Tag: science
Hijacked satellites and orbiting space weapons: In the 21st century, space is the new battlefield
WASHINGTON – As Russia held its Victory Day parade this year, hackers backing the Kremlin hijacked an orbiting satellite that provides television service to...
RFK Jr. Is Supporting mRNA Research—Just Not for Vaccines
One of the targeted recipients, Tiba Biotech, had a $750,000 contract with BARDA that was slated to end October 30. The company was developing...
This Might Be the Most Massive Black Hole Ever Discovered
Astronomers have identified what could be a new supermassive black hole, and with an estimated mass 36 billion times that of the sun, it...
Central American Beaches Are Being Overrun With Local and Foreign Plastic
An image from the study illustrating how plastic bottles reach Latin American Pacific coasts.
Illustration: Garcés-Ordóñez et al. (2025) (CC BY 4.0)The scientists found that,...
The Black Market for Fake Science Is Growing Faster Than Legitimate Research, Study Warns
A new study by researchers at Northwestern University has set off alarm bells about the future of academic research, warning that the publication of...
This New Pyramid-Like Shape Always Lands With the Same Side Up
In 2023, Domokos—along with his graduate students Gergő Almádi and Krisztina Regős, and Robert Dawson of Saint Mary’s University in Canada—proved that it is...
Trump executive order gives politicians control over all federal grants, alarming researchers
NEW YORK – An executive order signed by President Donald Trump late Thursday aims to give political appointees power over the billions of dollars...
Why the US Is Racing to Build a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon
“There’s now policy certainty that we didn’t have before,” she adds. “Last but not least, the private sector is not only interested in using...
Harvard scientists say research could be set back years after funding freeze
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University professor Alberto Ascherio's research is literally frozen. Collected from millions of U.S. soldiers over two decades using millions of...
See 6 Planets Align in the Night Sky This August
On August 10, six planets—Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—will line up in an arc in the night sky. Four of these planets—Mercury,...