Science News
- August 2026 was the hottest month ever recorded, Copernicus data shows
- Europe will go it alone on Venus mission after NASA yanks radar instrument
- NASA and IBM release open-source AI model for lunar exploration
- Physicist does the math on Star Trek's Picard maneuver, finds it would be even more effective in real life
- Electric air taxis cleared for test flights in Texas under new FAA program
- Google signs largest rice-methane carbon credit deal with Indian startup Mitti Labs
- Artemis II commander and pilot become NASA's first astronaut emeriti
- Nonprofit publishes road map for deciding whether to deploy solar geoengineering
- NASA's Swift Observatory restarts telescopes for final observations before reentry
- Quick guide to fall vaccines and when to get them based on evidence
- UAE-led consortium plans $1B satellite constellation with AI capabilities
- US battery installations hit record 20.2 GWh in Q2 2026, surging toward 71 GWh annual pace
- Google DeepMind alumni build Fusionality to accelerate fusion power for the grid
- Google DeepMind releases AlphaGenome Atlas, mapping all 9 billion possible human DNA mutations
- 2026 Ig Nobel prizes awarded for cockroach milk, nose-blowing, and mosquito printers
- NIH to use part of its budget to pay for Department of Defense research
- 3D-printed eggshell arrays could protect next-gen spacecraft
- Google maps entire fruit fly brain and central nervous system; engineers make it run Doom and Mario
- Study finds EV batteries retain 90% capacity after 150,000 km
- UK government reboots space strategy with £7.8B, boosts satellite communications and defense
- How NASA's food safety testing changed US food inspection forever
- Yuancheng Lu's age-reversal tech could help restore sight
- Astronomers release interactive sky atlas covering 75% of the night sky
- Insilico's AI-designed lung drug rentosertib lowers biological age markers in 42-patient trial, Nature Biotechnology study suggests
- UN approves resolution for a world map that depicts Africa's size more accurately
- Isar Aerospace founder discusses need for massive rocket cadence after reaching orbit
- Google DeepMind updates WeatherNext 3 AI weather model, improving forecast accuracy