For those who enjoy viewing the night sky, a unique opportunity is just around the corner late this month.
Six planets in the solar system are going to align in the western sky just after sunset. Those planets will…

For those who enjoy viewing the night sky, a unique opportunity is just around the corner late this month.
Six planets in the solar system are going to align in the western sky just after sunset. Those planets will…

February 21, 2026
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‘An AlphaFold 4’—scientists marvel at DeepMind drug spin-off’s exclusive new AI
Isomorphic Lab’s proprietary drug-discovery model is a major advance, but scientists developing…

In science fiction movies and shows like “The Martian” or “For All Mankind“, Mars is often depicted as a challenging but ultimately survivable environment for humanity. Though conditions might be difficult, with enough rugged ingenuity and…

The technology sounds like it’s been plucked from a science-fiction film — but it’s all too real.
A number of companies now offer prospective parents the chance to “score” embryos fertilized through in vitro fertilization (IVF), based on the…

February 21, 2026
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Italy promised durable Olympic medals. Science had other plans.
A small design flaw in the medals for the Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina turned a durability promise into a very public…

A remarkable discovery in Germany has uncovered fossilized vomit, or regurgitalite, dating back 290 million years, older than the dinosaurs themselves. Found at the Bromacker site, this rare specimen provides a snapshot of life during the…

Scientists believe so called triplet superconductors could open the door to the most energy efficient technologies ever developed.
“A triplet superconductor is high on the wish list of many physicists working in the field of solid state physics,”…

In places like Chernobyl and Fukushima, where nuclear disasters have flooded the environment with dangerous radiation, it makes sense that life might evolve ways to survive it.
But one of the most radiation-resistant organisms ever discovered…

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