SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

The ban comes after 1,100 responses to a consultation which strongly supported introducing an age restriction on the drinks, external.The new rules will come in via secondary legislation using powers from the Food Safety Act 1990.Too much caffeine can...

New research led by scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California has revealed the identity of a puzzling near-Earth object by precisely tracking its motion through space and using powerful observatories that image faint celestial objects. This object...

NotebookLM may not be the most well-known of Google's numerous AI products, but having been introduced as Project Tailwind in May 2023, it's...

Jeff Carroll was in his mid-twenties, fresh out of the U.S. Army, when a genetic test confirmed his worst fear: He was going to develop Huntington’s disease.He had watched his mother’s illness for years; the tremors first, small enough...

Ticks are small, and you might not notice when they bite, but the diseases they carry can dramatically harm your health.Each year, deer ticks alone cause an estimated 476,000 new U.S. cases of Lyme disease,...

The artificial intelligence boom in the United States is being matched by a data center building boom. There are more than 3,000 data centers in the U.S. and another 1,500 in development, according to a...

Will a warming climate and changing weather patterns lead to more grid blackouts and other energy disruptions? Answering that question requires studying both regional climate forecasts and local energy systems, including emerging renewable generation, storage, transmission lines, and demand...

After a slow start to Canada’s 2026 fire season, activity picked up by the end of June amid dry, warm conditions and returned closer to the 25-year average. By mid-July, almost 850 fires were actively burning across the country,...

Relationship OCD typically falls into two categories: one is relationship-centred, where you doubt your feelings, and the other is partner-focused, which centres around a partner's potential flaws. Symptoms mainly present in romantic relationships but can also affect other types...

Testing new aerospace concepts in flight remains one of NASA’s most effective ways to advance knowledge and reduce risk. The Dale Reed Subscale Flight Research Laboratory at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, supports this mission by using...