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'Dungeon Crawler Carl' is getting a killer new comic book series
'The fact that I get to work with some of the greatest creators and artists working today feels like a dream.'
Bottled water and tinned food sales surge after UK government issues emergency stockpile advice
Retailers also report jump in purchases of wind-up radios and torches to deal with extreme weather and cyber-attacksSales of tinned foods, bottled water, wind-up radios and torche…
Earth may have formed much of its water as the planet grew
Earth may have produced much of its water during the planet's formation, as rocky pebbles reacted with the hydrogen-rich atmosphere surrounding the young planet, according to new …
Scientists reveal the staggering number of bat deaths at wind turbines
Bat populations across the United States face numerous threats, and one of the biggest may be the number of collisions with wind turbines. According to the most comprehensive stud…
121-million-year-old fossils suggest Longipteryx had no tail feathers
Around 121 million years ago, somewhere in modern northeastern China, an early bird took to the skies. If you drew its silhouette, you'd notice something was missing. Unlike any b…
Radio images reveal disturbances from Betelgeuse's mysterious companion that lurks within its shadows
The well-known star Betelgeuse has a mysterious houseguest—and it's shaking the rafters, rattling the pipes and slamming the cupboards (metaphorically speaking). It's causing enou…
Technician cracks 1,600-year-old mystery to replicate color-changing effect of Roman glass masterpiece
The Lycurgus Cup, a world-renowned 4th-century A.D. artifact housed in the British Museum, is constructed of "dichroic" glass that shifts from jade green in reflected light to rub…
Marine molecule may help combat 'brain-eating' amoeba
Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a parasitic disease that causes the rapid deterioration of brain tissue, is one of the most lethal infections known, with a fatality rat…
Anyone Can Dock: Molecular docking platform brings protein-binding predictions to smartphones, tablets and computers
A new platform, developed by researchers at the Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba, in collaboration with Mahidol University, makes molecular docking easier …
Are seed oils unhealthy? Why are so many influencers speaking out against them? | Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz
Randomised trials of omega-6s do not show an increase in inflammation caused by the fatty acidRead more in the Antiviral seriesIf you’ve been online lately, you’ve probably been b…
Webb links interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS to worlds beyond Neptune through similar ice signatures
A Southwest Research Institute–led study used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to examine ice grains streaming from interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, just the third object from beyond…
Mars rover tracks from a historic drive | Space photo of the day for Oct. 27, 2026
Rover tracks can be seen on the Martian surface, left behind by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover.
On this day in space! Oct. 27, 1961: NASA launches Saturn I rocket on 1st test flight from Florida to set stage for the mighty Saturn V moon rocket
On Oct. 27, 1961, NASA launched the first test flight of its new Saturn I space launch vehicle. Here's why it mattered.
Millipede from South Australia rediscovered and described 90 years after it was first collected
The new species Colobothrix deckeri is in the millipede family Dalodesmidae. It is remarkable because it is the first in its moisture-loving family to be found in a part of Austra…
'Porous anchor' that strongly bonds dissimilar materials formed simply by coating and drying
The National Institute for Materials Science has developed a technology to strongly bond dissimilar materials by using a porous layer, formed by a solution-coating and drying proc…
New converter could bridge light wavelength gap in quantum communications
Quantum networks, systems that connect devices using quantum mechanical effects, could potentially allow users to share information more securely and efficiently. Building these n…
'Star Trek' legend and sci-fi luminary Walter Koenig dies at 90
The man who portrayed the U.S.S. Enterprise’s Pavel Chekov has left us after a 60-year stage and screen career
Backward motion is easier to judge at walking speed
When we walk forward, the scene ahead spreads outward from a central point. Moving backward produces the opposite pattern, with the scene appearing to contract inward. These patte…
What causes mysterious long delayed radio echoes in Earth's atmosphere?
Baffling long radio echo delays have prompted a range of potential explanations, most of which focus on a variety of unexplained natural phenomena occurring in Earth's atmosphere.
Radio waves drive a fusion plasma current that could help reactors run continuously
For the first time, a team of physicists in the U.S. has clearly demonstrated a "helicon current drive" in a nuclear fusion experiment. Led by Jeff Lestz at General Atomics, San D…
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches early morning Starlink mission from California (video)
SpaceX launched 27 more Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit overnight (Oct. 27), aboard a Falcon 9 rocket that lifted off from California in the wee hours of darkness.
Astroscale proposes fleet of 'bodyguard' spacecraft to protect satellites from orbital attacks
Technologies developed to remove space junk and fix broken satellites can be repurposed to build fleets of bodyguard spacecraft to protect important assets from attacks.
As Election Day Nears, a Key House Race Remains in Flux
NY-17: Fourth in a series on the environmental stakes behind one of the nation’s most fiercely contested congressional races. After the Democratic primary election in New York’s h…
In Florida’s Gubernatorial Race, a Choice Between New Climate Policy or the Status Quo
Florida’s gubernatorial race features two candidates with very different views on the environment and climate: One largely supports maintaining the status quo in state policy whil…