Scientists have had to contend with a spate of misinformation this year about efforts to purportedly resurrect long-lost species like the woolly mammoth.
It’s far more impactful to help endangered species now — especially as the US rolls back protections and climate change makes the world a more inhospitable place for already threatened creatures.
The energy demands of AI are driving investment in futuristic fusion reactors from Big Tech and now Trump Media. Is it viable?
It’s far too easy to buy so-called GLP-3s through gray-market websites.
In the middle of threatening funding for hospitals that provide gender-related care to minors and trying to tack his name onto the Kennedy Center, the president also signed another executive order.
This one directs the Attorney General to take steps to move marijuana from Schedule I classification under federal law, along with heroin, to Schedule III, which includes ketamine and anabolic steroids. It’s something Biden had said he would pursue.
A group of scientists says their “Collision Realization and Significant Harm (CRASH) Clock” estimates satellites in low Earth orbit have only 5.5 days before colliding or nearly missing another object, as of June 2025, compared to 164 days in January 2018.
Space traffic is likely to continue to increase, thanks in part to the latest pet project of tech billionaires: space data centers.
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Astronomers and environmental scientists are skeptical.
Following mounting pressure, European officials have recommended the bloc drop its 2035 ban on new gas cars, instead aiming for a 90 percent reduction in emissions from new vehicles, leaving room for a few hybrids to still hit the market. The change will still have to pass the EU parliament.
