Saudi Arabia’s futuristic megaproject Neom has come to a standstill, as the extraordinary costs of the planned city have ...

Not all physical activity is equal when it comes to protecting the brain from dementia. Where and why we move may matter more ...

Studies have revealed that penguins, and we are not joking, can control the weather. To really understand and manage climate ...

What would happen if we launched nuclear waste into the Sun? As nuclear power expands and more spent nuclear fuel is produced ...

Sex work, the exchange of sexual labor for money, goods, or other resources, has likely been a facet of human society since ...

(via Sabine Hossenfelder) A nuclear fusion startup in New Zealand just published a design for a "levitating dipole" reactor, ...

Being born pre-term (before 37 weeks of development) at a very low birth weight (less than 1500 grams, or 3.3 pounds) is ...

Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide is boosting grass growth in Africa’s water-limited savannas, according to a new study led ...

People who take part in screening for colorectal cancer may have as much as 43 per cent lower risk of dying from the disease, ...

The moon is a hostile place for life as we know it. Extreme temperatures aside, intense ultraviolet (UV) radiation pummels ...

Elon Musk’s talk about maintaining a million-strong AI data center satellite megaconstellation may not exactly be practical or economical, but it might be unique. It’s about the closest we’ve come to ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of matter. Inside a cooled crystal, structures spontaneously arranged themselves into a ...