U.S. space mission aims to demonstrate technology that could someday help clean up space junk | Continue reading
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Premature deaths from extreme heat next century could top those from infectious diseases today | Continue reading
A few brief reports about international science and technology from Brazil to Hong Kong, including one about male elephants in India exhibiting unusual social behaviors. | Continue reading
Health professionals have joined climate protests and organizations have divested from fossil fuels | Continue reading
Slow-wave activity during dreamless slumber helps wash out neural detritus | Continue reading
DeepMind’s AlphaStar beat all but the very best humans at the fast-paced sci-fi video game | Continue reading
Flooding, permafrost melt and other climate impacts that threaten the long-term viability of cemeteries | Continue reading
The pumpkin's ancestor was an incredibly bitter, tennis-ball-sized squash—but it was apparently a common snack for mastodons. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading
The finding that the virus causes “immune amnesia” further highlights the importance of vaccination | Continue reading
Purchase of full-service packages to eradicate the virus can come without cost transparency | Continue reading
And the shifts in energy sources may be sharper than you think | Continue reading
Some experts are alarmed by plans to launch tens of thousands of revolutionary telecommunications satellites in coming years | Continue reading
Scientists have spotted signs of water as the object, 2I/Borisov, streaks towards the Sun | Continue reading
Scientists use big data to understand what separates winners from losers | Continue reading
A quarter of surveyed Latino patients said they knew someone who did not go to the hospital because of fear of deportation | Continue reading
Here are five scientific applications that take the navigation system beyond the map | Continue reading
Wealth naturally trickles up in free-market economies, model suggests | Continue reading
As European green crab populations balloon in warming waters, New England scientists work to develop a commercial fishery | Continue reading
In cold, northern climates, eggs tend to be darker and browner—heat-trapping colors that allow parents to spend a bit more time away from the nest. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading
The social media giant, which has faced scrutiny over its privacy practices in the past, will allow people to find information about health screenings and flu shots | Continue reading
Even with large-scale intentional power outages, utility equipment may have ignited recent blazes | Continue reading
For better or for worse, navigation apps change our sense of direction | Continue reading
Work on an “Internet of brains” takes another step | Continue reading
Green crabs learned to navigate a maze without making a single wrong turn—and remembered the skill weeks later. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading
The Trump administration is expected to notify the U.N. on Nov. 4, leaving the pact a year later, after the U.S. election | Continue reading
Genetic evidence traces our origins to a hunter-gatherer community that lived 200,000 years ago, but the study has generated controversy | Continue reading
The popular heartburn drug may produce potentially unsafe levels of NDMA when its active ingredient breaks down | Continue reading
Why we need to stop making murderers (in)famous | Continue reading
Enjoy and loop on | Continue reading
Limiting global temperature rise will substantially reduce the economic toll of climate change | Continue reading
Could new theoretical and computational advances finally deliver the elusive room-temperature superconductor? | Continue reading
A common vision correction could interfere with depth perception while driving | Continue reading
More people moving into forested areas and an outmoded power grid also raise fire risk in California | Continue reading
Standard scientific methods are under fire. Will anything change? | Continue reading
Regulations governing the responsible exploration of Mars and other worlds require regular, frequent updates, according to a new NASA review | Continue reading
The evidence is all around us—we can’t offset or undo several hours of stillness with a single hour of exercise | Continue reading
Black patients lose out on critical care when systems equate health needs with costs | Continue reading
The phainopepla migrates from southern California to the desert southwest to breed in the spring before flying to California coastal woodlands to breed again in summer. | Continue reading
Staking its claim for “quantum supremacy,” the company pulls back the curtain on its landmark Sycamore chip | Continue reading
More cities are reporting climate hazards, such as heat waves, but lag in developing plans to deal with those changes | Continue reading
A new book tells the tale of the greatest predator of human beings in history | Continue reading
Stealing Ur Feelings sounds an alarm about how companies could use emotion-recognition technology | Continue reading
A gigantic fish from the Amazon has incredibly tough scales—and materials scientists are looking to them for bulletproof inspiration. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading
It could be the second human disease we eradicate—but if we don’t finish the job, resurgence is possible | Continue reading
The lowering of ocean pH linked to the Chicxulub impact is similar to what could happen if modern carbon dioxide emissions continue | Continue reading
The company says that its quantum computer is the first to perform a calculation that would be practically impossible for a classical machine | Continue reading
A common gene editing enzyme could be used to disable RNA viruses such as flu or Ebola | Continue reading