VC Quantonation closes €220M fund to back next-gen physics tech

A Paris-based venture firm that has quietly shaped the quantum technology scenery is now making a much louder statement about Europe’s role in the future of computing, materials science, and sensing [...]

Meet the mysterious electrides

These chemical oddities may explain why Earth seems to be deficient in certain elements. [...]

Meet Prism, OpenAI's free research workspace for scientists - how to try it

Powered by GPT-5.2, Prism helps you draft papers, source contextualized references, and more - just don't delegate your research to it. [...]

A North Atlantic Right Whale Baby Boom Is On—but the Species Remains at Risk

Researchers have documented the births of nearly two dozen North Atlantic right whale calves this season. It’s an encouraging sign for a species whose population is estimated to be below 400. [...]

Japan lost a 5-ton navigation satellite when it fell off a rocket during launch

Imagine: You lost your car's cargo rack, but didn't notice until you reached your destination. [...]

The origin story of syphilis goes back far longer than we thought

A 5,500-year-old fossil from Colombia has scientists rethinking syphilis origins. [...]

Factify wants to move past PDFs and .docx by giving digital documents their own brain

Tel Aviv-based startup Factify emerged from stealth today with a $73 million seed round for an ambitious, yet quixotic mission: to bring digital documents beyond the standard formats most businesses u [...]

The Doomsday Clock Is Now 85 Seconds to Midnight. Here’s What That Means

Catastrophic risks are increasing, cooperation is declining, and swift action is needed from global leaders to correct course. [...]

Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom

Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor. [...]