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Fujifilm X-E5 Mirrorless Camera Review: Compact Color Science in a Retro Package

Did you want the TikTok-popular X100VI, but with an interchangeable lens? The Fujifilm X-E5 has you covered.

Science Discovers a New Destiny for Your Old Mattress

Figuring out what to do with an unwanted mattress is the worst.

The Artemis 2 Astronauts Will Observe Parts of the Moon Humans Have Never Laid Eyes On

NASA’s Artemis 2 mission is no mere test flight. The crew will partake in some seriously mind-blowing science during their 10-day trip around the Moon.

I Really Hope the New ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Anime Keeps the Major’s Manga Goofiness

Science Saru's new spin on the iconic sci-fi manga has a chance to bring back some whimsy in a major way.

Despair-Inducing Analysis Shows AI Eroding the Reliability of Science Publishing

A flood of slop has arrived in science, and everyone has to get less lazy. But does 2026 feel like a time when anyone, anywhere, is getting less lazy?

What happens in space during a medical emergency?

BBC science correspondent Pallab Ghosh explains what happens if an astronaut gets ill in space.

The first privately funded space-based telescope is in the works

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife Wendy could help make history with a new project unveiled on Wednesday, the Lazuli Space Observatory. As reported by Science, the telescope was announced at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society this week, …

This soft humanoid robot is designed to be ‘physically safe and socially approachable’

A startup called Fauna Robotics has revealed a new humanoid robot called Sprout it's been developing over the past two years. Standing around 3.5-feet tall, Sprout's design, featuring a soft padded exterior, a wide head, and expressive mechanical eyebrows, wa…

Japan votes in snap election as PM Takaichi takes a gamble

Observers say Sanae Takaichi's personal popularity may boost the ruling party's showing at the polls.

Fruit Barely Heals You In Smash Bros. Because Of Science

Also: Battlefield 6 was one of 2025's most-downloaded games on PS5 The post Fruit Barely Heals You In Smash Bros. Because Of Science appeared first on Kotaku.

Moonsighting project unites science and religion

The project hopes to end 'moon wars' between Mosques across the UK.

OpenAI will focus on 'practical adoption' of AI in 2026, CFO says

OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar said the company is focused on "practical adoption" in 2026, especially in health, science, and enterprise.

James Cameron says he left the US and moved to New Zealand for his 'sanity'

Granted New Zealand citizenship last year, James Cameron says part of the country's appeal is that it 'believes in science.'

The Oceans Just Keep Getting Hotter

For the eighth year in a row, the world’s oceans absorbed a record-breaking amount of heat in 2025. It was equivalent to the energy it would take to boil 2 billion Olympic swimming pools.

Ian McKellen May Have Revealed a Big Magneto Moment in ‘Avengers: Doomsday’

Plus, Maika Monroe has a hopeful update on the 'It Follows' sequel.

George R.R. Martin Almost Planned a Very Different Kind of Targaryen Power for ‘Game of Thrones’

There have been some hints of it in 'House of the Dragon' and 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.'

Regrowing Teeth Might Not Be Science Fiction Anymore

The human body is remarkably good at handling repairs. Cut the skin, and the blood will clot over the wound and the healing process begins. Break a bone, and the body will knit it back together as …

Company owned by President Trump surprises observers with unexpected partnership: 'To guarantee America's dominance'

"We have the science solved."

Political science professor talks about María Corina Machado's meeting with Trump

NPR's A Martinez talks to Eduardo Gamarra, a politics and international relations professor at Florida International University, about María Corina Machado's meeting with President Trump.

Nikon Z5II Review: Fantastic Camera at a Budget Price

The second version of Nikon’s Z5 brings improved autofocus, faster burst rates, and impressive video specs, making it one of the best “entry-level” full-frame cameras on the market.

Doctors ignore new federal vaccine recommendations to stick with science

Science sleuths think they found Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA

Advances in genetics might help us see what set the Renaissance man apart.

