
GeekSpin - 1 day 19 hours ago
SpaceX's grip on the launch market is already enormous, and Elon Musk says the next phase will make today's dominance look modest. In a recent post on X, the Musk said the company is "accelerating rapidly," and projected that once Starship reaches a high-cadence schedule, flying "several times a day," SpaceX will handle about 99% […] Read the original article here: Elon Musk says SpaceX will carry 99% of Earth’s cargo to space...

Science Alert - 1 day 22 hours ago
A new analysis suggests it evolved in surprising ways.

Ars Technica - 1 day 22 hours ago
Volcanic eruptions in the mid-1340s triggered a chain of events that brought the Black Death to Europe.

Retraction Watch - 1 day 22 hours ago
Nature has retracted a paper on melanoma after an investigation by the journal found issues with data that rendered certain results statistically insignificant. A separate institutional investigation concluded misconduct wasn't involved, the lead author says. The research behind the article, published in April 2016, was conducted in the lab of Ashani Weeraratna, then at the … Continue reading Nature paper retracted after one investigation finds data errors, another finds no misconduct...

New Scientist - 1 day 23 hours ago
Astronomers have discovered that 3I/ATLAS is carrying methanol and other chemicals that were probably important in the origin of life...

Smithsonian - 1 day 23 hours ago
Our planet's magnetosphere has seen dramatic shifts across its history even total reversals but this recent wrinkle doesn't pose a threat to life...

New Scientist - 2 days 4 min ago
There is relatively little information on the long-term health effects of tattooing, but a couple of recent studies suggest the art form might trigger prolonged inflammation...

New Scientist - 2 days 1 hour ago
There is a widespread belief that altruism and equality drive social behaviour in traditional hunter-gatherer societies, but the truth is more surprising and complex...

The Atlantic - 2 days 3 hours ago
Why has a game never ended 36 23?...

BBC - 2 days 8 hours ago
The findings contribute to a controversial debate that pits green technology against the environment.

Nature - 2 days 16 hours ago
A region unused to tropical cyclones has had three in a week. The world needs to ask why this happened, not look away.

Nature - 2 days 16 hours ago
Artificial intelligence tools are boosting researchers' productivity, but some worry about the effect of a growing reliance on them.

Nature - 2 days 16 hours ago
Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.