Giant Plasma Guns Could Be the Answer to Limitless Fusion Power By Rafi Letzter Los Alamos physicists want to combine two fusion-power techniques and finally harness the energy source that powers the sun.
Fluorescent, Rainbow-Colored Turtle Embryo Earns Microscope Photo Contest's Top Prize By Mindy Weisberger Photos of delicate embryos, feathery mosquito antenna and a frozen water droplet were just a few of the standout images in this year's Nikon Small World microphotography contest.
This 'Doomsday' Plane Was Designed to Survive a Nuclear Attack. A Bird Just Took It Down. By Jeanna Bryner This Navy craft is meant to communicate with nuclear forces in the event of a nuclear war. And a bird strike just grounded it.
Virgin Galactic Unveils New Line of Under Armour 'Spacewear' for Space Tourists By Tariq Malik Virgin Galactic and partner Under Armour unveiled a new line of "spacewear" spacesuits for future passengers on SpaceShipTwo.
Why Computers Will Never Be Truly Conscious By Subhash Kak Here's why computers will never be truly conscious.
3 Scientists Win Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Developing the Lithium-Ion Battery By Jeanna Bryner Three scientists have won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing the lithium-ion battery that powers everything from smartphones to electric cars.
Useless Self-Help Guide Offers Ludicrous Solutions to Everyday Problems By Mindy Weisberger A new book by Randall Munroe, author of the popular science webcomic xkcd, explains how to fix real-world problems by using science to find ridiculously complicated solutions.
From Brain Control to Multiverses, 'Rick and Morty' Gets Some Science Right By Mindy Weisberger A new book tackles the science behind the fantastic technology and sci-fi concepts in the outrageous cartoon series "Rick and Morty."
Why You Shouldn't Worry About China’s New 'Hypersonic' Nuclear Death Machine By Rafi Letzter China already had the power to kill you with nukes. This doesn't change anything, but it could fan the flames of an arms race.
Scientists Can't Agree on Whether Genetically Modified-Mosquito Experiment Went Horribly Wrong By Yasemin Saplakoglu Gene-edited mosquitoes were released into the wild in Brazil and some seem to have passed on their genes to the native insects.
There's a New Blackest Material Ever, and It's Eating a Diamond As We Speak By Brandon Specktor It's so black, it turns diamonds into "black holes."
Sleuths Find the Top-Secret (and Classified) Satellite Behind Trump's Tweeted Photo By Stephanie Pappas It was only a matter of time: Amateur sleuths think they've tracked down the satellite that took a high-resolution image of the aftermath of an Iranian missile disaster.
X-37B Military Space Plane Breaks Record on Latest Mystery Mission By Mike Wall The robotic X-37B has been circling Earth for nearly 719 days on its latest mystery mission, which is known as Orbital Test Vehicle 5 (OTV-5).
Hackers Could Kill More People Than a Nuclear Weapon By Jeremy Straub Digital attacks can hit many targets at once.
Was Deadly Explosion Off the Arctic Coast the Result of a Nuclear-Powered Russian Weapon? By Edd Gent An explosion off Russia's Arctic coast has led to speculation that the incident resulted from a failed test of a nuclear-powered cruise missile. Do the details add up?
'Mad' Flat-Earther's Steam Rocket Launch Grounded by Bad Water Heater Bought on Craigslist By Chelsea Gohd "Mad" Mike Hughes will have to wait until this weekend to launch after having issues with the water heater for his steam-powered rocket.
Completely New Form of Gold Created By Yasemin Saplakoglu Gold rearranges its atoms and forms a previously unknown structure.
This Mathematician's 'Mysterious' New Method Just Solved a 30-Year-Old Problem By Rafi Letzter The proof took 30 years to be solved, but it's so simple and elegant that you can summarize it in a single tweet.
