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WATCH: Farmer finds NASA equipment in neighbor’s wheat field
ABC News
A woman in rural West Texas says she was caught by surprise when she spotted a car-sized piece of scientific equipment that was adorned with NASA stickers.
Oct 11, 2025, 6:25 PM
Arqit Quantum (ARQQ) Announces that Fabric Networks Purchases Full Commercial PI License for Arqit’s NetworkSecure™ Platform
Bob Karr, Yahoo Entertainment
Arqit Quantum Inc. (NASDAQ:ARQQ) is one of the Best Quantum Computing Stocks to Buy and Hold for 5 Years. On September 16, Arqit Quantum Inc. (NASDAQ:ARQQ...
Oct 4, 2025, 9:16 PM
Jane Goodall: A Life Dedicated to Science, Environmentalism, and Humbling Men’s Egos
Kady Ruth Ashcraft, Jezebel
In her own words, "I'd have been much better as a mate for Tarzan myself—which is true. I would have been."
Oct 2, 2025, 12:49 PM
Model organism databases face budget cuts and closures
Amanda Heidt, Nature.com
Beyond the crucial data they contain, these digital archives have provided an important space for academic communities to exchange ideas and resources.
Oct 2, 2025, 12:00 AM
Endangered Sharks Caught in Rare Mating Ritual beneath the Waves
Rachel Feltman, Allison Parshall, Fonda Mwangi, Alex Sugiura, Scientific American
The Food and Drug Administration plans to update the safety label for acetaminophen products, and the strongest storm on Earth this year struck several countries in East and Southeast Asia.
Sep 29, 2025, 10:00 AM
Galaxy's largest star formation captured in never-before-seen detail
Kerry Breen, CBS News
Sagittarius B2, a massive molecular cloud near the center of the Milky Way, is densely packed with stars and complex magnetic fields.
Sep 25, 2025, 1:59 PM
Davey urges US cancer scientists to come to UK
BBC News
The Lib Dem leader will use his party conference speech to attack Donald Trump's "anti-science agenda".
Sep 22, 2025, 11:04 PM
IG Nobel Prize Winners 2025
Improbable.com
Ig® Nobel Prize Winners For achievements that first make people LAUGH then make them THINK Winners by year: 2025 : 2024 : 2023 : 2022 : 2021 2020 : 2019 : 2018 : 2017 : 2016 2015 : 2014 : 2013 : 20…
Sep 20, 2025, 11:00 AM
How to measure the returns to R&D spending
David Rotman, MIT Technology Review
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. Given the draconian cuts to US federal funding for science, including the admini…
Sep 17, 2025, 9:00 AM
Where could alien life exist in our solar system?
Damien Pine, Live Science
The solar system has eight planets and hundreds of moons. Could extraterrestrials live on any of them?
Sep 13, 2025, 9:00 AM
NASA workers plan 3rd protest at D.C. headquarters on Sept. 15 to denounce Trump's science funding cuts
jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner) , Josh Dinner, Space.com
Workers at NASA are planning a third "Save NASA" protest at agency headquarters in D.C. on Sept. 15, as job cuts, Trump's union-busting order and FY26 budget proposals fuel fears of lasting damage.
Sep 12, 2025, 5:00 PM
Why simple tasks like charging your phone rely on quantum measurements
Karmela Padavic-Callaghan, New Scientist
A hidden world of quantum metrologists ensure that everyday devices perform safely and correctly, but their work is never done
Sep 11, 2025, 2:00 PM
After 10 years of black hole science, Stephen Hawking proven right
Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR
Researchers have spent ten years improving the massive detectors they use to catch shockwaves from colliding black holes, and now the science is precise enough to test one of Stephen Hawking's key ideas.
Sep 11, 2025, 10:00 AM
Life on Mars? NASA says a rock sample shows potential signs of ancient life
Bill Chappell, NPR
Ancient organisms may have left microscopic "biosignatures" on Mars. That's according to NASA scientists, who say a rock sample offers the most concrete proof yet that the red planet once hosted life.
Sep 10, 2025, 8:14 PM
Dr. Peter Hotez takes the war against science very personally
Michal Ruprecht, NPR
In an interview about the new book he co-authored, Science Under Siege, Hotez talks about forces driving the anti-science movement, the risks it poses — and why he won't debate RFK Jr.
Sep 10, 2025, 11:18 AM
"Intonation units form low-frequency rhythms"
Mark Liberman, Upenn.edu
Several people have asked me about this paper — Maya Inbar, Eitan Grossman, and Eyelet Landau, "A universal of speech timing: Intonation units form low-frequency rhythms", PNAS 8/19/2025: Intonation units (IUs) are a hypothesized universal building block of h…
Sep 1, 2025, 5:09 PM
Deep-Sea Nodules May Produce Oxygen—Raising Concerns over Ocean Mining
Rachel Feltman, Jeffery DelViscio, Alex Sugiura, Scientific American
Deep-sea rocks packed with valuable metals may also be making oxygen in the deep, dark ocean—raising new questions about the cost of mining them.
Aug 27, 2025, 10:00 AM
Trump’s Stance on Science Is Starting to Look Uncomfortably Soviet
Lois Parshley, Grist, Gizmodo.com
The U.S. is drifting away from science and climate reality. So why does life seem so normal?
Aug 21, 2025, 2:35 PM
U.S. Cuts Antarctica’s Only Research Icebreaker Ship under Trump Budget Squeeze
Douglas Fox, Scientific American
The National Science Foundation will stop operating the Nathaniel B. Palmer icebreaker and slash polar science funding by 70 percent, devastating Antarctic research
Aug 19, 2025, 3:00 PM
New NASA head wants to build a nuclear reactor on the moon – but why?
Leah Crane, New Scientist
The acting administrator of NASA, Sean Duffy, announced a directive to build a powerful nuclear reactor on the moon, but it is unclear what it would power – or even if his plan is legal
Aug 6, 2025, 12:08 PM
NASA aiming to build nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030
mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) , Mike Wall, Space.com
NASA is accelerating its plans for a nuclear reactor on the moon, aiming to establish such a power outpost by 2030, according to Politico.
Aug 5, 2025, 7:48 PM
Nasa to put nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030 - US media
BBC News
The reactor would provide power for humans on the Moon but there are questions about feasability.
Aug 5, 2025, 11:36 AM
Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose
Rebecca Hersher, NPR
The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
Aug 4, 2025, 9:30 AM
The End of America as a Center of Science
Jason Kottke, kottke.org
Ross Anderson writes about how scientific empires, from the ancient Sumerians to the Nazis to the Soviet Union in the 1950s, have
Jul 31, 2025, 3:48 PM