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Science News
Science News
- Runaway stars could influence the cosmos far past their home galaxies
- Work on protein structure and design wins the 2024 chemistry Nobel
- Climate change fueled the fury of hurricanes Helene and Milton
- To tell a right-trunked elephant from a lefty, check the wrinkles
- Europa Clipper is launching to solve an alien mystery
- New electrical stitches use muscle movement to speed up healing
- Ancient Scythians had cultural roots in Siberia
- The discovery of tools key to machine learning wins the 2024 physics Nobel
- Semaglutide saps mice’s motivation to run
- Blood pressure may read falsely high if the arm isn’t positioned properly
Science News Explores! (formerly Science News for Students)
- Explainer: What is generative AI?
- ChatGPT and other AI tools are full of hidden racial biases
- Two AI trailblazers win the 2024 Nobel Prize in physics
- The discovery of microRNA wins the 2024 Nobel Prize in physiology
- Let’s learn about the Nobel Prize
- Scientists Say: Stone Age
- Spacecraft need an extra boost to travel between stars
- More than 100 types of bacteria found living in microwave ovens
- Explainer: Anatomy of a heartbeat
- Explainer: How cells use chemistry to make the electricity of life
BBC News
Science & Environment
- Google DeepMind boss wins Nobel for proteins breakthrough
- 'Godfather of AI' shares Nobel Physics Prize
- Water firms told to cut customer bills over poor performance
- My pilgrimage to the vanishing Sphinx snow patch
- Spacecraft launches towards asteroid knocked off course by Nasa
- The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was not alone
- Joyful welcome by stranded astronauts for SpaceX capsule crew
- Climate change supercharged Europe floods - scientists
- Sir David Attenborough: 'The world would be worse off without our stories'
- Astronauts reveal what life is like on ISS – and how they deal with 'space smell'
Technology
- Google threatened with being broken up by US
- Man denies being mysterious inventor of Bitcoin
- Brazil lifts ban on Musk's X after it pays $5m fine
- TikTok sued for 'wreaking havoc' on teen mental health
- eBay to ban private e-bike sales over fire fears
- Teenager claims first ever Tetris 'rebirth'
- 'Godfather of AI' shares Nobel Physics Prize
- Wait a few more minutes for an electric Uber, says boss
- US judge orders Google to open app store to rivals
- Could you switch careers into cyber-security?
NASA
Breaking News
- Black Hole Destroys Star, Goes After Another, NASA Missions Find
- NASA, Collaborators Announce a New Student Lunar Autonomy Challenge!
- Tissue Chips Accurately Model Organs in Space
- Station Science Top News: Oct. 4, 2024
- NASA’s Earth Information Center at the Smithsonian
- Connected Learning Ecosystems: Educators Learning and Growing Together
- Systems Engineer Noosha Haghani Prepped PACE for Space
- NASA Seeks Innovative Artemis Lunar Logistics, Mobility Solutions
- About the Office of the General Counsel
- Journey Through Stars with NASA in New Minecraft Game
Image of the Day
- NASA’s Earth Information Center at the Smithsonian
- Instructions for Aliens
- Sunglint on the Alabama River
- Astronauts Rubio and Berrios Speak During Hispanic Heritage Month
- Communications Strategist Thalia Patrinos
- The Stanley Cup Comes to Kennedy
- NASA’s Art Program is Back
- Astronaut José Hernández Boards Discovery
- Expedition 71 Soyuz Landing
- Honoring Hidden Figures
NASA
- NASA-Funded Study Assesses Pollution Near Los Angeles-Area Warehouses
- Black Hole Destroys Star, Goes After Another, NASA Missions Find
- NASA, Collaborators Announce a New Student Lunar Autonomy Challenge!
- Tissue Chips Accurately Model Organs in Space
- Station Science Top News: Oct. 4, 2024
- NASA’s Earth Information Center at the Smithsonian
- Connected Learning Ecosystems: Educators Learning and Growing Together
- Systems Engineer Noosha Haghani Prepped PACE for Space
- NASA Seeks Innovative Artemis Lunar Logistics, Mobility Solutions
- About the Office of the General Counsel
NASA
- NASA-Funded Study Assesses Pollution Near Los Angeles-Area Warehouses
- Black Hole Destroys Star, Goes After Another, NASA Missions Find
- NASA, Collaborators Announce a New Student Lunar Autonomy Challenge!
