SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

When you think about browsers, Vivaldi is probably not the first name that comes to mind—but it should be. This is a Chromium-based...

Since 1989, astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell has tracked every human-made object in space. McDowell’s meticulously maintained catalog, updated every few weeks, is more comprehensive and detailed than that of most governments.From his front-row seat, he has watched with growing alarm...

Prime Minister Andy Burnham is facing calls to set a national waiting-time target for dementia care in England.An Alzheimer's Society proposal to set an 18‑week referral‑to‑treatment target has been backed by Professor Sir Mike Richards, England's former national cancer...

Diesel fuel prices in the U.S. continue to break all-time records, hitting $6.28 a gallon as a national average on Sept. 14, 2026, and they aren’t likely to come down anytime soon. Because diesel is...

Media accreditation is open for the next cargo launch that will deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. The 35th SpaceX commercial resupply services mission to the orbital laboratory for NASA will lift off...

When an immense and inexorable flow of rock, mud and water barreled through northern Nepal on August 26, it killed more than 1,200 people and left thousands still missing. The magnitude of the event caught even experts on the...

Even Americans with health insurance are piling up medical debt, according to a new analysis. One in three Americans with health coverage through their employer, the Affordable Care Act marketplace or the private market say they...

Major hormonal changes during pregnancy and the first menstrual period, known as menarche, are reflected in the brain. But during menopause, brain changes seem to take a break.In a study of more than 1,000 female brains, brain gray matter...

This year, AI agents have been escaping their confines to go on hacking sprees. In July, news broke that AI agents had snuck out of what was supposed to be an isolated test environment at OpenAI. The agents communicated...

Across Appalachia and the Rust Belt region, including throughout the city of Pittsburgh, former industrial sites are being transformed into new neighborhoods, research centers and technology hubs.But another transformation has been taking place beneath...