2025-10-06

How to Get Your Kids Into STEM Even When Its Future Is Uncertain

Thinking about science and technology in terms of return on investment misses the point. Here’s what kids really need to know. [...]

2025-10-06

How to See the Spectacular Supermoon Dominate the Sky on Monday

You won't need a telescope to see the supermoon tonight. [...]

2025-10-06

Taking These 50 Objects Out of Orbit Would Cut Danger From Space Junk in Half

Old rocket parts and decommissioned satellites are whizzing around in low Earth orbit, where they risk colliding with the ever-growing constellations of modern satellites being launched. [...]

2025-10-05

OpenAI's Sora 2 answers science questions directly in its generated videos

OpenAI's Sora 2 can handle knowledge questions, too.<br /> The article OpenAI's Sora 2 answers science questions directly in its generated videos appeared first on THE DECODER. [...]

2025-10-05

The Mystery of How Quasicrystals Form

New studies of the “platypus of materials” help explain how their atoms arrange themselves into orderly, but nonrepeating, patterns. [...]

2025-10-04

How different mushrooms learned the same psychedelic trick

Scientists may have additional tools to produce psilocybin to use for medical purposes. [...]

2025-10-04

Why US Power Bills Are Surging

Americans are paying more for electricity—and rates will keep rising. But after a period of pain, rates should level off as the benefits of a shift away from fossil fuels begin to be felt. [...]

2025-10-03

A Newly Discovered ‘Einstein’s Cross’ Reveals the Existence of a Giant Dark Matter Halo

The gravitational lensing that causes this rare phenomenon cannot be explained solely by looking at observable objects—suggesting that dark matter had a hand in its formation. [...]

2025-10-03

Scientists revive old Bulgarian recipe to make yogurt with ants

Ants carry lactic and acetic acid bacteria that help coagulate milk, as well as formic acid to acidify it. [...]