Germany's Fusion Reactor: Powering the Planet by 2040
Germany is inching closer to a future where the sun's power fuels the planet. The country is building a fusion reactor…
Sleep and Genetics: The Short Sleepers
When scientists discovered a gene mutation that allows some people to function well on just five hours of sleep, it ope…
Partial Cellular Reprogramming: Reversing Skin Cell Age
Using four genes, scientists have turned back the clock on skin cells, making 53-year-old cells biologically 23 years y…
California's Environmental Pollution Seen From Space
Satellite images reveal a growing environmental problem in California: trash bags lining the state's pristine coastline…
Professor Turns Human Waste into Coal
A professor’s peculiar experiment turned his students' biological waste into coal. This process, hydrothermal carboniza…
Moon Crater: Asteroid Impact Details
An asteroid punched a 728-foot-wide hole in the moon, the sort of celestial event that happens only once a century. The…
Sperm Count Decline in Western Men: 51% Drop
Men's sperm counts in the West have dropped by more than half in just 50 years. Experts are asking: what's behind this…
Peptide Dental Repair: Early Decay Solution
A young adult with a painful molar and a fear of the drill may soon have a reason to smile: your dentist has a new weap…
Thorium Reactor History and Oak Ridge Tennessee
In 1965, a team at Oak Ridge National Laboratory achieved a major breakthrough: an experimental reactor running on uran…
Fermi Telescope: Search for Alien Life
The Fermi Telescope, orbiting Earth since 2008, is on the hunt for signs of alien life using gamma rays. Private groups…
US Military Deploys Weapons in Orbit
The U.S. military has placed weapons in orbit for the first time, marking a shift in how it views space as a domain for…
James Webb Telescope: Jupiter-Sized Object Discovery
A potentially world-changing puzzle piece has just appeared in the cosmic puzzle: a Jupiter-sized object with a planet-…