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Happy 100th birthday, David Attenborough! 13 surprising facts about the famous naturalist
The night sky could get three times brighter as new satellites launch — all but ruining the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's survey of the universe
The brain's memory center doesn't start as a blank slate, study suggests
Quantum battery charges in a quadrillionth of a second with a laser — larger prototypes could last for years after charging for just a minute
Diagnostic dilemma: A woman turned black and blue weeks after starting a new medication
Clean hydrogen created from plastic waste using battery acid from old cars and solar power
'Food insecurity is no longer just about low-income countries': Environmental economist explains how climate change is pushing agricultural systems to the brink
Both very low and very high heart rates may be linked to higher stroke risk, study says
Icy object beyond Pluto has an atmosphere that shouldn't exist, study suggests
'I was not looking for this': Scientist accidentally finds shortcut to Mars that could slash travel time in half
Canadian 'emoji' lake vanishes after dramatic, landslide-like collapse — Earth from space
Mysterious green rocks in Pyrenees cave hint that prehistoric people were working copper there for 4,000 years
Estrogen in both the male and female brain shapes responses to trauma, study suggests
NASA just released 12,000 more Artemis II photos ‪—‬ here are a dozen of our favorites
Hantavirus infects at least 2 on cruise ship, while 5 others fall ill: Here's what we know
Centuries-old Christian Nubian murals inspire gorgeous fashion reconstructions
Athena bowl: A silver and gold vessel of the goddess and her owl, buried in a German forest 2,000 years ago
'Sacrifice zones' around critical mineral mines are rife with pollution, child workers and birth defects
The Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks this week: How to see 'shooting stars' dropped by Halley's Comet
Scientists detect an enormous halo around the iconic Sombrero Galaxy — Space photo of the week
Did Japan have female samurai?
Scientists identify 10,000 'impossible' exoplanet candidates, potentially tripling the number of known alien worlds
Yellowstone's volcano may be fueled in a very different way than we thought
Science news this week: Risky, lifesaving surgery performed on a baby in the womb, AI agent deletes a company database in 9 seconds, and the universe may end much sooner than expected
What's the difference between a lion and a tiger?
'One of the most rapid transitions that I've seen': NOAA forecaster on how this year's El Niño could shatter records
City birds appear to like men more than women, but experts have no idea why
'If astrological compatibility exists, its effects should be observable': How one study of 20 million people shows star signs have no influence on romantic compatibility
Full moon alert: May's Flower 'micromoon' will look extra small tonight, with a rare Blue Moon following
Poop-encrusted chamber pots from the Roman Empire reveal oldest known human cases of Crypto parasite
Weapons of the world quiz: Can you identify these historical objects of war?
'The detectors never stopped beeping!' Nearly 3,000 coins discovered in field are Norway's largest Viking hoard on record
ZWO Seestar S30 Pro smart telescope review
'Two lives hang in the balance': Risky surgery in the womb saved baby from deadly disorder at just 25 weeks gestation
Google AI breakthrough means chatbots use six times less memory during conversations without compromising performance
A used SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon
Early data links Wegovy to risk of 'eye stroke' — here's what to know
'We can no longer ignore diseases in the deep human past': Malaria influenced early humans' migrations across Africa, study suggests
Heartbeats physically stop cardiac cancer from growing — and that could be key to thwarting other cancers, too
Humanoid robots have outpaced human runners in the half-marathon, beating the world record ‪—‬ here are the secrets to this astonishing feat
Can NASA and SpaceX really build a moon base in the next 10 years?
'Lifelong monogamy' and 'half orphans': DNA analysis reveals clues about life on the Roman frontier after the fall of Rome
Mount Etna is like no other volcano on Earth, representing 'a new type of volcanism,' new research reveals
'I violated every principle I was given': AI agent deletes company's entire database in 9 seconds, then confesses
'It cuts both ways': Positive tipping points can restore wrecked ecosystems — we just need to trigger them, Earth system scientist Tim Lenton says
Breakthrough in experimental light-powered quantum computers could mean scaling them up is now far more viable
Diagnostic dilemma: Rectal exam stabilized man's irregular heartbeat
First-of-its-kind map of the mouse nose reveals surprises about the sense of smell
1,900-year-old souvenir cup featuring Hadrian's Wall and Roman forts discovered in Spain
New AI algorithms are 95% better at showing how the universe changes over time

jstor

Preserving the Art of Ed Aulerich-Sugai
Six Flash Fiction Stories by Contemporary Writers
A Trusted Name in a Dubious Drug Market
Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Cyberpunk Dreams in Saudi Arabia
Sassafras: From Scent to Science in American Medicine
The Intimate Memorials of a Ladies Literary Club
Why Does Music in Science Fiction Sound Like That?
Inside a Four-Million-Word Diary of 1860s New York
The Supernatural Side of Malayan Rice Farming

