SpaceX Took a Big Step Toward Reusing Starship’s Super Heavy Booster

A successful reflight of SpaceX's Super Heavy booster would be an important milestone for its Starship program. [...]

We’ve had a Denisovan skull since the 1930s—only nobody knew

After years of mystery, we now know what at least one Denisovan looked like. [...]

No One Is Quite Sure Why Ice Is Slippery

A thin, watery layer coating the surface of ice is what makes it slick. Despite a great deal of theorizing over the centuries, though, it isn't entirely clear why that layer forms. [...]

Rainfall Buries a Mega-Airport in Mexico

New Mexico City International Airport was canceled when only half built, and has since been flooded and restored into wetlands. [...]

Your Phone Pinging Hijacks Your Brain for 7 Seconds, Study Finds

It's tough to ignore the buzz of your phone when a new message arrives. [...]

Global growth in solar "the largest ever observed for any source"

The Energy Information Agency says we've entered the Age of Electricity. [...]

2025 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for macroscale quantum tunneling

John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John Martinis built an electrical circuit-based oscillator on a microchip. [...]

Fall Equinox Is Coming: What to Know and What It Looks Like

Later this month, you could experience an equinox sunrise if you're up early enough. The autumnal equinox heralds the arrival of fall in the northern hemisphere. [...]

Quantum hardware may be a good match for AI

New manuscript describes analyzing image data in a quantum processor. [...]