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Autism and ADHD are on the rise due to widening diagnostic criteria

A study of 140,000 people suggests that a broadening of the diagnostic criteria for autism and ADHD explains the sharp…

SpaceX alum nabs $22M to turn rocket engines into geothermal power plants

Critical Energy is turning rocket engines into geothermal power plants, and it wants to build 300 GW per year by 2045.

Why thinking out loud with someone beats thinking alone

Thinking out loud with others produces better problem-solving than solo thinking because conversation forces vague ideas…

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China’s New Sodium-Ion Battery Targets a 20-Year Lifespan and Stronger Cold-Weather Range

CATL unveiled a sodium-ion battery at a MIIT-backed event, claiming up to 15,000 charge cycles or 20 years of life and…

Semiclassical Gravity Efficiently Solves NP-Complete Problems

Researchers propose that semiclassical gravity—where the gravitational field remains classical while coupling to quantum…

Cockroaches scurry around with thousands of pieces of bacterial genomes

Transferring genes across species doesn't just happen in microbes.

U.S. pulling ocean sensors a 'shock' for Canadian research as El Niño nears

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The secrets to keeping your brain sharp in old age

Neurologist Emily Rogalski studies "superagers" – people in their 80s or 90s with unusually…

A quantum state that lasts forever may finally be within our grasp

Defying the laws of thermodynamics, experiments are beginning to show that a quantum state that is frozen forever might…

Walking shark found in Papua New Guinea is new to science

Hemiscyllium dudgeonae is the tenth recorded species of walking shark, which use their pectoral fins to move across reef…

Autism may have two distinct subtypes that vary by brain activity

Evidence is mounting that there are distinct subtypes of autism, and now, scientists have found that the condition can…

Arctic Ocean reaches tipping point that could be dire for marine life

Disappearing sea ice is letting more sunlight in the Arctic Ocean and boosting phytoplankton growth, but this has…

Technology is changing our perspective on nature – at every scale

Inspired by Ariel Waldman’s docuseries Life Unearthed, columnist Annalee Newitz explores how microscopes, drones and…

New way of making espresso with ultrasound

Researchers at UNSW Sydney have developed a new espresso-brewing method using ultrasonic sound waves with…

Key mission for Europe's commercial space enterprise scrubbed again

Isar Aerospace is not hurting for money, but it is sorely lacking in the currency of flight experience.

COVID vaccines still protect against heart problems, large study finds

Despite continued benefits, anti-vaccine rhetoric has driven down vaccination.

A Chinese rocket breaks apart dangerously close to the Starlink constellation

The rocket's breakup likely generated 100 to 150 new pieces of space junk.

Good news—we have extra time before the Sun ends life on Earth

Will the Sun roast Earth’s plants or starve them?

Has the answer to life's origins been hiding in our cells all along?

The surprising discovery of mysterious blobs inside our cells is revolutionising our understanding of how life works,…

Sperm have been made magnetic to allow IVF inside the body

IVF could be done inside the body using sperm that have been magnetised, allowing them to be directed to an egg while…

The social media ban is an experiment – here’s how it will be studied

Scientists have long grappled with how to measure the effect of social media on children.

Copper transport drug restores memory and clears toxic Alzheimer's proteins

Are useful and error-free quantum computers only two years away?

Quantum computing firm QuEra says it plans to make a fault-tolerant quantum computer and offer it to users through the…

Russia appears set to finally address long-term, serious space station cracks

This has been a persistent, behind-the-scenes dispute between NASA and Roscosmos.

A satellite just learned to find things on its own — here’s what that means

In April, for the first time ever, an Earth observation satellite found what it was looking for, all on its own.

We may have finally solved cosmology's chicken-or-the-egg problem

Galaxies and their supermassive black holes evolve together, but which came first is an ongoing question.

Successful Psilocybin Treatment of Alzheimer

A case report documents transient functional improvements in an advanced Alzheimer's disease patient following…

Why Delhi feels hotter than what temperatures show

We spent a day out in the city with a thermal camera, recording surface temperatures indoors and outdoors.