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Here are the 2022 Breakthrough Prize winners
2022 Breakthrough Prize winners made discoveries leading to Covid-19 vaccines, treatments for neurological diseases, and more precise quantum clocks.
September 10, 2021
Reptiles as pets: dispelling the myths
Increasingly, people oppose owning reptiles as pets, believing they pose a danger to public health or are too cold to love. Why do reptiles get a bad rap?
September 1, 2021
Nuclear fusion ignition: Big laboratory breakthrough
Nuclear fusion ignition was triggered in a lab for the first time, and it could lead the way to clean energy and insights into the Big Bang.
August 26, 2021
ESA screens a record number of astronaut hopefuls
Astronaut hopefuls are being asked for their patience as ESA processes over 23,000 applications to its astronaut recruitment; a number that far exceeds the agency’s most optimistic forecasts.
August 24, 2021
Blockchains work like DNA in cells, scientists say
Blockchains work like DNA, says a new study. Its instructions are replicated across thousands of "nodes," much as DNA is replicated in cells.
August 22, 2021
Happy Friday 13th, y’all
A Friday 13th has to fall in a calendar month that starts on a Sunday. In 2021, August 1 is on a Sunday. So August 13 must fall on a Friday!
August 13, 2021
A year with 13 Friday the 13ths?
If we adopted the International Fixed Calendar, we'd have 13 months. And each month would contain a Friday the 13th.
August 13, 2021
New odds on asteroid Bennu. Will it strike Earth?
At a press conference August 11, 2021, planetary scientists released new odds on asteroid Bennu and its potential to strike Earth.
August 12, 2021
Caroline Herschel Medal to honor women astronomers
Learn about the Caroline Herschel Medal, meant to honor the contributions of women astronomers. And meet the women who helped shape astronomy.
July 29, 2021
Major 8.2-magnitude earthquake rocks Alaska
Sirens sounded across Alaska's Kodiak island last night, after an 8.2-magnitude earthquake prompted tsunami warmings.
July 29, 2021
