Bathing warning lifted after pollution investigation — Officials say the water at Portstewart Strand does not pose a risk to the public.
Do turmeric and curcumin have any actual health benefits? — Turmeric is heralded for its anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties, but columnist Alice Klein finds that the evidence for this is shaky. Taking high doses of its curcumin extract in supplement form can be risky
Unpicking endometriosis reveals how it affects more than the pelvis — Endometriosis is usually thought of as a gynaecological condition, but a huge study shows it has links with cholesterol levels, inflammation and an altered microbiome
Google expands personalized intelligence to Gemini app image creation — Google expands personalized intelligence to Gemini app image creation
Perseverance Stuns in New Selfie - NASA — NASA’s Perseverance rover recently took a self-portrait against a sweeping backdrop of ancient Martian terrain at a location the science team calls “Lac de
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Mercury may have gained all of its unexpected water in a single day — Despite being the closest planet to the sun, Mercury has thick deposits of ice at its poles, and now we may understand the events that formed them over just one Mercurian day
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As the Ocean Warms, a 'Cold Blob' in the Atlantic Has Puzzled Scientists. It Might Be a Warning Sign About a Key Current System — A patch of water south of Greenland and Iceland has cooled by nearly 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit since 1900. A new study suggests that it shows a crucial…
Synthetic biology may finally be ready to solve life's biggest mystery — What makes something alive? We simply don't know, but synthetic biologists are a step closer to providing an answer thanks to SpudCell, the most sophisticated attempt at creating an artificial…
NOAA's National Ocean Service — In the U.S., where over half of us live along the coast and more than 78 percent of our overseas trade by volume comes and goes along our marine highways, the health of our coasts is intricately connected to the health of our nation
To Mark America's 250th Birthday, See the Country's 'Most Endangered Historic Places' You've Probably Never Heard Of — From a Revolutionary War battlefield to a civil rights-era safe haven, these historic sites are at risk, according to the latest list from the National Trust for
Millions of Stars in Cigar Galaxy - NASA — NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recently observed edge-on starburst galaxy Messier 82 (M82), nicknamed the Cigar Galaxy. Webb’s new view of M82, added to
Eggs of extinct singing insect brought back to UK — Species Recovery Trust hopes to reintroduce the New Forest cicadas not seen in UK since the 1990s.
New rules confirm public has a right to see how UK government uses AI — Government departments and other public bodies in the UK must consider requests to release information about AI-produced content, regulators have confirmed. The move follows a successful request by New Scient
NASA’s New Shock Detectives Project Invites Volunteers to Help Study Solar Wind - NASA Science — NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission has collected more than ten years of data from this zone – more than scientists can analyze alone. As Shock Detectives, you’ll help sort
Wind-assisted cargo ships could more than halve shipping emissions — If wind-assisted cargo ships chose routes based entirely on where the winds are better, their fuel use could be cut in half or even completely eliminated
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Can cloud seeding save us from water bankruptcy? — We’ve long tried to control the weather by engineering rainfall. Now such cloud-seeding efforts are escalating, creating conflict between countries and stoking conspiracy theories. But do they work?
How human error became a weapon against large language models — Alan Turing proposed a test for machine intelligence: could a computer convince a human it was human? We have begun conducting the same test on ourselves, writes Max Moser
Rise Goes to Washington - NASA — “Rise,” the Artemis II zero gravity indicator, is seen sitting on the dais as NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA
The Physics of Euler's Formula | Laplace Transform Prelude — The simple harmonic oscillator and the fundamental role of complex exponents for ODEs. Next chapter on the Laplace Transform video: https://youtu.be/j0wJBEZdwLs Instead of sponsored ad reads, these lessons are funded di
From the mine to the grid — How Komatsu machines help build Atlassian Williams F1 Team’s FW48
Netflix lands global streaming deal for ‘The Walking Dead’ | TechCrunch — Netflix just signed a massive new licensing agreement worth $500 million to bring The Walking Dead Universe to international markets.
Farmers 'vindicated' after judge's ruling on pylon firm accessing land — Groups representing landowners claimed they were "frightened" by agents turning up on their farms.
In a Plea to Preserve Them, One Photographer Has Captured 1,200 American Movie Theaters and Counting — For more than 40 years, Benita VanWinkle has photographed vintage movie houses in all 50 states
Strange crystals found inside wreckage from the first nuclear bomb test — The Trinity bomb test left behind a unique form of matter, and now, scientists have discovered a new chemical structure inside it
Flooding hits Ghana's capital killing 13 people - with another storm forecast — People have been urged to relocate to high ground or stay indoors as more rain is expected to come.
