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The International Space Station's Russian segment has resumed leaking atmosphere into space, with NASA confirming a loss of about one pound of air per day from the PrK transfer tunnel module. This reemerges a persistent …
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts a potentially below-average 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, with 8 to 14 named storms, due to an expected El Niño event that creates wind shear disrupti…
A major unsolved geometry problem known as the "unit distance" conjecture, first posed by mathematician Paul Erdős in 1946, has been solved by an AI chatbot developed by OpenAI. The AI produced a novel proof that surpass…
A recent study published in *Psychopharmacology* suggests that major depressive disorder may cause changes in how the body metabolizes the amino acid valine, rather than the metabolic issue triggering the depression. Usi…
Scientists have discovered 567-million-year-old fossils in Canada's Northwest Territories, providing the oldest evidence of sexual reproduction and locomotion in animals, pushing back the origins of animal sex by 5-10 mi…
A recent study in *The Journal of Sex Research* found that exposure to purity culture, a set of strict sexual ethics within Evangelical Christianity, is linked to higher levels of sexual shame, particularly among survivo…
On July 16, 1945, the world entered the nuclear age with the first atomic test, known as the Trinity test, in New Mexico. A 20-year restoration effort has produced hundreds of vivid photographs from the Manhattan Project…
According to the article, while current AI healthcare systems primarily focus on risk prediction and disease identification, the next frontier is the "medical world model," which simulates how a patient's biological stat…
Recent research published in the *Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences* found that modern AI systems, such as GPT-4.5, can successfully pass a standard Turing test by fooling human judges into thinking they ar…
The ZEISS Crossbeam 750 FIBSEM enhances semiconductor failure analysis by enabling precise, low-kV FIB finishing for TEM lamella preparation, tomography, and nanofabrication. Its "see while you mill" capability, combined…
Climate tech companies are increasingly shifting their focus from decarbonization to critical minerals and supply chain resilience, driven by weak federal climate support under the second Trump administration. For exampl…
An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in discrete geometry, a problem that had remained unsolved by human mathematicians for decades. The AI achieved this by generating a verifiable mathematical counterexamp…
A new study published in *Alzheimer’s & Dementia* found that middle-aged and older adults who consume higher amounts of ultra-processed foods have poorer attention and a higher risk of dementia, even if their overall die…
A study published in *Nature Mental Health* found that experiencing depressive symptoms can alter how young adults remember their childhood, leading them to report more past traumas over time. The research, which analyze…
Cognitive scientist Félix Schoeller and Joshua White developed an AI chatbot named Lucy to train facilitators for psychedelic-assisted therapy, addressing a global shortage of specialized mental-health providers. Lucy is…
After nearly 25 years as a private company, SpaceX publicly disclosed its financial details for the first time in a 400-page SEC filing ahead of a planned IPO. The document revealed 2025 revenues of $18.67 billion but a …
Listening to music tuned to 432 Hz (instead of the standard 440 Hz) is a viral trend claiming to promote calmness and cosmic alignment, but scientists say there is little scientific evidence for any special healing or ma…
According to The Washington Post, the Trump administration resisted allowing two American doctors exposed to Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to return to the United States for care and monitoring. As a resu…
NASA's Psyche spacecraft, launched in October 2023, successfully performed a Mars flyby last week, using the planet's gravity to gain a 1,000-mile-per-hour speed boost and adjust its trajectory toward the asteroid Psyche…
At Google I/O, DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis claimed the company aims to "reimagine the drug discovery process with the goal of one day solving all disease," referencing AI tools like Gemini for Science, AlphaFold, and Alp…