Science

Overconsumption of material goods is a problem with significant consequences, from environmental crises—it’s a key driver of resource depletion—to diminished personal well-being—it can lead to a host of mental health challenges. One popular answer to this problem is minimalism, a…

As debates about artificial intelligence and employment intensify, new research suggests that even warnings about near-term job automation do little to shake public confidence.

A meteor photobombed the patch of sky containing Comet Lemmon on Oct. 24, wrapping it in a glowing trail.

If the recent news of a new mathematics and statistics curriculum for years 0–10 felt familiar, that’s because it was.

Dr. Lin Dong on how language is a battleground in UK asylum debates, stigmatization distracting from real issues, and the path from judgment to understanding.

Elon Musk’s rocket company is clearing out its “gravel, tractors and space junk” from a once-pristine plot of South Texas land.

Air pollution regulations are meant to protect public health, but new evidence shows they also carry an unexpected cost: higher interest rates on the bonds counties issue to fund schools, hospitals, and infrastructure. When a county falls out of compliance…

Our team detected glowing nickel vapor in the gas surrounding the incoming interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS at an extraordinary distance from the sun, where temperatures remain far too cold for metals to normally vaporize.

From viral shots of Tiangong to a new deal with Astroscale, HEO Robotics is pioneering satellite-to-satellite imagery in orbit and even plans to expand beyond Earth.

Two Sydney PhD students have pulled off a remarkable space science feat from Earth—using AI-driven software to correct image blurring in NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Their innovation, called AMIGO, fixed distortions in the telescope’s infrared camera, restoring its ultra-sharp…