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U.S. science must innovate or die, National Academy of Sciences president says

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 5:51pm

The past year has been “filled with turmoil” for science, National Academy of Sciences president Marcia McNutt said during her State of the Science address

Categories: Astronomy

In a first, scientists transplanted both a pig liver and kidneys into a person who was brain-dead

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 3:00pm

The transplanted pig organs functioned for 36 hours before showing signs of rejection

Categories: Astronomy

Microsoft’s upgraded Majorana quantum computing chip fizzles with physicists

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 2:15pm

Microsoft’s announcement of a new quantum computing breakthrough with its Majorana 2 chip continues a trend of bold claims followed by scant evidence

Categories: Astronomy

Sturgeon fish sex sounds like ‘thunder’

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 2:04pm

These sounds could be used to track the health of populations of the endangered Atlantic sturgeon

Categories: Astronomy

Trump’s new AI executive order drastically shifts the administration’s stance on the tech

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 1:15pm

This order asks artificial intelligence companies to give the U.S. government up to 30 days to assess frontier models before they are released

Categories: Astronomy

Trump administration takes aim at crucial ocean monitoring network

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 12:30pm

The Ocean Observatories Initiative has been collecting data on physical, chemical, geological and biological conditions in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans for the past decade

Categories: Astronomy

Mathematicians sign declaration to rein in AI use

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 6:01am

A group of researchers have proposed rules to prevent artificial intelligence from overpowering humans in math

Categories: Astronomy

Questioning everything

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 6:00am

Where did stars, and light itself, come from? Is there a hidden sector of particles and forces called “dark energy” affecting the cosmos?

Categories: Astronomy

How Gödel numbers turn mathematical laws against themselves

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 12:00am

By encoding mathematical statements into numbers, mathematician Kurt Gödel used ordinary arithmetic to check whether a statement can be proved

Categories: Astronomy

Trump’s psychedelics executive order could accelerate new treatments—even for children

Mon, 06/01/2026 - 5:00pm

The Trump administration has fast-tracked research into psychedelics, and experts say it is likely a matter of time before the drugs are used to treat minors

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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is being explored as a long COVID treatment. Here’s what the research shows

Mon, 06/01/2026 - 2:15pm

Some clinics are touting pressurized oxygen chambers as a treatment for long COVID, but the evidence is mixed

Categories: Astronomy

Oldest cave art in the U.K. discovered inside Welsh cave

Mon, 06/01/2026 - 12:30pm

A new analysis of red lines inside a cave in Wales suggests they were made deliberately by ancient humans some 17,000 years ago

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How the war in Iran is affecting your dinner plate

Mon, 06/01/2026 - 12:00pm

Agriculture is at risk of a crisis because of this Middle East conflict. The reason why has to do with how fertilizer is made

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Andrew Scott talks about World War II, D-Day and weather forecasting for his new film Pressure

Mon, 06/01/2026 - 11:35am

Andrew Scott plays World War II meteorologist James Stagg in a new film Pressure, which explores the crucial role weather forecasting played in D-Day

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Mon, 06/01/2026 - 11:30am

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China launches rival to SpaceX Falcon 9 with zero warning

Mon, 06/01/2026 - 11:30am

China apparently didn’t issue any airspace or maritime notices ahead of the maiden launch of this rocket on Monday

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Hurricane season explained—and what to expect in 2026

Mon, 06/01/2026 - 6:30am

Hurricane season is shaped by the ingredients needed to produce a tropical cyclone, and this year the Atlantic may be relatively quiet

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Scientists are racing to stop a type of Ebola we have no vaccine for

Mon, 06/01/2026 - 6:00am

A deadly Ebola outbreak is spreading fast—and U.S. cuts to foreign aid are making it worse

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These exotic particles could break physics

Sun, 05/31/2026 - 8:00am

‘Penguin’ decays from CERN’s latest Large Hadron Collider experiment hint at weird new physics

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Top U.S. science funder slows research grants to universities

Sun, 05/31/2026 - 7:00am

It's not clear why the National Science Foundation may be limiting funding to certain U.S. universities

Categories: Astronomy