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LONDON — In the packed halls of the recent Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in mid-July, over 10,000 experts in brain research discussed strategies to beat dementia.…
Skywatchers across North America and Europe should mark Wednesday, Aug. 12 on their calendars. From a daytime solar eclipse to the peak of the Perseid meteor…
Happy Shark Week, science fans! To mark the occasion, we had a flurry of fishy features this week, including a first look at the secret lives…
Cats are known for the whiskers on their faces. However, if you look closely, you can see that they also have whiskers on their legs. So…
A private mission to rescue an ailing NASA space telescope may now need a rescue of its own. The LINK spacecraft — designed by private company…
Surfer, spear-fisher and free-diver Riley Elliott and marine biologist, shark diver and underwater photographer Kori Burkhardt put themselves in harm’s way in don’t-try-this-at-home “Shark Week” 2026…
Scientists at IBM and partner institutions say they’ve reached “quantum advantage” in a trio of experiments demonstrating quantum computing capabilities that even the fastest classical supercomputers…
LONDON — New blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease aim to catch the condition in its earliest stages. Scientists hope that, someday, by spotting very early signs…
Science word of the day: CovalentPronunciation: Coh-VAY’-lentWhat it means: In chemistry, a covalent bond occurs when two atoms share a pair of electrons. Electrons zip around…
Scientists put cameras on whale sharks for the first time and saw something they’d never seen before
Whale sharks may be the biggest fish in the ocean, but their feeding habits have remained mysterious. Now, new camera footage from the backs of these…













