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Muscle Memory Isn’t What You Think It Is

Muscle Memory Isn’t What You Think It Is

In her new book, On Muscle, Bonnie Tsui investigates the other stuff our thews remember—like how to grow when you exercise.

Finland Could Be the First Country in the World to Bury Nuclear Waste Permanently

Finland Could Be the First Country in the World to Bury Nuclear Waste Permanently

In March, Finland successfully completed the first test of its encapsulation plant, which, if finished, will become the world’s fi...

This Artificial Wetland Is Reusing Wastewater to Revive a Lost Ecosystem

This Artificial Wetland Is Reusing Wastewater to Revive a Lost Ecosystem

Las Arenitas is an artificial oasis that recycles used water from the border city of Mexicali to regenerate ecosystems in the Colo...

Scientists Are Mapping the Bizarre, Chaotic Spacetime Inside Black Holes

Scientists Are Mapping the Bizarre, Chaotic Spacetime Inside Black Holes

By understanding the churning region near singularities, physicists hope they might be able to reconcile gravity and quantum mecha...

As Summer Approaches, Federal Cuts Threaten Program to Keep Vulnerable People Cool

As Summer Approaches, Federal Cuts Threaten Program to Keep Vulnerable People Cool

Some $380 million is now in limbo after reductions in the federal workforce affected staff that run a program helping low-income p...

Scientists Think They’ve Found the Region of the Brain That Regulates Conscious Perception

Scientists Think They’ve Found the Region of the Brain That Regulates Conscious Perception

A new experiment suggests that the thalamus plays a key role in humans becoming consciously aware of stimuli their brain receives....

FEMA Isn't Ready for Disaster Season, Workers Say

FEMA Isn't Ready for Disaster Season, Workers Say

Instability, cuts, and a looming sense of dread have FEMA employees unsure the agency is ready for hurricanes, fires, and floods. ...

Thousands of Urine and Tissue Samples Are in Danger of Rotting After Staff Cuts at a CDC Laboratory

Thousands of Urine and Tissue Samples Are in Danger of Rotting After Staff Cuts at a CDC Laboratory

Workers who recently lost their jobs at the National Institute for Occupational Safety say they’re concerned that there’s no plan ...

Scientists Find Promising Indication of Extraterrestrial Life—124 Light-Years Away

Scientists Find Promising Indication of Extraterrestrial Life—124 Light-Years Away

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope confirmed the planet K2-18b has traces of dimethyl sulfide, a potential biosignat...

Measles Cases Are Rising. Other Preventable Diseases Could Follow

Measles Cases Are Rising. Other Preventable Diseases Could Follow

Amid an ongoing measles outbreak, the US is also facing a surge in pertussis, or whooping cough. As vaccine rates drop, other dise...

DOGE Cuts Pull AmeriCorps Volunteers Off of Disaster Relief Jobs

DOGE Cuts Pull AmeriCorps Volunteers Off of Disaster Relief Jobs

Workers for the National Civilian Community Corps were sent home due to “new operational parameters.” The program’s long-term fate...

The Wild Plan to Terraform Mars by Slamming Asteroids Into It

The Wild Plan to Terraform Mars by Slamming Asteroids Into It

If future Mars colonizers want to survive without pressure suits, they’ll need to generate a denser atmosphere. One way to achieve...

‘We Are Not Programmed to Die,’ Says Nobel Laureate Venki Ramakrishnan

‘We Are Not Programmed to Die,’ Says Nobel Laureate Venki Ramakrishnan

The structural biologist, who has devoted his life to studying the processes behind aging, discusses the surprising things he has ...

How to Watch the Lyrids Meteor Shower

How to Watch the Lyrids Meteor Shower

The second major meteor shower of the year starts today and peaks on the night of April 21–22. Here’s everything you need to know ...

Small Language Models Are the New Rage, Researchers Say

Small Language Models Are the New Rage, Researchers Say

Larger models can pull off a wider variety of feats, but the reduced footprint of smaller models makes them attractive tools.

Proposed NASA Budget Cuts ‘Would Decimate American Leadership in Space’

Proposed NASA Budget Cuts ‘Would Decimate American Leadership in Space’

The approximate 20 percent budget cut could force the closure of the Goddard Space Flight Center and would see projects such as th...

One Man’s Quest to Reforest the Rio Grande Valley

One Man’s Quest to Reforest the Rio Grande Valley

The Tamaulipan thorn forest once covered 1 million acres on both sides of the US-Mexico border. Restoring even a fraction of it co...

This Famous Physics Experiment Shows Why the Government Should Support ‘Useless’ Science

This Famous Physics Experiment Shows Why the Government Should Support ‘Useless’ Science

Basic research often pays huge dividends—but that’s not why we do it.

Japan Loses Top Creditor Status for First Time in 34 Years

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Japan Loses Top Creditor Status for First Time in 34 Years

ECB Rate-Cutting Cycle Is Probably Almost Finished, Muller S...

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ECB Rate-Cutting Cycle Is Probably Almost Finished, Muller Says

Swiss Inflation Turns Negative for First Time in Four Years

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Swiss Inflation Turns Negative for First Time in Four Years

ECB’s Stournaras Sees June Rate Cut and Then Pause: Kathimer...

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ECB’s Stournaras Sees June Rate Cut and Then Pause: Kathimerini

China forms new global mediation group with dozens of countr...

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China forms new global mediation group with dozens of countries

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