Principia-Scientific

Regenerative Agriculture Is On The Rise In The US
Has The UK MHRA Been Hiding Evidence Of ‘Vaccine’ Harm?
Tracking RNA interference in global crops
EPA, NOAA Greenlit 17,000 Gallons of Toxic Lye Dumped Into Gulf of Maine
How ‘Climate Change’ ‘Might’ Affect Agriculture
The Truth About Antivirals
China’s New Invention Just Ended The Steam Age – Supercritical CO2 Turbine
Demolishing the Midwit War on Every Cheap Health Solution
A closer look at mRNA products in livestock
Exposed: Pentagon’s Secret Project To Merge Soldiers And Machines
$96 Million Worth Of Electric Buses Sit Idle Across South Florida
The Dementia Myth – The Unreported Big Pharma Scandal
Miliband Ramps Up The War Against The Motorist
Miliband’s Idiotic Plan To Outlaw Traditional Tumble Driers
Genetic Data of Over 500,000 Brits Leaked in UK Biobank Breach
Record ‘Low Carbon’ Power Is A Problem, Not An Achievement
Disappearing Microbes: Species Your Grandparents Had That You Don’t
UK Govt ‘Adjusts’ Inconvenient Cold Weather Death Numbers
Top Psychiatrist Testifies: Canadian Govt Secretly Euthanizing Mentally Ill
Is The Reason For The Rise of Autism Becoming Clearer?

smithsonianmag

After World War II, This German Artist Turned the Art World Upside Down—Literally, by Inverting His Paintings
Could Australia Be the First Country to Eliminate Cervical Cancer? It's on Track, but HPV Vaccination and Screening Rates Are Falling
The Bison Is America’s National Mammal. Here’s How Indigenous Tribes and Conservationists Aided Its Return to the Prairies After Near Extinction
'Lord of the Flies' Comes to Television for the First Time in a New Miniseries. In the 1950s, the Now-Famous Novel Almost Never Got Published
Timmy the Whale Was Released Into the North Sea After Being Stranded Off the German Coast for Weeks. Was That the Right Call?
Everyone Remembers Paul Revere's Midnight Ride. But His Forgotten Race to Secure a Trove of Documents Reveals How Government Records Helped Win the War
Nearly Half of Italy's Wolves Are Part Dog Now, Thanks to Hybridization. Is That a Threat to the Species?
A Deadly Outbreak of Hantavirus Has Stranded a Cruise Ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Here's What to Know About the Rare Contagion
Did Facial Recognition Find a Lost Portrait of Anne Boleyn? Scholars Debate Whether A.I. Solved or Merely Muddled an Art History Mystery
Cancer Is Somehow Rare in the Heart. Turns Out, the Organ's Rhythmic Beat Might Keep the Disease at Bay, a Mouse Study Finds

