Science & Technology

In March 2025, an extraordinary deluge in Queensland unleashed massive flooding across Australia’s outback, overwhelming rivers, isolating towns, and prompting helicopter evacuations. Satellite imagery revealed vast swaths of submerged land, …

Dozens of companies are building robots that look like humans. One of them is training a machine to be a butler and will soon test them in homes. Read More

A nearby cosmic ticking time bomb has been found! Just 150 light years away, a pair of white dwarf stars are on a death spiral, destined to explode in a …

Scientists found that pseudouridine helps small RNAs pass on traits and avoid immune detection, offering clues for future RNA-based treatments and how the body tells “self” from “nonself.” Not everything …

A recently discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, sparked the first-ever global alert from the International Asteroid Warning Network after it showed a small but real chance of hitting Earth in 2032. …

Monash University researchers have extended Descartes’ Circle Theorem by finding a general equation for any number of tangent circles, using advanced mathematical tools inspired by physics. A centuries-old geometric puzzle …

Using ALMA, astronomers discovered that Proxima Centauri produces frequent, high-energy millimeter-wavelength flares that could significantly alter or strip the atmospheres of its habitable-zone planets. Located just over four light-years away, …

Scientists discovered a new forest killifish in Kenya, revealing both evolutionary and tectonic history—but its habitat is highly endangered. A newly discovered species of killifish, Nothobranchius sylvaticus, has been formally …

A major study links long-term air pollution, especially sulfur dioxide, to higher depression risk, urging stronger pollution controls to protect mental health. A landmark study published in Environmental Science and …

A team of international researchers has developed a groundbreaking class of mechanical metamaterials capable of storing and releasing elastic energy at unprecedented levels. By cleverly twisting rods into a helical …