Why is flu season so bad this year?
Flu season in the U.S. is particularly bad this year, and a new branch of the flu family tree may be to blame.
Category: Science
How the ancient Romans managed their wealth (it wasn’t just by hiding hoards)
How did Romans invest their wealth in ancient times?
NASA launches Pandora telescope, taking JWST’s search for habitable worlds to a new level
The James Webb telescope’s search for habitable exoplanets is getting a big boost from its new star-watching companion, Pandora.
NASA Lab Completes Engine Checks on New Aircraft
Justin Hall, left, controls a subscale aircraft as Justin Link holds the aircraft in place during preliminary engine tests on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at
James Webb telescope spots ‘failed stars’ in a breathtaking cluster near Earth — Space photo of the week
The James Webb Space Telescope captured a colorful portrait of a nearby stellar cradle, revealing a wealth of insights about countless stars.
Could there ever be a worldwide internet outage?
We’ve all dealt with bad internet connections. But could the entire internet ever collapse?
How much of your body could you lose — and still survive?
Five vital organs are essential for life, but survival is more medically complex.
Largest crowd-sourced hunt for alien intelligence reveals 12 billion ‘signals of interest’ in collapsed Arecibo Observatory data
A crowd-sourced search for alien intelligence called SETI@Home is in its final stages, analyzing 100 ‘signals of interest’ with the world’s largest radio telescope.
Scientists Propose Plans for World’s Largest Particle Smasher
The world’s current largest collider was instrumental in discovering a new, elusive subatomic particle in 2012.
Scientists Create Superman-Like Eye Lasers
The new lasers are ‘some of the world’s smallest and lightest.’
This is SPARDA: A self-destruct, self-defense system in bacteria that could be a new biotech tool
A bacterial defense system called SPARDA employs kamikaze-like tactics to protect cells and could be useful in future biotechnologies.
Romans regularly soaked in filthy, lead-contaminated bath water, Pompeii study finds
A study of limescale buildup in an early bathing facility at Pompeii has revealed that the water was replaced only once per day.
Gender ambiguity was a tool of power 4,500 years ago in Mesopotamia
Gender-ambiguous people in ancient Mesopotamia were powerful and important members of society more than four millennia ago.
Hubble Spies Stellar Blast Setting Clouds Ablaze
Jets of ionized gas streak across a cosmic landscape from a newly forming star.