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A native California wildflower isn't keeping up with climate change
The mountain jewelflower inhabits a wide swath of California and Oregon, from summer-scorched foothills to high mountains where snow falls during winter. But…
Simulations show distinct ground motion signatures of supershear earthquakes
Sustained supershear earthquake ruptures produce distinct ground-motion characteristics compared with subshear earthquakes, according to a study published in…
New technique enables LIGO to peer farther into the distant universe
Scientists at the University of California, Riverside, have developed a new way to help gravitational-wave observatories see farther into the universe by…
Tokyo urges men to wear shorts to work, but women say it's 'leg hair harassment'
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government wants workers to ditch the suit and tie for t-shirts, trainers - and shorts.
Universal patterns govern global fertility decline
By examining 200 years of demographic data from 237 countries and territories, Kenji Itao, of the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan, discovered that…
Black hole jet may be stirring gas cloud containing early 'red potato' galaxy
A black hole may be stirring a "pot" of gas containing a neighboring galaxy in the early universe, according to a new study published in Astronomy &…
Students unearth rare, centuries-old pot at Florida Spanish mission site
Some 400 years ago, a member of the Indigenous Potano-Timucua tribe scooped up some clay and carefully molded it into a modest vessel, small enough to rest in…
Cameras on whale sharks reveal they are the snackers of the sea
New video evidence has revealed whale sharks, the largest fish in the sea, are serial snackers, feeding on large amounts of small prey at all ocean depths,…
Cone snail venom peptide could enable injectable non-opioid pain relief
An international research team led by the Medical University of Vienna has investigated a new peptide derived from cone snail venom that significantly reduced…
US-India satellite delivers data, reveals 'hummingbird' in Antarctica
As of July 20, the public can access data from the two powerful radar instruments aboard the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite. Teams in the…
AI tool predicts how DNA sequences switch on genes across different cell types
Deep learning approaches have transformed how scientists predict the activity and function of DNA sequences in the genome. A new AI tool called Corgi…
Uncovering multidimensional effects of generative AI on learning
A research team consisting of researcher Somi Joo, Professor Changjun Lee and Professor Daeho Lee from the Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) Department of…
Ancient stone tools reveal complex nomadic lifestyles in Armenian Highlands
A team of international scientists led by Dr. Ariel Malinsky-Buller, together with Ph.D. students David Nora, Ioannis Oikonomou and Dominik Rogall from the…
São Paulo archipelago serves as a breeding ground for endangered sharks
The critically endangered sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus) appears to have found a refuge off the northern coast of the state of São Paulo, Brazil, for…
Open-source AI predicts key peptide traits before costly lab testing
Penn Engineers have developed PeptiVerse, an AI-powered platform that predicts key chemical and biological properties of peptides, strings of amino acids whose…
Tapeworm hijacks worker ants, giving them queen-like metabolism and longer lives
A tapeworm fundamentally changes the lives of ants: Workers of the species Temnothorax nylanderi infected with the tapeworm Anomotaenia brevis live several…
New evidence redraws Roman conquest's final conflict in ancient Catalonia
Researchers from the UAB have found the remains of a Roman camp linked to the suppression of the Ceretani revolt that took place in Cerdanya in 39 BCE. The…
Most Salt Lake County residents concerned about Great Salt Lake decline
Residents of Salt Lake County, Utah, are highly concerned about the shrinking Great Salt Lake, according to new University of Utah–led research examining local…
Decades-old strains reveal Brakhagea, a budding bacterial genus with bioactive potential
Some microorganisms that hold great promise for research have long lain dormant in historical collections. But only through new methods are their diversity and…
Truffles are on the menu for threatened marsupials returning to a World Heritage area
A new study from Edith Cowan University (ECU) confirms that the presence of fungal food resources is important for supporting the reintroduction of two…
Nostalgia and family traditions are major barriers to adoption of plant-based diets, study finds
Nostalgia is a major barrier to preventing more people from adopting plant-based diets, according to a new University of Stirling study. Research led by Aga…
James Webb Space Telescope discovers the secrets of cosmic 'factories' that filled the early universe with stardust
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered the secrets of early galaxies that pumped the infant cosmos full of dust, but by studying a…
New simulation challenges leading explanation for why galaxies stop forming stars
For decades, astronomers have cast galaxy mergers as the universe's ultimate relationship drama: two galaxies collide, chaos erupts, black holes awaken and…
Two-color lasers aim electron currents through semiconductor with no electric field
Researchers at the University of Michigan have created a device that enables them to control the flow of electrons through a semiconductor using only laser…
Uproar in France over reintroduction of bee-harming pesticides
France's parliament on Tuesday backed a controversial bill authorizing farmers to use two bee-harming pesticides despite an outcry from environmentalists and…
New peptide strategy aims to make cancer targeting more precise
Researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, are working on a promising strategy to make cancer therapies smarter and more precise, using peptides…
Invasive plants boost mosquitoes in low-income areas of Baltimore and DC
In many urban areas, low-income neighborhoods have more mosquitoes, making residents more vulnerable to mosquito-borne diseases. A new study co-authored by…
Jellyfish nebula may be the scene of two stars going supernova
The star that formed the Jellyfish nebula may have had a partner star that exploded 100,000 years earlier, according to international researchers, who say that…
Quantum sensing microscope illuminates transistor design
Artificial intelligence faces an energy crisis stemming from a physical traffic jam inside modern computer chips. Processors must continually shuffle data,…
The 'forgotten children' of sexual abuse in family settings
When a child has been sexually abused by a family member, post-disclosure interventions prioritize the child who was victimized. Siblings who were not directly…
Alien life likely can't survive on exoplanets smaller than Mars, scientists say
For a world to maintain an atmosphere long enough for life to gain a foothold, it seems it needs to be at least as big as Mars.