newscientist

Dating over 50 is probably on the rise – but we know little about it
Bronze Age Britons fashioned copper-mining tools out of old bones
Red-light therapy does have health benefits but not the ones you think
Deforestation could trigger Amazon tipping point in the 2030s
Huge landslide in Alaska caused 481m-high tsunami
Hantavirus: Where has the deadly cruise ship outbreak come from?
Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass is still an essential read
Read the winner of this year’s Young Science Writer Award
Extinct relative of koalas discovered in Western Australia
The 50-year quest to create a quantum spin liquid may finally be over
Backlash builds over NHS plan to hide source code from AI hacking risk
Woman in cancer remission without treatment in highly unusual case
The problem of cosmic inflation and how to solve it
Man destined for Alzheimer's may have been saved by accidental therapy
Quantum computers simulated their biggest molecule yet – with help
Honey has been used as medicine for centuries – does it really work?
A lost ancient script reveals how writing as we know it really began
Tiny frozen world unexpectedly appears to have an atmosphere
300-year-old experiment could become world's best dark matter detector
An unorthodox version of quantum theory could reveal what reality is
The greatest David Attenborough documentaries you really need to watch
Prebiotic chewing gum could be helpful for gum disease
Smart underwear detects lactose intolerance by tracking your farts
Why dinosaurs lived much more complex lives than we thought
Is consciousness more fundamental to reality than quantum physics?
Our verdict on Red Mars: Mostly great, with a few quibbles
Ann Leckie continues to shine with new sci-fi novel Radiant Star
2026 will be the hottest year on record, leading scientist predicts
Why the keto diet could be a revolutionary way to treat mental illness
NHS England rushes to hide software over AI hacking fears
The 4 biggest myths about hydration, according to an expert
Oak trees use delaying tactics to thwart hungry caterpillars
Why I explore our inevitable love for robots in my novel Luminous
Read an extract from Luminous by Silvia Park
Will Colombia summit kick-start the end of the fossil fuel era?
The rings of Uranus are even stranger than we thought
'Green' cryptocurrency uses 18 times more energy than makers claim
Your oral microbiome could affect your weight, liver and diabetes risk
We have figured out a new way to send messages into the past
Human heads have changed shape a lot in the past 100 years
Doubts cast over 'wild' claim that magnetic control can turn on genes
The best new science fiction books of May 2026
The rich but complicated legacy of genome pioneer Craig Venter
Thought-provoking photographs capture what it feels like to have ADHD
Is an AI version of Mark Zuckerberg – or any boss – a good plan?
Simple treatment tweak drastically reduces blood loss from severe cuts
Weird 'transdimensional' state of matter is neither 2D nor 3D
The chips in your phone are probably broken – and that's a good thing
Scorpions reinforce their claws and stingers with metals
Extreme weather in 2025 drove record wildfire emissions in Europe
Cancer is increasing in young people and we still don't know why
Gamblers are betting millions of dollars on measles outbreaks
Humanoid robots may be about to break the 100-metre sprint record
How I pay almost nothing to power my house and electric car
Coral reefs on a remote archipelago shrugged off a massive heatwave
We may finally have a cure for many different autoimmune conditions
Giant Arctic continent launched dinosaurs to world domination
10,000 new planets found hidden in NASA telescope data
Why your opinion of used electric vehicles is probably wrong
How your heart rate variability can offer an insight into your mind
100-year-old assumption about the universe may soon be overturned
We need more radioactive drugs. Can we make them from nuclear waste?
Why the right kind of stress is crucial for your health and happiness
This mesmerising Cornish time-travel film is not to be missed
Gravity's strength measured more reliably than ever before
Symptoms of early dementia reversed by bespoke treatment plans
QBox theory may offer glimpse of reality deeper than quantum realm
New Scientist recommends Jeff Beal’s New York Études, Vol. II
Largest-ever octopus was great white shark of invertebrate predators
Is stem cell therapy about to transform medicine and reverse ageing?
Striking photo essay examines deadly spread of dengue fever in Nepal
Do you need to worry about Mythos, Anthropic's computer-hacking AI?
Exercise advice for long covid may be doing more harm than good
Catching a cold can delay cancer from spreading to the lungs
Huge study reveals how Epstein-Barr virus may cause multiple sclerosis
Can you slow ageing with your diet? A new book gives it a go
How many dachshunds would it take to get to the moon?
98 per cent of meat and dairy sustainability pledges are greenwashing
Table tennis-playing robot on track to becoming world champion
Fermat's Last Theorem: still a must-read about a 350-year maths secret
If a bird flu pandemic starts, we may have an mRNA vaccine ready
Titan’s strange plains may be explained by unusual weather
The monstrous number sequences that break the rules of mathematics
Game theory explains why the US's goals in Iran keep changing
We might finally know how to use quantum computers to boost AI
A whole new way to prevent death from sepsis shows promise
Diamonds are surprisingly elastic when you make them tiny
Can we ‘vaccinate’ ourselves against stress?
Parrot uses his broken beak to become a dominant male
Can you determine your personalised stress score?
The biggest threat to Chernobyl is no longer radiation
Brushing your teeth in hospital could prevent catching a bad infection
Beef is making a comeback – does it fit into a healthy diet?
How autoimmune conditions can unexpectedly drive mental illness
Werner Herzog searches for ghost elephants in stunning new documentary
Electric vehicle owners could earn thousands by supporting power grid
Exclusive report: Inside Chernobyl, 40 years after nuclear disaster
New Scientist recommends Jamie Bartlett's insightful How to Talk to AI
Why is it so hard to change your mind?
The rise, the fall and the rebound of cyclic cosmology