- Tissue Chips Accurately Model Organs in Space
- Station Science Top News: Oct. 4, 2024
- NASA’s Earth Information Center at the Smithsonian
- Connected Learning Ecosystems: Educators Learning and Growing Together
- Systems Engineer Noosha Haghani Prepped PACE for Space
- NASA Seeks Innovative Artemis Lunar Logistics, Mobility Solutions
- About the Office of the General Counsel
The Guardian (UK)
Science
- Google DeepMind scientists and biochemist win Nobel chemistry prize
- Demis Hassabis: from video game designer to Nobel prize winner
- Celebrities are coughing up millions to bring back the dodo. This could end very badly | Arwa Mahdawi
- Wrinkles reveal whether elephants are left- or right-trunked, study finds
- AI glasses to anticipating falls: firms vie to win £1m for dementia technology
- Scientists create surgical stitch to aid healing by electrical stimulation
- Earth’s ‘vital signs’ show humanity’s future in balance, say climate experts
- Machine learning pioneers win Nobel prize in physics
- Rises in life expectancy have slowed dramatically, analysis finds
- To boldly go: John McFall hopes to be the first astronaut with a disability
Climate Crisis
- Our dystopian climate isn’t just about fires and floods. It’s about society fracturing | Bill McKibben
- Andrew Forrest says net zero is ‘fantasy’ so his goal is ‘real zero’. What does he mean – and can he achieve it? | Temperature Check
- US emergency crews struggle as climate crisis fuels ‘unprecedented’ competing disasters
- Anger at UK’s ‘bonkers’ plan to reach net zero by importing fuel from North Korea
- Hurricane Milton: what does it actually take to evacuate during a weather crisis?
- Global heating makes hurricanes like Helene twice as likely, data shows
- China to head green energy boom with 60% of new projects in next six years
- ‘A huge loss’: is it the end for the ship that helped us understand life on Earth?
- Energy industry trade body chief to head UK’s climate watchdog
- US south-east reels from ‘unspeakable tragedy’ of Helene as new storm looms
Environment
- Our dystopian climate isn’t just about fires and floods. It’s about society fracturing | Bill McKibben
- The hidden underside of an iceberg: Laurent Ballesta’s best photograph
- Andrew Forrest says net zero is ‘fantasy’ so his goal is ‘real zero’. What does he mean – and can he achieve it? | Temperature Check
- ‘It’s path-breaking’: British Columbia’s blueprint for decolonisation
- Europe was a leader on saving nature. Now, its backsliding could threaten global progress
- Anger at UK’s ‘bonkers’ plan to reach net zero by importing fuel from North Korea
- Global heating makes hurricanes like Helene twice as likely, data shows
- Wildlife photographer of the year 2024 winners – in pictures
- A delegation of Maugean skates are listening to the keynote speaker at the global nature-positive summit | First Dog on the Moon
- China to head green energy boom with 60% of new projects in next six years
NYTimes
Science
- U.S. Races to Replace IV Fluid Supplies After Hurricane Helene
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry Goes to 3 Scientists for Predicting and Creating Proteins
- Does Your School Use Suicide Prevention Software? We Want to Hear From You.
- What to Know About the 2024 Nobel Prizes
- Can Your Electric Vehicle Catch Fire During a Hurricane?
- In Toronto, Exploring a Wilderness in the Heart of the City
- Climate Change Increased Rain and Wind Speeds of Helene
- Nobel Physics Prize Awarded for Pioneering A.I. Research by 2 Scientists
- Oppenheimer’s Communist Past Draws New Attention
- Ruth Glacier in Alaska Hides America’s Deepest Gorge
Space & Cosmos
- Sync Your Calendar With the Solar System
- The Food of Space Travel Could Be Based on Rocks
- How to See Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS as It Passes Near Earth
- ESA’s Hera Asteroid Mission Launches on SpaceX Rocket in Florida
- SpaceX Launches Crew-9 Mission to Bring NASA Starliner Astronauts Home
- The Sun Will Destroy the Earth One Day, Right? Maybe Not.