Opinion: Remembering Renee Good

Renee Good won a national prize six years ago for her poem "On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs," which muses on science and faith. Good was shot to death by an ICE agent this week in Minneapolis.

An ‘Intimacy Crisis’ Is Driving the Dating Divide

In his book "The Intimate Animal," sex and relationships researcher Justin Garcia says people have miscalculated their need for human intimacy, which is the real issue at root of the loneliness epidemic.

Fake news and trust

Celebrity gossip, fortune-telling and superstitions are the original forms of fake news, but now it’s increasingly widespread. In every field from science to world affairs, it’s troubling to see. People who are familiar with reality can’t understand why it’s …

Can science explain consciousness?

A dive into how scientists are trying to understand what consciousness is and where it comes from

Science crossword: Consciousness carriers

Play this crossword inspired by the February 2026 issue of Scientific American.

Anker goes big with new whole home backup system

Homeowners in search of grid independence have another option today with the launch of Anker's Solix E10 big-ass battery system. It joins companies like Tesla and EcoFlow in offering whole-home backup solutions in the US market meant to counter blackouts and …

Fitbit’s founders launch a new platform for monitoring your entire family’s health

James Park and Eric Friedman, the co-founders of Fitbit who left Google two years ago, have announced a new venture called Luffu. Described as an "intelligent family care system," Luffu collects and logs health and medical information from connected devices, …

Microsoft scrambles to quell fury around its new AI data centers

It looks like the wave of campaigns against data centers are getting under big tech companies' skin - and Microsoft is the latest giant to promise to address frustrations on the ground in communities around their data centers. The company announced a five-poi…

AI Boosts Research Careers But Flattens Scientific Discovery

Ancient Slashdot reader erice shares the findings from a recent study showing that while AI helped researchers publish more often and boosted their careers, the resulting papers were, on average, less useful. "You have this conflict between individual incenti…

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GPS is vulnerable to interference, so how can we make navigating at sea safer?

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New research on how forever chemicals get into our environment.

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What rare earths have been found in Greenland, and why do we want them?

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50 years since Concorde’s first commercial flight, is aviation going supersonic again?

Dietitians Share the Best Diets for Weight Loss in 2026

The best diets for weight loss are safe, sustainable, and healthy. Here, dietitians share the best science-backed meal plans for healthy weight loss.

PBS weekend newscasts shut down due to funding cuts, replaced by single-topic programs

PBS will premiere separate programs on science and foreign affairs next weekend after shutting the doors on its Saturday and Sunday breaking newscasts...

Google’s Sergey Brin admits he’s hiring ‘tons’ of workers without degrees: ‘They just figure things out on their own in some weird corner’

Google cofounder Sergey Brin studied graduate computer science at Stanford—but admits Gen Z no longer needs a degree to land a high-paying job at the tech...

Science Is Drowning in AI Slop

Peer review has met its match.

The Science of Fermentation (The Food Programme)

Fermented foods are more popular than ever, but what's the science? Dan Saladino reports.

Simply Scheme: Introducing Computer Science (1999)

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What the New Science Says About Sustainable Weight Loss (Hint: It’s Not Just Diet & Exercise)

If you’ve ever struggled with your weight, you’ve probably heard some version of the same advice: Eat less. Move more. Maybe try harder. But for many people,...

Defund Science, Distort Culture, Mock Education

It’s not just about cuts to research. It’s about power.

When Einstein Met Tagore: A Remarkable Meeting of Minds on the Edge of Science and Spirituality

Collision and convergence in Truth and Beauty at the intersection of science and spirituality.

What Happens When a Bug Rears its Head at Mach Two?

While some may see amateur rocketry as little more than attaching fins to a motor and letting it fly, it is, in fact, rocket science. This fact became very clear to [BPS.space] when a parachute dep…

China's Decades-Old 'Genius Class' Pipeline Is Quietly Fueling Its AI Challenge To the US

China's decades-old network of elite high-school "genius classes" -- ultra-competitive talent streams that pull an estimated 100,000 gifted teenagers out of regular schooling every year and run them through college-level science curricula -- has produced the …

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Nasa’s Artemis II rocket is about to be rolled out. What is the mission hoping to achieve?

