Can electric air taxis carry passengers? Vertical Aerospace's VX4 just cleared a key test #Aviation #ElectricVehicles #FutureTech
Mollusk shells could pave the way to greener materials #Science #Materials #Sustainability
One scientist's 10-year quest to calculate the strength of gravity #Science #Physics #Research
RFK, Jr., praises ibogaine for depression treatment. Is the psychedelic a magic bullet? #Science #MentalHealth #Psychedelics
RFK, Jr. puts psychedelics on fast track to FDA review and approval #Science #Health #Psychedelics
Alien comet suggests our solar system is the oddball #Astronomy #Space #Science
How darkness might save migratory birds #Science #Birds #Conservation
New JWST images reveal cosmic question marks and buckyballs in a planetary nebula #Space #Astronomy #Science
Amateur armed with ChatGPT 'vibe-maths' a 60-year-old problem #AI #Math #Science
988 crisis hotline linked to drop in young adult suicide rates #MentalHealth #PublicHealth #Science
How geneticists uncovered a common root of two neurological diseases #Science #Genetics #Health
What happens if you're hit by a primordial black hole? #BlackHoles #Cosmology #Astrophysics
Trump wants Iran's 'nuclear dust.' Here's how the U.S. could remove the uranium #Science #Politics #Nuclear
Africa could split apart sooner than scientists thought #Science #Geology #Africa
From pet stores to pandemics--how wildlife trade helps diseases jump to humans #Science #Health #Pandemics
'Kraken' fossils show enormous, intelligent octopuses were top predators in Cretaceous seas #Science #Paleontology #OceanLife
How do earthquakes end? A seismic 'stop sign' could help predict earthquake risk #Science #Earthquake #Research
Wildfire 'red flag' warnings in effect for large chunk of the U.S. Here's what to know #Science #Environment #Wildfire
Trump administration officially reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana as Schedule III #Science #Health #Marijuana
U.S. scientists solve the mystery of a golden orb discovered in the deep sea. Here's what it really is #Science #Ocean #Discovery
NASA's Artemis II was a major success--so why couldn't the crew flush the toilet? #Space #Science #Technology
Passage from Homer's Iliad discovered in the abdomen of a Roman-era Egyptian mummy #History #Archaeology #Literature
A volcanic mystery reveals that rising magma has a stealth mode #Science #Geology #Volcanoes
Genetic origins of language may predate modern humans splitting from Neanderthals, a new study suggests #Science #Genetics #Evolution
New York City, New Orleans at greatest risk of extreme damage from floods, new analysis reveals #Science #Environment #Analysis
RFK, Jr., set to overhaul key committee that issues disease screening recommendations #Science #Health #Policy
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will launch in September #Space #Science #Telescope
The solar system's first solids had a fast start #Space #Astronomy #Science
Smoking ban for people born after 2008 is on the cusp of becoming law in the U.K. #PublicHealth #Policy #Health
Plants can 'hear' rain coming, spurring them into action #Science #Biology #Nature
A humanoid robot beat the human half-marathon record at a Beijing race. But what did it actually prove? #Robotics #AI #Science
NASA's 'Earthrise' image changed how we see our planet. Can the Artemis moon missions do the same? #Space #Science #Exploration
Whatever happened to the ozone hole, acid rain and DDT? #Environment #Science #Pollution
This Earth Day, three experts share tips on how to feel hopeful about the environment #Environment #Science #Hope
Gibraltar macaques are self-medicating with dirt to help them digest human junk food #Science #Animals #Behavior
Hegseth says U.S. military no longer requires flu vaccination, drawing criticism from health experts #Science #Health #Military
Mathematicians found out why waiting for the elevator takes forever #Science #Math #Physics
The quantum arrow of time can be reversed, physicists show #QuantumPhysics #Science #Time
Former NASA astronauts launch new group to promote U.S. constitutional values #Space #Astronaut #Civics
NASA just dropped a stunning new Hubble image of a 'Cosmic Sea Lemon' 5,000 light-years away #Space #Astronomy #Hubble