- 2024 Fall Equinox: What to Know About the Start of Astronomical Autumn
- Astronomers Spot a Black Hole with a Cosmic Wingspan
- NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission Looked Doomed. Could Engineers Save It?
- Earth Had a Ring 466 Million Years Ago, Study Says
Health
- U.S. Races to Replace IV Fluid Supplies After Hurricane Helene
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry Goes to 3 Scientists for Predicting and Creating Proteins
- Does Your School Use Suicide Prevention Software? We Want to Hear From You.
- Harris Proposes a Medicare Plan to Provide Home Care, Vision and Hearing Ben
- TikTok Faces Lawsuits From 13 States Around Teens and Mental Health
- 3% of American High Schoolers Identify as Transgender, First National Survey Finds
- On Drug Prices, Harris Pushes for Deeper Cuts While Trump Offers Few Specifics
- Officials Cast Doubt on a Dementia Drug, but Human Trials Continue
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Honors Ambros and Ruvkun for MicroRNA Discovery
- Nighttime Depression Is a Real Thing
Climate & Environment
- Florida TV Meteorologist Chokes Up on Air While Covering Hurricane Milton
- MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa Region Braces for Milton Flooding
- A Filmmaker Focuses on Climate and Democracy
- Why Milton and Helene ‘Exploded’ in Strength
- Can Your Electric Vehicle Catch Fire During a Hurricane?
- In Toronto, Exploring a Wilderness in the Heart of the City
- Climate Change Increased Rain and Wind Speeds of Helene
- Ruth Glacier in Alaska Hides America’s Deepest Gorge
- Biden Requires Lead Drinking-Water Pipes to be Replaced Nationwide
- Does My Home Have Lead Pipes? And What Can I Do About Them?
And even...
Wired – Science
- A Major GLP-1 Drug Shortage Is Over. Some Patients Aren’t Celebrating
- Florida Hospitals and Nursing Homes Are Bracing for Hurricane Milton
- Through Hurricanes Helene and Milton, Amateur Radio Triumphs When All Else Fails
- This Man Found 1,650 Ways to Turn a Profit While Decarbonizing
- To Be a Good Pregnancy Surrogate, It Helps to Be a Dominatrix First
- This Homemade Drone Software Finds People When Search and Rescue Teams Can’t
- ‘Groups’ Underpin Modern Math. Here’s How They Work
- Alcohol Plays a Major Role in New Cancer Cases
- What You Need to Know Before You Freeze Your Eggs
- Taiwan Makes the Majority of the World’s Computer Chips. Now It’s Running Out of Electricity
Discover Magazine
- Why Wildfires Started by Human Activities Can Be More Destructive and Harder To Contain
- How Different Stars Affect the Habitability of Their Planets
- Hurricane Milton Explodes Into a Powerful Category 5 Storm As It Heads for Florida − Here’s How Rapid Intensification Works
- NASA's Crewed Mars Mission in the 2030s Could Unlock Some Geologic Mysteries
- Geography and Climate Change Increase Carolina Storm Risk
- The Race to Protect Atacama’s Ancient Geoglyphs
- Why Ladybugs Symbolize Good Luck and Other Facts
- What You Need to Know About Sun Poisoning and How to Prevent It
- How Giant Skeletons Became the Ultimate Hoax
- Nuclear Rockets Could Travel to Mars in Half the Time, but Designing the Reactors Isn’t Easy
...more...