Satellite imagery captures the impact of large U.S. dams on river temperatures over the last decade
A team of Virginia Tech geoscientists has found a new way to examine the widespread effects of dams on river temperatures: using Landsat thermal infrared…
NASA to Host Media Briefing on Roman Telescope, Launching Next Month
Media are invited to join NASA for a virtual news conference at 2 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, July 29, to preview the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission,…
Novel antibiotic candidates starve resistant bacteria by blocking vitamin supply
Bacteria have spent decades evolving resistance to virtually every antibiotic we have thrown at them. To stay ahead, new drugs must hit targets that existing…
Space Force orders 36 more Golden Dome missile-tracking satellites, for $1.75 billion
The Space Development Agency announced partnerships with two companies worth up to $1.75 billion total, to develop 36 satellites for the Trump administration’s…
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sends Starlink satellites to orbit a day after rare launch abort
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Tuesday (July 21), a day after aborting its…
US-India Satellite Delivers Data, Reveals ‘Hummingbird’ in Antarctica
As of July 20, the public can access data from the two powerful radar instruments aboard the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite. Teams in the…
Greenland meltwater will drive a 'strong weakening, but not a shutdown' of key Atlantic currents, study finds
New modeling suggests meltwater from the Greenland ice sheet has a big weakening influence on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, but the runoff…
NASA Langley Celebrates Community through Music with ‘Symphony Under the Stars’ Event
NASA Langley’s “Stars, Stripes, and Supernovas – Symphony Under the Stars” event brought employees, families, and community members together for an evening…
Billions of miles and thousands of years in the making: This is the life of a Perseid shooting star
A story billions of miles and thousands of years in the making.
PFAS treatment 'could cost £210m and higher bills'
The final report from a scientific panel recommends Jersey Water adheres to a lower PFAS levels.
Artemis III astronauts will beam 4k video from Orion to Earth using SpaceX Starlink lasers
NASA is partnering with SpaceX to outfit the Artemis III Orion spacecraft with Starlink laser communications terminals to assist with high-definition video…
The ancient Silk Road city that has a lesson for Silicon Valley
On a trip along the Silk Road, columnist Annalee Newitz discovers that ancient technology can offer us a framework for our own advances. The most important…
Record number of osprey chicks for nature reserve
Cumbria Wildlife Trust says it is delighted to see a new breeding pair boosting numbers.
The 'Avengers Doomsday' trailer is cool, but it's missing something... where's all the space stuff?
Out of space.
Brazil's Amazon sees sharp decline in size of area burned in 2025
The amount of land burned in the world's largest rainforest was the smallest since MapBiomas records began in 1985.
NIAC 2026 Selections
Phase I Saptarshi BandyopadhyayDimming the Sun (DimSun) Using Controllable Dust Cloud to Reduce Solar InsolationNASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryPasadena, CA…
Precision Astrometry Using Optically Independent Spacecraft for Graviational Wave Detection
Paul StankusBrookhaven Science Associates The scientific goal is to enable a new method for observing gravitational waves at low frequencies, based on the…
Mapping Alien Continents: Achieving Optical VLBI for Exoplanet Imaging
Paul StankusBrookhaven Science Associates The scientific goal of the proposed work will be reconstructing the image, ie resolving surface features, of an…
Interworld Slingshot Resource Surveys
Pablo Sobron SanchezSETI Institute This proposal explores a new class of reconnaissance spacecraft that map minerals from orbit using Raman spectroscopy during…
Robotically Assembled Electromagnetic Metamaterials for Long-Range Space Situational Awareness
David SmithDuke University The increasing population of spacefaring vehicles and satellites motivates increasingly powerful technologies for space situational…
Photophoretic Tracers for Near-Space Remote Sensing at 30-100 km Altitudes
Benjamin SchaferRarified Technologies, Inc. We propose a new approach to atmospheric sensing at 30-100 km altitudes using photophoretically levitating tracers.…
Actively Steerable Femtosat Constellations for In-situ Exploration of Saturn’s Rings, Atmosphere, and Magnetosphere
Michael RubensteinNorthwestern University, Chicago We propose a mission to use ~10,000 actively steerable femtosats to map the ring composition, atmospheric…
Scientists may have found the 1st twin star system where both stars exploded
Imagine if Star Wars' Tatooine twin suns went supernova. Scientists may have just found that in our universe.
Milky Way flipped in collision with dwarf galaxy 10bn years ago, astronomers say
Durham University researchers find cataclysmic direct hit with Gaia Sausage sent Milky Way into its current position Astronomers have found evidence that the…
How to unlock unlimited geothermal energy, anywhere we want
Earth contains more than enough heat to power humanity many times over, but so far only a few lucky places have been able to exploit it. Now we may have a way…
Effort to solve biggest controversy in mathematics has made no progress
For more than a decade, mathematicians have been unable to settle the question of whether the ABC conjecture has been solved. Fresh attempts to settle the…
James Webb Space Telescope looks back in time 4.4 billion years | Space photo of the day for July 21, 2026
The James Webb Space Telescope captured this image of a young galaxy cluster, MACS J0553.4-3342.
Tom Hiddleston’s new Pompeii show is unabashedly cheesy – but it works
The Loki actor is the unlikely host for a three-episode docu-series about the Roman city. It's occasionally a little silly, but it's also entertaining and…
Parts of the UK move closer to drought
Eight areas across England are now in prolonged dry weather – the stage before drought.
Watching too much TV in midlife may shrink the brain
Watching television very often in midlife may be linked to troubling brain changes decades later. In a study of about 1,700 adults, frequent TV viewers later…