Are schools making young people lonelier?
Schools are meant to foster connection, but new research suggests they may also be emotionally isolating spaces for many young people.
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Schools are meant to foster connection, but new research suggests they may also be emotionally isolating spaces for many young people.
NASA’s 2026 Gateways to Blue Skies competition invites collegiate teams to conceptualize innovative systems and practices that would advance current commercial aircraft maintenance, repair, and operations with the goal to enhance resilience, safety, and efficiency. The commercial aviation industry…
NOAA’s GOES-19 satellite may have captured the first natural solar eclipse from space, with the moon’s odd path explained by a spacecraft maneuver.
Home Depot is rolling out a new project planning tool in its latest effort to win more business from professional contractors.
NASA’s IMAP mission and two other spacecraft launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket early Wednesday morning (Sept. 24) to study space weather and its effects on Earth.
The team’s design uses fission reactions involving uranium to heat propellant.
An influential study claiming that drinking a small amount of apple cider vinegar every day helps people lose weight was retracted on Wednesday after an investigation found it contained multiple errors.
Researchers reviewing 46 studies found evidence linking prenatal acetaminophen (Tylenol) exposure with higher risks of autism and ADHD. The FDA has since urged caution, echoing scientists’ advice that the drug be used only at the lowest effective dose and shortest…

How massive can a normal star be?
South African diamonds have revealed nickel-rich metallic inclusions, offering the first direct evidence of reactions predicted to occur deep in Earth’s mantle. The study shows how oxidized melts infiltrated reduced rocks, trapping both the cause and effect of diamond formation.…