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Spacecraft blasts off to hunt alien life on a distant moon Nasa's spacecraft could change what we know about life in our solar system.
NASA’s Europa Clipper Spacecraft Aims for Jupiter’s Most Intriguing Moon For the first time, we are sending a spacecraft to explore an alien ocean world—a moon that might host life today
AI Comes to the Nobels: Double Win Sparks Debate about Scientific Fields While many researchers celebrated this year’s chemistry and physics prizes, others were disappointed by the focus on computational methods.
Trump and Harris Have Vastly Different Plans for Public Education The presidential candidates differ on classroom censorship, school choice, federal funding for schools, and more
Trump’s Racist Rants against Immigrants Hide under the Language of Eugenics Anti-immigrant rhetoric in the U.S. comes straight out of the playbook of eugenics, deeply dishonest scientism that criminality, poverty and a host of other ills were all genetically inherited
MicroRNA, Protein Folding and Machine-Learning Work Win the Science Nobels A roundup of the science Nobels, the latest COVID updates and the Europa Clipper launch delay.
How to spot 'comet of the century' in UK skies Comet A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) could be spotted with the naked eye in the UK on Saturday night.
How unusual has this hurricane season been? Hurricanes Helene and Milton have bookended a particularly stormy period. What's behind it?
Is Singing an Evolutionary Accident or a Critical Way to Connect?
Is Singing an Evolutionary Accident or a Critical Way to Connect? Scientific American associate news editor and music enthusiast Allison Parshall takes Science Quickly through what we know about how singing came to be. Scientists aren’t sure why humans evolved to sing, but commonalities in traditional music offer clues to how ...
Hurricane evacuations are challenging, physically and psychologically
Hurricane evacuations are challenging, physically and psychologically As you scroll social media today you may see videos of people stuck inside their homes as Hurricane Milton pummeled Florida last night. Though many did evacuate the riskiest areas, some people stay in the face of natural disasters. Deciding ...
Explorer Shackleton’s lost ship as never seen before A new 3D scan shows Endurance exactly as it is 3,000m down in Antarctica’s icy waters.
Wildlife numbers fall by 73% in 50 years, global stocktake finds Global wildlife populations have shrunk by an average of 73% in the past 50 years, data shows.
The Danger of Hurricane Downpours and the End of ‘Climate Havens’
The Danger of Hurricane Downpours and the End of ‘Climate Havens’ Hurricanes Beryl, Francine and Helene have battered the Gulf Coast this year. Hurricane Milton is expected to add to the destruction, particularly in parts of the west coast of central Florida that are already reeling from Hurricane Helene. Scientific American’s ...
Google DeepMind boss wins Nobel for proteins breakthrough Three scientists share the prize for their revolutionary work on proteins, the buildings blocks of life.
My pilgrimage to the vanishing Sphinx snow patch The Sphinx, a patch of snow thought to be the longest-lasting in the UK, has melted for the fourth consecutive year.
How do you split a Nobel Prize?
How do you split a Nobel Prize? Happy Nobel Week! For the science categories of Physics, Chemistry and Physiology or Medicine, up to three recipients—also known as laureates—can be awarded in any given year. Although each recipient is awarded their own personalized gold medal and diploma, the ...
Climate change supercharged Europe floods - scientists A new study shows that the record-breaking rainfall was made more likely and intense by climate change.
UK Research and Innovation China: Launching Research Partnerships #InspiringPartnerships
UK Research and Innovation China: Launching Research Partnerships #InspiringPartnerships This video helps to showcase the impact and breadth of UK-China collaborations, as UK #Research and #Innovation celebrated ...

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