Category Science

January 21, 2025 5 min read Earth Sings with Mysterious Chorus Waves—And Deep Space Does, Too Peculiar bursts of energy called chorus waves have been detected in deep space far from our planet, suggesting they could pose problems for long-distance…

Strange continent-sized structures (in red) lurk beneath the surface of the planet Edward Garnero; S. W. French, B. A. Romanowicz, Geophys. J. Int. 199, 1303, 2014. Two huge masses deep within Earth may have remained stable for billions of years,…

Soon after being sworn in as the 47th President of the United States on Monday, Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders that could reshape science at home and abroad. The orders — which direct the actions of the…

It is no secret that sleeping is one of the most important things you can do for your health. Mountains of research over the past decade demonstrate, time and again, that a decent night’s rest is essential for everything from…

January 22, 2025 3 min read Here’s What’s in ‘Stargate,’ the $500-Billion Trump-Endorsed Plan to Power U.S. AI Tech giants are backing a massive effort, announced by President Trump and dubbed the Stargate Project, to add data centers across the…

As avian influenza rages through birds and dairy cattle across the United States, Georgia has become the latest state to detect the virus in a commercial poultry flock, and on Friday, it halted all poultry sales to mitigate further spread…

Caroline Tompkins/Refinery29 for Getty Images When trying to form a healthy habit, it usually helps to be conscious. So it is easy to understand why sleep-tracking devices, which claim to reveal what happened while users were out for the count,…

January 22, 2025 2 min read Here’s What Caused the Rare, Record Florida Snow A perfect confluence of an Arctic air outbreak and a low-pressure system that pulled in moisture from the Gulf of Mexico brought rare, record snow to the Gulf…

California-based Vast Space has big ambitions. The company is aiming to launch a commercial space station, the Haven-2, into low Earth orbit by 2028, which would allow astronauts to stay in space after the decommissioning of the International Space Station…

Two similar overlaid patterns create what are called moiré patterns, which may be related to superconductivity in some atom-thick materials RICHARD GERMAIN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A mysterious form of superconductivity has been found in a twisted crystal, which could help researchers…