
The Independent - 17 min 41 sec ago
Scientific American jokes that explaining the Pivot!' shouted by Ross Geller required a 119-page paper'...

The Guardian - 1 hour 1 min ago
Raise an eyebrow for World Logic Day All days of the year host an annual celebration. January 14 is a day of the year. Continue reading...

The Guardian - 2 hours 11 min ago
Solar system's biggest planet will be close enough to reveal its largest moons through a pair of modest binoculars The giant planet Jupiter reaches its closest approach to the Earth in 2026 this week. It is extremely well placed for observation and so bright that it is impossible to miss. Jupiter the largest planet in the solar system will be unmistakable in Gemini, the twins, forming a lopsided triangle with the constellation's two brightest stars, Castor and Pollux. Its diameter is more...

Australian Geographic - 6 hours 1 min ago
In January 1986 the first issue of Australian Geographic arrived in letterboxes across the country. Forty years later, the publication continues as a journal of record, and its content is consumed by millions. The post For the love of Australia: 40 years of Australian Geographic appeared first on Australian Geographic .

Popular Science - 7 hours 38 min ago
Make your 2026 resolution to improve the air quality in your home with these discounted devices from Dreo. The post Amazon just dropped Dreo fans, air purifiers, and space heaters to clearance prices appeared first on Popular Science .

Wired - 12 hours 45 min ago
The administration has made it clear that Nicol s Maduro's capture was tied to Venezuela's vast oil reserves. Much less certain is how US companies will actually access them or if they even want to.

Science Alert - 14 hours 11 min ago
Those eyes!...

Popular Science - 14 hours 11 min ago
A new book explores how humans evolved to be wired for intimacy. It can save our lives. The post Why humans live and die for love appeared first on Popular Science .

Popular Mechanics - 17 hours 30 min ago
Historians and divers are trying to retrieve prehistoric clues from beneath the waves but they have to act fast.

Science Alert - 18 hours 11 min ago
Here's why we do it.

Popular Science - 19 hours 11 min ago
In 1986, we had huge leaps forward, tragic steps back, and life changing innovations. The post 6 science milestones turning 40 this year appeared first on Popular Science .

Wired - 20 hours 11 min ago
Descriptive set theorists study the niche mathematics of infinity. Now, they've shown that their problems can be rewritten in the concrete language of algorithms.

The Guardian - 22 hours 11 min ago
Other firms are taking advantage of Tesla's sales slump, while technological advances mean that glitches are being left in the rear-view mirror In another era, before Elon Musk bought Twitter, changed its name to X to mark the spot of its descent into barbarism, honed Grok , a generator of far-right propaganda, swung behind Donald Trump and made what appeared to be a Nazi salute , I already knew he was a wrong 'un. The year was 2019, and I was test-driving a Tesla; while I was ambling off...

The Independent - 23 hours 50 min ago
After Orkney was ruled out as the origin for Stonehenge's Altar Stone, geologists now have their eyes on north eastern Scotland...

Science Alert - 1 day 7 hours ago
Better out there than down here.

New York Times - 1 day 15 hours ago
The Lithium Nevada Corp. mining site in 2023.

Discover Magazine - 1 day 16 hours ago
Learn more about peanut oral immunotherapy (OIT) and how lowering the treatment dose could help children with peanut allergies.

IEEE Spectrum - 1 day 19 hours ago
I know now how the sparks can climb, in broadening arcs of ions the heat they grow inside themselves like some permission or belief. But at ten, it seemed mystical; their frown, glowing, then invisible. Gone. Save the odor of ozone. I was young and scared and alone. But the buzz and brightness began anew in darker shades of blue. Then electrons leaping spoke to me, not in words, but in dignity: how they escaped the box where they were born. Joined in a plasma haze, they rose unafraid. So it seemed...

The Independent - 1 day 20 hours ago
Visibility was good but the weather was cold for many of those admiring the first full moon of the year.

NBC News - 1 day 20 hours ago
NASA's MAVEN spacecraft, which has orbited Mars since 2014, went quiet abruptly in early December. Efforts to reestablish a connection have been unsuccessful.

Newser - 1 day 21 hours ago
The moon and sun will share top billing in 2026. Kicking off the year's cosmic wonders is the moon, drawing the first astronauts to visit in more than 50 years, as well as a caravan of robotic lunar landers, including Jeff Bezos' new supersize Blue Moon. An astronomical blue moon...

Retraction Watch - 1 day 21 hours ago
Happy 2026! We're excited to bring you the first Weekend Reads of the new year. The week at Retraction Watch featured: In case you missed the news, the Hijacked Journal Checker now has more than 400 entries. The Retraction Watch Database has over 63,000 retractions. Our list of COVID-19 retractions is up over 460, and … Continue reading Weekend reads: Evaluating the benefits of open science, a misconduct investigation in Korea, and what we lose in outsourcing reviews to AI...

New York Times - 2 days 5 hours ago
Wind-turbine parts for the Revolution Wind offshore project in New London, Conn., in September.