Space.com
- James Webb Space Telescope watches a frozen, comet-like object shooting jets of gas
- Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida with Category 5 strength in new ISS footage (video)
- Gateway gift: Northrop Grumman delivers lunar-orbit hab for Space Center Houston display
- This incredible Lego NASA set is reduced for Amazon's Prime Day in the UK — but you'll need to move fast
- Save almost $300 on my favorite MacBook Air for Prime Day 2024
- See 1st trailer for Bong Joon Ho’s sci-fi comedy 'Mickey 17' starring Robert Pattinson (video)
- Last chance Prime Day streaming deal: 21% off Roku Ultra
- How sweet is space? The answer may reveal clues about how life began
- I have reviewed all of the best star projectors and these are the only Prime Day deals worth considering
- Forget Amazon Prime Day: Our favorite MacBook is now $250 cheaper at BestBuy
Phys.org
- Nobel Prize in physics spotlights key breakthroughs in AI revolution—making machines that learn
- Unprecedented peril: Disaster lies ahead as we track towards 2.7°C of warming this century, researchers warn
- Will the Earth warm by 2°C or 5.5°C? Either way it's bad, and trying to narrow it down may be a distraction
- Light pollution disturbs moths—even in the dark, study shows
- Modeling study finds mercury pollution from human activities is declining
- A peculiar algae's genome reveals clues to reef-building and climate adaptation
- One-step nanoscale expansion microscopy: From molecule to 3D structure with a conventional microscope
- Plants save energy when absorbing potassium, study shows
- Researchers discover atomic-level mechanism in polycrystalline materials
- Heavy metals in the ocean become more toxic: How climate change impacts contaminants in the sea
...science news
New Scientist
- This test could reveal whether gravity is subject to quantum weirdness
- Nobel prize in chemistry awarded for mastering structures of proteins
- Extreme hurricane season is here and it is fuelled by climate change
- Your toothbrush is teeming with hundreds of types of viruses
- Hot sauce taste test reveals how expectations shape pleasure and pain
- AIs can work together in much larger groups than humans ever could
- Growing number of Earth's ‘vital signs’ endangered by climate change
- Microscopic gears powered by light could be used to make tiny machines
- Nobel prize for physics goes to pair who invented key AI techniques
- Certain quantum systems may be able to defy entropy's effects forever
Popular Science
- Man divorces wife after finding incriminating Visio diagram of “Plan B”
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- Stressed bees are pessimistic pollinators
- Get the Birdfy smart solar bird feeder camera for just $149 before it sells out on Prime Day
- What if ‘cotton candy’ planets are actually Ring Pops?
- Psychology can explain your childhood crush on a cartoon character
Scientific American
- Hurricane Milton Will Turn Helene’s Debris into Lethal Projectiles in Florida
- 2024 Chemistry Nobel Awarded for Cracking the Secret Code of Proteins
- Whooping Cough Is Spreading, and You Might Need a Vaccine Booster
- Can Overpriced Peaches Convince Us That Fukushima Is Safe?
- A Century-Old Question Is Still Revealing Answers in Fundamental Math
- Understanding the High Winds and Drastic Downpours of the 2024 Hurricane Season
- How Rwanda Is Containing a Deadly Marburg Virus Outbreak
- Devastating Hurricane Milton Takes Aim at Tampa’s Climate Vulnerabilities
- Europe’s Hera Mission Launches to Visit an Asteroid Smacked by NASA
- What Trump or Harris Would Mean for Health Care Access and Affordability
LiveScience
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- Study reveals how the brain divides days into 'movie scenes'
- The best Prime Day telescope deals worth buying on Amazon UK
- This Prime Day binocular deal is astronomical: $130 off the best stargazing binocular
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- Last chance to buy the best DSLR in the world at lowest-ever price
- 'Every volcano has its own personality': Mystery Mount Adams earthquake surge under investigation
- Earth's crust may be building mountains by dripping into the mantle
ScienceDaily
- Will AI tools revolutionize public health? Not if they continue following old patterns, researchers argue
- Atomic-level mechanism in polycrystalline materials
- Team engineers new enzyme to produce synthetic genetic material
- El Niño linked to accelerated ice loss in tropics
- Transition to a circular bioeconomy requires getting prices right
- Oh my meniscus: Age poses risk of further knee injury in children
- Adding fall blooming plants may help both managed and wild bees in cities
- New seed fossil sheds light on wind dispersal in plants
- Asymmetric placebo effect in response to spicy food
- Echoes in the brain: Why today's workout could fuel next week's bright idea