
Huffington Post - 1 day 7 hours ago
Researchers have been honored for their quirky, imaginative contributions to science at the 36th annual Ig Nobel Prizes.

Popular Mechanics - 1 day 9 hours ago
A hidden pattern of clustered connections did all the remembering.

Ars Technica - 1 day 10 hours ago
Two of Europe's leading launch startups announced new fundraising this week.

The Conversation - 1 day 10 hours ago
A new study shows what microbes and odors on human skin appeal to different species of mosquitoes.

The Conversation - 1 day 10 hours ago
Search engines, social media and AI models can be made as safe and reliable as bridges and water supplies.

Wired - 1 day 11 hours ago
The mission to Phobos, Japan's first Mars probe launch in 28 years, may reveal new information about our closest planetary neighbor.

The Atlantic - 1 day 11 hours ago
Why we need wonder...

Wired - 1 day 12 hours ago
The success of a program linking zoos across the US has created social media stars and generated a wave of interest in how to protect the endangered great apes in the wild.

Last Word On Nothing - 1 day 13 hours ago
If you really squint at a map and spin up your full kindergarten imagination, Great Britain looks like a little cartoon dinosaur roaring at Europe, its tail pointing back across the Atlantic ocean. Zoom in on the tip of that squat tail: this is Cornwall, home of clotted cream and dramatic coastal walks. Right at […] The post A baleful tale of the snails in Hayle appeared first on The Last Word On Nothing .

Australian Geographic - 1 day 15 hours ago
For the rainbow stag beetle, its pretty armour is only half the story these beauties are built for battle, one comically large mandible at a time. The post The rainbow stag beetle is not just a pretty mandible appeared first on Australian Geographic .

The Independent - 1 day 15 hours ago
Research into evolutionary history of kissing and how soil organisms break down buried underwear receive top comic science award as well...

Science Daily - 1 day 16 hours ago
A giant iceberg measuring more than 76 square kilometers broke from Greenland's Petermann Glacier in August 2026, marking the Arctic's largest glacier calving event since 2020. The berg later slammed into Joe Island but survived without breaking apart, and satellites are now tracking it as it drifts through Nares Strait.

The Independent - 1 day 16 hours ago
Tim Andrews, who had end-stage kidney disease, was 66 when he received the pig kidney in January 2025...

Nature - 1 day 23 hours ago
An agreement paves the way for hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of projects to be transferred from the NIH's institute for infectious diseases to the Department of Defence.

Nature - 1 day 23 hours ago
The awards highlight weird, funny and improbable research that also makes you think.

Nature - 1 day 23 hours ago
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 04 September 2026...

Retraction Watch - 1 day 23 hours ago
A psychology journal has retracted a seminal 2002 paper on deadlines and procrastination coauthored by behavioral scientist Dan Ariely of Duke University just days after a team of sleuths published analyses of the original study data, finding it had been tampered with. The posts, which appeared Aug. 31 and Sept. 2 on the Data Colada … Continue reading Procrastination study by Duke's Dan Ariely retracted after sleuths find signs of data tampering...

The Conversation - 2 days 4 hours ago
After the deadly Grand Canyon flood, a geologist and avid hiker explains what nature lovers need to prepare and watch for to stay safe.

Huffington Post - 2 days 7 hours ago
The conjoined spacecraft known as BepiColombo could enter orbit in November before splitting from each other in December to study the entire planet from different altitudes.

The Atlantic - 2 days 9 hours ago
What will it take for the Dutch to eat them?...

GeekSpin - 2 days 11 hours ago
NASA has just given us 16 more reasons to stare at the universe instead of answering our emails. Scientists have released a dazzling new gallery of galaxies that NASA is calling "cosmic gems." The gallery combines decades of X-ray observations from the Chandra X-ray Observatory with data from some of humanity’s most powerful telescopes. The […] Read the original article here: NASA reveals rare look at 16 dazzling galactic wonders...

GeekSpin - 2 days 12 hours ago
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin has landed a $700 million NASA contract that could play a major role in the future of Mars exploration. The company will develop a new telecommunications orbiter capable of relaying science data, images, navigation information and critical communications between Mars missions and Earth. But why does NASA need a dedicated communications […] Read the original article here: NASA awards $700 million Mars contract to Jeff Bezos...

Australian Geographic - 2 days 16 hours ago
From fastidious cleaning to vigilant protection and forgoing food, the animals of the ocean take parental care to the next level. The post Parenting beneath the waves appeared first on Australian Geographic .