China’s 1st reusable rocket test fires engines ahead of debut flight (video)
LandSpace conducted a static-fire test with its Zhuque-3 rocket recently, an important step in the prep work ahead of the partially reusable rocket’s debut launch.
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Comet 3I/ATLAS could soon shower NASA’s Jupiter probe in charged particles. Will it reveal more about the interstellar invader?
At the end of October Europa Clipper will fly in line with 3I/ATLAS’ ion tail — but will any of the charged particles reach the spacecraft, and will the spacecraft be ready to receive them?
Targeted support boosts engagement and perseverance among repeat programming students
A team of researchers at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) has developed and applied a targeted intervention for repeating students to ascertain why a significant proportion fail again and to identify strategies to help reverse this trend. The project…
Scenario-based method enables businesses to rank emissions-reduction strategies by cost and impact
Compile an emissions balance sheet, evaluate climate-protection measures and implement the most efficient of these first: Researchers from three Fraunhofer institutes have developed a method with which companies from all sectors are able, based on scenarios, to evaluate their climate-protection…
Do we need to see to gesture? How blind people express concepts without vision
A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics recently set out to investigate whether people who are blind gesture like sighted people when talking about the world, and how their unique perceptual experience might influence the way…
Ideological polarization and spread of biased or fake news on Facebook are on the rise, according to study
A study led by Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) confirms the rise in ideological polarization and biased or false news posted on Facebook. This research analyzed over 6 million news-related URLs—from 1,231 different domains in the United States—shared on Facebook between…
Global supply chains benefit most from who you know, says study
In a time of tariffs and political trade disputes, new UBC Okanagan research shows that it’s not what you know but who you know—and how well you treat them.
Louvre heist: The turbulent history of the stolen royal jewels
It sounds like the plot of a heist movie. On October 19, priceless items of jewelry and royal regalia were stolen, in broad daylight and in a matter of minutes, from the Louvre’s gilded Gallery of Apollo in Paris. The…
Neil deGrasse Tyson on his new book and the hidden dangers of defunding science: ‘That will ultimately bite you in the ass’ (exclusive)
We spoke with Neil deGrasse Tyson about his new Q&A book “Just Visiting This Planet: Further Scientific Adventures of Merlin From Omniscia” arriving on Oct. 21, 2025.
AI can spot signs of depression in Reddit posts
A new study has found that artificial intelligence (AI) can now spot signs of depression in online writing, and can do so with high accuracy.