China's 'Artificial Sun' Breaks Nuclear Fusion Limit Thought to Be Impossible

"Scientists in China have made a breakthrough with fusion energy that could finally overcome one of the most stubborn barriers to realising the next-generation energy source," reports the Independent: A team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said i…

Heal injuries faster with new science

Motion is the new potion, and rest is no longer the best

Something Mysteriously Powerful Slammed Into Earth in 2023. Scientists Now Have a Theory

The science here gets really dark.

Annoyed by loud phone videos? This app fights back with science

We've all been trapped near someone blasting videos on their phone in public. Developer Pankaj Tanwar got fed up with exactly this situation at Bombay airport and built a delightfully petty solution: a web app called STFU that weaponizes delayed auditory feed…

‘Veronika’ Is the First Cow Known to Use a Tool

This is the first recorded instance of a bovine using tools from her environment to relieve an itch—leaving scientists astonished.

The Race to Build the DeepSeek of Europe Is On

As Europe’s longstanding alliance with the US falters, its push to become a self-sufficient AI superpower has become more urgent.

HHS Is Using AI Tools From Palantir to Target ‘DEI’ and ‘Gender Ideology’ in Grants

Since March of 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services has been using tools from Palantir and the startup Credal AI to weed out perceived alignment with “DEI” or “gender ideology.”

The Math on AI Agents Doesn’t Add Up

A research paper suggests AI agents are mathematically doomed to fail. The industry doesn’t agree.

Sony A7V Review: The Best Overall Mirrorless Camera

Sony’s latest full frame mirrorless is a hybrid powerhouse with features to impress both video and still photographers.

RFK Jr. Has Packed an Autism Panel With Cranks and Conspiracy Theorists

Among those Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently named to a federal autism committee are people who tout dangerous treatments and say vaccine manufacturers are “poisoning children.”

Astronomers used AI to find 1,400 ‘anomalous objects’ from Hubble archives

A pair of astronomers at the European Space Agency (ESA) discovered more than 800 previously undocumented "astrophysical anomalies" hiding in Hubble's archives. To do so, researchers David O'Ryan and Pablo Gómez trained an AI model to comb through Hubble's 35…

OpenAI’s 2026 ‘focus’ is ‘practical adoption’

OpenAI plans to focus on "practical adoption" of AI in 2026, according to a blog post from CFO Sarah Friar. As the company spends a huge amount of money on infrastructure, OpenAI is working on "closing the gap" on what AI can do and how people actually use it…

Elon Musk merges SpaceX with xAI (and X)

Elon Musk is merging two of the companies that he leads, SpaceX and xAI (which also owns X), into one. According to an announcement from Musk: SpaceX has acquired xAI to form the most ambitious, vertically-integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth, with…

Trump and Mid-Atlantic governors want tech companies to pay for new power plants

The Trump administration and a bipartisan group of governors are pressuring the PJM Interconnection, the biggest electricity market in the US, to hold a power auction meant to spur a massive buildout of new power plants. Together, they're "urging" PJM to hold…

SpaceX wants to put 1 million solar-powered data centers into orbit

SpaceX filed a request with the FCC on Friday seeking approval to put a constellation of 1 million data center satellites into orbit. While the FCC is unlikely to approve a network that expansive, SpaceX's strategy has been to request approval for unrealistic…

This Robot Hand Pops Off and Crawls. I Hate It So Much.

Like a robotic spider! But somehow worse!

Millions Used Their Computers to Search for Aliens. Now Scientists Have 100 Signals Worth a Closer Look

For 21 years, the SETI@home project tapped personal computers to analyze unusual radio signals from space.

