Science

Science • Jun 08

Physicists create new family of Schrödinger-cat states

Quantum mechanics, unlike classical physics, allows objects to exist in more than one state at the same time. This idea is often illustrated by...

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Science • Jun 08

The Atlantic’s ‘Cold Blob’ Could Change Weather Across America

A new study suggests the Atlantic's mysterious "cold blob" may signal ocean current changes that could affect U.S. weather.

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Science • Jun 08

Tabletop experiment helps reconcile fundamental physics

Assistant Professor Haocun Yu is something of a scientific diplomat. In a recent Physical Review Letters publication, she and her colleagues show how a...

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Science • Jun 08

Car slams into Casey’s in Macon breaking glass out of front door

MACON, Mo. — A potentially dangerous incident at a northeast Missouri convenience store fortunately ended with no one getting hurt.

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Science • Jun 08

No telescope needed: Jupiter, Venus will appear to nearly touch this week

This week will offer one of the great opportunities in June to take in a special celestial event – a Venus-Jupiter planetary conjunction.

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Science • Jun 08

California's tectonic stress has reached record level, earthquake model reveals

Earthquakes usually occur along fracture zones in Earth's crust, where large tectonic plates slide past one another and become locked. Stress builds up over...

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Science • Jun 08

Newfound sound wave scattering rule may lead to less bulky, more effective soundproofing

Researchers in China recently uncovered a quantum-inspired rule governing how sound is scattered by certain physical properties of a material.

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Science • Jun 08

Starlink Rocket Launches Show SpaceX’s Competitive Edge

SpaceX has completed 660 missions and reflown a booster 583 times. The company's lead over its two main rivarls, Blue Origin and Rocket Lab, is enormous.

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Science • Jun 08

Frozen rat chromosome springs back to life inside a mouse embryo

Scientists in Japan have developed a rat-mouse hybrid embryo from a single frozen rat chromosome transplanted into a mouse egg cell.

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Science • Jun 08

SpaceX just launched — and landed — a Falcon 9 rocket booster for the 35th time. That's a new record. (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites lifted off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Monday, June 8, 2026.

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Science • Jun 08

Career waitress left her grandson a priceless gift—a vase filled with 7,679 quarters

A Montana waitress saved 7679 quarters from tips to give her grandson as an inheritance before she passed away.

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Science • Jun 08

A Falcon 9 booster turns 5 years old—and just set a remarkable reuse record

A little more than five years ago, a shiny white Falcon 9 rocket made its debut flight, boosting a Cargo Dragon spacecraft to the International Space...

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Science • Jun 08

These Tiny Gut Particles Could Be Accelerating Aging Throughout the Body

Tiny particles from the gut may be carrying aging signals throughout the body, offering a surprising new clue to chronic disease.

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Science • Jun 08

Scientists Capture First Photo Evidence of Dwarf Island Fox Not Seen in 20 Years

The Cozumel dwarf fox has lived on the island for thousands of years, but much about it remains a mystery.

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Science • Jun 08

Why the International Space Station keeps leaking

NASA's decision to order International Space Station astronauts to prep for a hasty departure Friday was the latest — and most dramatic — episode in a...

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Science • Jun 08

Scientists teach bumblebees how to ‘play football’

A new study proves bees can solve similar complex tasks to elephants and chimpanzees, despite their brains being smaller than a grain of rice.

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Science • Jun 08

Black hole feeding bursts may explain JWST's Little Red Dots in early universe

A new theoretical study may have cracked one of the most puzzling discoveries of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST): Little Red Dots, spotted across the...

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Science • Jun 08

Astronomers discover the earliest known flickering quasar

A supermassive black hole lies at the heart of every galaxy, including the Milky Way. When a black hole is active, it pulls material in as a whirlpool of...

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Science • Jun 08

NASA's Roman Space Telescope is launching August 30, eight months ahead of schedule

In brief: NASA is planning to launch its Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on August 30, a full eight months ahead of schedule and even earlier than the...

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Science • Jun 08

How Artemis II livestreamed hi-def videos and images from the moon to Earth

This April, humanity had front-row seats to space as the Artemis II Orion spacecraft transmitted crystal-clear footage of its historic journey around the...

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