The Doomsday Clock warns the world about catastrophe – here’s why it stands at 90 seconds to midnight
The Doomsday Clock, with its hands hovering close to midnight (“doomsday”), is a symbolic device…
Scientists suspect there’s ice hiding on the Moon, and a host of missions from the US and beyond are searching for it
Building a space station on the Moon might seem like something out of a science…
The universe is expanding faster than theory predicts – physicists are searching for new ideas that might explain the mismatch
Astronomers have known for decades that the universe is expanding. When they use telescopes to…
Flame retardant chemicals can cause serious health risks – and they only slow fire by a few seconds
House fires are many people’s worst nightmare. But chemicals created decades ago to protect people’s…
Grok is Elon Musk’s new sassy, foul-mouthed AI. But who exactly is it made for?
On November 4, X owner Elon Musk unveiled his new AI chatbot Grok: a sarcastic…
Even experts struggle to tell which social media posts are evidence-based. So, what do we do?
The debate on how to combat social media misinformation is as relevant as ever. In…
NASA’s first successful recovery of asteroid samples may reveal information about the origins of the universe
The OSIRIS-REx mission is NASA’s first mission to collect samples from an asteroid — in…
Did this chemical reaction create the building blocks of life on Earth?
How did life begin? How did chemical reactions on the early Earth create complex, self-replicating…
The world is finally starting to regulate artificial intelligence – what to expect from US, EU and China’s new laws
Most mainstream applications of artificial intelligence (AI) make use of its ability to crunch large…
Insulin injections could one day be replaced with rock music − new research in mice
More than 37 million people in the U.S. have diabetes. According to the American Diabetes…