Category: Science

NASA announced the Artemis III crew on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. NASA astronaut Andre Douglas, mission specialist; ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, pilot;

A new Chinese quantum computing system pairs two independent neutral-atom arrays in one processor, aiming to boost stability, efficiency and scalability.

NASA’s Artemis III crew has been revealed. The astronauts will launch into low Earth orbit next year to test docking with commercial lunar landers being

Archaeologists are unsure why people in Stone Age Slovakia removed corpses’ heads before burying them in a neighborhood ditch.

DNA preserved in ancient scat reveals what Yukon ground squirrels ate and what animals shared their world.

During courtship, male scissor-tailed nightjars crack their wings together to make a sharp snapping sound. It’s the result of colliding arm bones.

Researchers cracked a 50-year-old math problem scribbled by Richard Feynman over lunch. The equations show that humans are better decision-makers than scientists once thought.

USDA has detected New World screwworm infections in Texas animals, marking the state’s first confirmed cases in decades.

The result is correct but challenges core norms of mathematics: checking proofs, crediting ideas and keeping research open to everyone.

AI could soon use more water than we need to drink, UN report finds.

A rare meteorite found in the Sahara Desert may be evidence of a long-lost “protoplanet” that formed in the early solar system before being destroyed

A close conjunction of the two brightest planets in the night sky will take place over several evenings, with the best time to look being

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft completed its first supersonic flight Friday, June 5, 2026, marking the first time the aircraft exceeded the speed of sound

The following has been adapted from The Proof in the Code: How a Truth Machine Is Transforming Math and AI by Kevin Hartnett. Terry Tao