SCIENCE

Trump’s Golden Dome defence project could spur a space arms race

US President Donald Trump (left), accompanied by US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (right), announces the Golden Dome missile defense…

11 months ago

Supergiant crustaceans may cover more than half of the deep-sea floor

Alicella gigantea, the world’s largest amphipod, may be more common than we had thoughtMaroni et al./Royal Society Open Science A…

11 months ago

US east coast faces rising seas as crucial Atlantic current slows

The AMOC is a system of ocean currents that circulates water within the Atlantic OceanNASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization…

11 months ago

China’s CO2 emissions have started falling – is this finally the peak?

A floating solar farm in Huainan City, China is part of the country’s renewable power build-outImago / Alamy China, the…

11 months ago

Does intermittent fasting improve gut health? Why it’s hard to say

How does intermittent fasting change the gut microbiome?Oliver Leedham/Alamy Stock Photo There is evidence that intermittent fasting alters the gut…

11 months ago

Failed Soviet probe will soon crash to Earth – and we don’t know where

A model of Kosmos 482, which was originally set to go to VenusWikimedia Commons More than 50 years after its…

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Shingles vaccine linked with lower risk of many common heart problems

A shingles vaccine seems to provide additional benefitsCavan Images / Alamy Vaccination against herpes zoster, better known as shingles, not…

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Disastrous back-to-back heatwaves and droughts surge across Eurasia

Drought conditions can have devastating impacts on Eurasian regions like Karapinar in TurkeyYASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images Over the past…

11 months ago

Deepfake makers can now evade an unusual detection method

Some deepfake videos present a convincing pulseAlamy Stock Photo Deepfake videos that feature digital manipulations of people’s facial expressions and…

12 months ago

US government defunds research on misinformation

Disinformation can be especially prevalent on social media sitesStefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has…

12 months ago