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Have we found a greener way to do deep-sea mining?
Alec Luhn, New Scientist
There are widespread concerns that deep-sea mining for metals will damage fragile ecosystems. But if mining ever goes ahead, hydrogen plasma could shrink the carbon footprint of smelting the metal ores
Nov 24, 2025, 12:15 PM
Links 11/16/2025
Haig Hovaness, Nakedcapitalism.com
Our strategic daily links: undersea courtship, chemtrails, Venezuela tensions, China EV slowdown, crumbling parliament, Gaza horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, hapless Democrats, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, and wr…
Nov 16, 2025, 11:55 AM
The forgotten women of quantum physics
Karmela Padavic-Callaghan, New Scientist
Physics has a reputation for being dominated by men, especially a century ago, as quantum physics was just being invented – but there have been so many women who helped shaped the field since its inception
Nov 14, 2025, 10:00 AM
Deep-sea mining risks disrupting the marine food web, study warns
Alexa St. John, Phys.Org
Drilling for minerals deep in the ocean could have immense consequences for the tiny animals at the core of the vast marine food web—and ultimately affect fisheries and the food we find on our plates, according to a new study.
Nov 9, 2025, 1:00 PM
Pressure to publish is rising as research time shrinks, finds survey of scientists
Chris Simms, Nature.com
Researchers feel that pressures to publish are increasing, but the time and resources available to do research are decreasing, according to a survey by Elsevier.
Nov 7, 2025, 12:00 AM
These 5 Venus missions could launch in the next decade to study Earth's 'evil twin'
Elizabeth Howell, Space.com
Several new missions to Venus are expected in the late 2020s and early 2030s, but some of them depend on funding that may not materialize.
Nov 4, 2025, 3:00 PM
Science news this week: Solar revelations as irradiated Comet 3I/ATLAS rapidly brightens, a tiny tyrannosaur prompts T. rex rethink, and the unexpected perks of cussing out your chatbot
ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) , Ben Turner, Live Science
Nov. 1, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.
Nov 1, 2025, 12:00 PM
From MRI to Ozempic: breakthroughs that show why fundamental research must be protected
Nature.com
In these financially straitened times, funders must recognize that great discoveries often arise from work that was looking for something completely different.
Oct 29, 2025, 12:00 AM
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