NASA Unveils New Details About the Future Moon Base and the Missions Laying the Groundwork to Build It — The first three missions are targeted to launch this year. They’ll involve lunar landers developed by several aerospace companies, including Blue Origin, and deliver scientifi
Plasmon-Enhanced Radioisotope Thermophotovoltaic — This proposal seeks to develop a transformative energy system -- the plasmon-enhanced radioisotope Thermophotovoltaic (PRTPV) generator -- that significantly
Ditching cigarettes for vapes may curb the cancer benefits of quitting — A study of 4.5 million people suggests that ex-smokers who take up vaping are more at risk of dying from lung cancer than people who quit without the use of e-cigarettes
The main thing about P2P meth is that there’s so much of it — Since around 2009, methamphetamines have been made with phenylacetone (P2P). Is there a chemical different causing schizophrenia?
NASA to Provide Update on Moon Base Strategy, Missions - NASA — NASA will host a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, May 26, to share Moon Base plans and highlight progress toward a sustained presence on the lunar
The U.S. just approved a giant space mirror to test ‘sunlight on demand.’ Low Earth orbit is getting weird — From space hotels and artificial meteor showers, to a new giant mirror that reflects sunlight to Earth — low-Earth orbit is getting weird.
South Korea space agency shares Moon images after SpaceX rocket debris crash — Seoul's lunar orbiter captured images of the Moon before and after part of SpaceX's rocket hit its surface on Wednesday.
We may finally know why dinosaurs like T. rex evolved tiny arms — Five different groups of predatory dinosaurs independently evolved disproportionately small arms, and it seems they did so because their heads became so large and powerful
NPR's newsroom shrinks through buyouts and layoffs — At least 18 NPR journalists have accepted buyouts and another 10 have been laid off as the public media network attempts to save money and reorganize the newsroom.
New Material Could Help NASA Melt Moon Rocks, Harness Lunar Resources — Experts at Glenn Research Center in Cleveland recently discovered and tested a new material that could help NASA harness resources during future Moon missions.
New CRISPR Technique Selectively Shreds Cancer Cells, Including “Undruggable” Cancers — New CRISPR Technique Selectively Shreds Cancer Cells, Including “Undruggable” Cancers - Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI)
New Scientist recommends a smart new account of human exceptionalism — Why did humans decide they weren't like other animals, or animals at all? Has this exceptionalism twisted us out of shape? Michael Bond's book Animate offers a page-turning account of where we are now
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Cut the Knot — An encyclopedic collection of math resources for all grades. Arithmetic games, problems, puzzles, and articles
How the electromagnetic spectrum opened our eyes to the universe — Our understanding of the electromagnetic spectrum goes back to Isaac Newton, but astronomers are still finding new ways to employ it. Astrophysicist Emma Chapman explores how much these invisible waves can reveal
Homepage • MBARI — MBARI is a nonprofit oceanographic research center dedicated to advancing marine science and engineering to understand our changing ocean.
Weekend cooldown to mark end of heatwave for some — Temperatures are set to fall by several degrees in some areas, including parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England.
Vocal fry is more common in men, actually, find scientists — The creaky noise known as vocal fry that people generally associate with young women – and some find irritating – is actually more common in men
Worry about what your children eat, but don’t forget your own diet — Measures like bans on advertising junk food to children are essential for instilling healthy eating at a young age, but we shouldn't let adults off the hook when it comes to improving our diets
After Receiving a Custom Experimental Medicine, a Teen With a Rare Genetic Disorder Walked on His Own for the First Time — The patient's genetic disorder causes frequent seizures and developmental delays. His progress, along with that of another boy who received a similar…
Rare solar eclipse to sweep across Europe and the Arctic — Rare solar eclipse to sweep across Europe and the Arctic
Failing sea defences 'disaster' for nature reserve — An internationally important nature reserve in Hampshire is under threat from failing flood defences.
Total Solar Eclipse in Sunflower Field — This composite image shows the progression of a total solar eclipse over San Millán de los Caballeros, Spain on, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. A total solar eclipse swept across parts of Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, the Atlantic…
Geoengineering can thicken Arctic sea ice, but for how long? — Two companies are aiming to preserve Arctic ice by pumping water onto the sheet and letting it freeze, but only one of the trials found that this delayed melting in the summer