glaciers, says study
- Key climate target of airline decarbonization 'in peril': IATA
- Most of Australia's conservation efforts ignore climate risks—here are 3 fixes
- Tracking crime from the cradle: Why some people keep breaking the law while most of us never do
- Tracing the genetic trails of Colombia's early hunter-gatherers who disappeared completely
- Dogs and cats can also suffer from allergies, but there are ways to help our furry friends
- Sudden hailstorm lashes Egypt's Alexandria
- Trump says withdrawing Musk ally as nominee to head NASA
...science news
New Scientist
- Any wall can be turned into a camera to see around corners
- At this rate, carbon dioxide removal will never matter for the climate
- Should you still learn a second language if AI can translate for you?
- PTSD in 9/11 responders didn’t start improving for nearly a decade
- How does the pill affect your brain? We're finally getting answers
- First evidence of ancient birds nesting above the Arctic circle
- Leprosy was in the Americas long before the arrival of Europeans
- Will SpaceX’s Starship rocket ever work – and what if it doesn’t?
- Amazing images reveal new details in the sun's atmosphere
- Qubit breakthrough could make it easier to build quantum computers
Popular Science
- How to set up an Apple legacy contact, in case you die
- This is how I get around paying for web hosting
- How to reset your terrible streaming recommendations
- The app that keeps your life organized and your data safe
- June skygazing: A strawberry moon, the summer solstice… and Asteroid Day!
- Future-proof your career by mastering AI skills for just $20
- Why do babies’ eyes change color? Sunlight, genetics, and more.
- Track your wallet, keys, or bag with this razor-thin $24 device
- Illinois man has spent 40 years rebuilding a WWII-era B-17 bomber
- Why fava beans taste gross (and how scientists want to fix them)
Scientific American
- Sahara Dust Clouds Are Heading to Florida and Beyond
- What Causes Glaciers to Collapse like the Event That Buried a Swiss Village?
- Lawmakers Form First Extreme Heat Caucus, Citing ‘Deadly Risk’
- Elon Musk’s SpaceX City Starbase Faces Opposition from Its Texas Neighbors
- With a Busy 2025 Hurricane Season Forecast, Staffing Cuts and Warm Oceans Worry Experts
- How Doppler Radar Lets Meteorologists Predict Weather and Save Lives
- Why Do We Launch Space Telescopes?
- What the First Results from the Global Flourishing Study Tell Us about Age, Employment and Partnership
- Oil Industry Asks Trump Administration to Kill Heat Safety Rule
- Did Inhaling Xenon Gas Really Help Mount Everest Climbers Reach the Summit in Record Time?
LiveScience
- Avast, matey! 5 of the biggest pirate hauls in history
- Celtic quiz: Test your knowledge about these fierce tribes once described by Julius Caesar
- Can adults grow new brain cells?
- New 8K-resolution photos of the sun show off incredible details of raging sunspots
- The 5 biggest mistakes learner microscope owners make
- Astronomers discover black hole ripping a star apart inside a galactic collision. 'It is a peculiar event'
- Space photo of the week: Pink 'raindrops' on the sun captured in greatest detail ever
- What's the difference between a leopard and a jaguar?
- Photographer captures ghostly ripples over Colorado night sky. 'It is rare to see it directly overhead and moving like that'
- Best wildlife observation equipment 2025: Birds, bats, bees and everything inbetween
ScienceDaily
- Engineers develop self-healing muscle for robots
- New plant leaf aging factor found
- Mediterranean diet provides symptom relief for patients with IBS in pilot study
- Singing to babies improves their mood
- Common gene variant doubles dementia risk for men
- Innovative immunotherapy shows promise against aggressive T cell cancers
- Small currents, big impact: Satellite breakthrough reveals hidden ocean forces
- Scientists find a new way to help plants fight diseases
- Single-atom catalysts change spin state when boosted by a magnetic field
- Rising soil nitrous acid emissions, driven by climate change and fertilization, accelerate global ozone pollution