Blue Is the Color of Desire: The Science, Poetry, and Wonder of the Bowerbird

For all the enchantment the color blue has cast upon humanity, no animal has fallen under its spell more hopelessly than the bowerbird, whose very survival hinges on blue. In a small clearing on the forest floor, the male weaves twigs and branches into an ela…

Polyvagal Theory and the Neurobiology of Connection: The Science of Rupture, Repair, and Reciprocity

"The mind narrates what the nervous system knows. Story follows state."

Satellites Capture the Hidden World Beneath Antarctica’s Ice

A new map of the landscape beneath the continent's ice sheet reveals a previously undiscovered terrain.

Vintage NASA Jet Skids to a Fiery Stop in Dramatic ‘Wheels-Up’ Landing

A suspected mechanical issue forced the two-person crew to land the aging aircraft on its belly.

Computer science used to be a golden ticket to a lucrative career. Now graduates can’t get a job

February 2026: Science history from 50, 100 and 150 years ago

Giant atoms; corpses for science

Poem: ‘E = mc²’

Science in meter and verse

China is Geoengineering Deserts With Blue-Green Algae

An anonymous reader shares a report: Deserts are hard to reclaim because plants cannot survive on shifting sand, but scientists in northwest China are changing that -- by dropping vast amounts of blue-green algae onto the dry terrain. These specially selected…

I'm a Googler who pivoted from finance to AI. It took me years, but I don't regret taking the long path.

A senior software engineer at Google took 40 Coursera courses and got multiple grad degrees to shift from business to AI.

The hitchhiker's guide to Musk's SpaceX memo

Musk's memo announcing SpaceX and xAI's merger is full of space jargon. Here's your cheat sheet to bring the wonky language back down to Earth.

Podcast #1,102: The Click Effect — Inside the Science and Magic of Social Chemistry

We’ve all had that feeling — you meet someone new, and the conversation just flows. You’re in sync. You click. But what’s really happening when that magic occurs? My guest today is journalist Kate Murphy, author of Why We Click: The Emerging Science of Interp…

Waypoint-1: Real-Time Interactive Video Diffusion from Overworld

We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.

Science finds its song

Turning data into sound and music helps researchers to build community and communicate their science to a broader audience.

Are seahawks real? The science behind Seattle's Super Bowl team

Many different bird species have been affiliated with the Seattle Seahawks’ mascot, but none is technically a “seahawk”

What is consciousness? Science faces its hardest problem yet

Will brain science deliver answers about consciousness or hit another wall?

Which dog breed stereotypes are true? Here’s the science

A large dataset shows some dog stereotypes are based in reality, and others might be unfair characterizations

NASA quietly ends financial support for planetary science groups

The U.S. space agency will quit funding several independent science advisory groups this year

Epstein files show a complicated relationship with science and journalism

Jeffrey Epstein aggressively sought access to publishers, mentions of Scientific American and other media in Department of Justice files show

NASA Used AI to Drive Its Perseverance Mars Rover for the First Time

NASA used Anthropic's Claude for an experiment in plotting the rover's course, which the agency deemed successful.

Feature Selection: A Primer

My shot at explaining the statistical intuition behind the most common filter methods in Data Science and ML.

How Pioneering Physicist Lise Meitner Discovered Nuclear Fission, Paved the Way for Women in Science, and Was Denied the Nobel Prize

"Science makes people reach selflessly for truth and objectivity; it teaches people to accept reality, with wonder and admiration, not to mention the deep joy and awe that the natural order of things brings to the true scientist."

America’s new era of energy imperialism is about more than oil

President Donald Trump has no shame in admitting what he wants to get out of attacking Venezuela and threatening other energy resource-rich nations. "We're gonna get the oil flowing the way it should be," he said January 3rd, soon after his administration stu…

Masters spécialisés, masters of science : pour attirer les étudiants internationaux, les grandes écoles élargissent leur offre

Confrontés à une baisse des subsides publics, les établissements d’enseignement supérieur inventent chaque année de nouveaux cursus dans le but de réinventer leur modèle économique.

A bright light in the dark

The Nobel Prizes remind us how science can unite society and inspire hope for the future