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NASA lays out a packed 14-day schedule for 2027’s Artemis III moon mission
The mission, scheduled for the summer of 2027, will include be pivotal in deciding whether SpaceX or Blue Origin supplies the lunar lander for the first crewed trip to the lunar surface in decades
Posted on 23 October 2026 | 10:20 pm
Warhound wants to engineer and clone military superdogs—can they do it?
The start-up is the brainchild of a founder of Anduril, the military tech firm, and Colossal Biosciences, a biotech company known for its de-extinction efforts
Posted on 23 October 2026 | 9:05 pm
Strange triangular craft reported in new U.S. government UFO release
The latest batch of declassified files includes eyewitness sightings from earlier this year of a flying black triangle performing inexplicable aerial maneuvers
Posted on 23 October 2026 | 8:30 pm
The Trump administration is considering a ‘heat ray’ weapon for the border—here’s what to know
The Active Denial System uses millimeter waves to heat people’s skin from as far as a kilometer away
Posted on 23 October 2026 | 8:00 pm
How exposing yourself to your fears can tame your anxiety
It is possible to take lessons from exposure therapy and apply them outside the clinic, experts say
Posted on 23 October 2026 | 3:00 pm
Japan’s MMX mission will reveal the origins of weird Martian moons
Although Phobos and Deimos may look like lumpy space potatoes, they’re actually moons of Mars. No one knows how they formed, but a newly launched spacecraft should soon offer answers
Posted on 23 October 2026 | 12:45 pm
How the brain handles uncertainty, and why resilience matters
The science of handling uncertainty, anxiety and stress
Posted on 23 October 2026 | 12:00 pm
RFK Jr. promised to define ‘ultraprocessed’ food. What's taking so long?
A definition would help Americans eat healthier food, experts say. It's turned out to be harder than expected
Posted on 23 October 2026 | 12:00 pm
Here’s what the new Merck-Moderna mRNA cancer vaccine data actually show
The Merck-Moderna mRNA cancer vaccine helps prevent cancer recurrence and death, the new results show
Posted on 23 October 2026 | 12:55 am
RFK, Jr., adviser Calley Means announces his resignation from the Trump administration
Means’s views on the COVID vaccine, raw milk and fluoride have all been criticized by health care professionals
Posted on 22 October 2026 | 10:00 pm
This implant burns up excess blood sugar with electricity
A new USB-sized device, tested in mice, could help people with type 2 diabetes better manage glucose levels
Posted on 22 October 2026 | 8:00 pm
Attacks against data centers in Europe and the Middle East are raising questions as to how we protect the infrastructure on which our digital lives depend
Posted on 22 October 2026 | 6:45 pm
The inside story behind OpenAI’s million-dollar math proof
AI’s solution to the Navier-Stokes problem, and the details of how it happened, preview a chaotic future for math—and the world
Posted on 22 October 2026 | 6:12 pm
Astronomers unlock a mystery hidden in van Gogh’s The Starry Night
A misidentified constellation could revise the timeline for Vincent van Gogh’s creation of his iconic painting
Posted on 22 October 2026 | 6:00 pm
New superconducting chip aims to help tame fusion plasma
Researchers fed fusion data to a new chip to see whether it could spot signs that superhot plasma is about to go haywire
Posted on 22 October 2026 | 1:15 pm