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Rare Meteorite Proves Our Solar System Almost Had An Extra Planet

The solar system we live in today is not the one that formed 4.5 billion years ago. At least one other planet existed back then, and a rare meteorite is our first physical proof.

How Fast Are You Aging? New Genetic Clock May Have The Answer

A huge analysis of gene expression across species revealed genetic hallmarks of aging and could accelerate anti-aging treatments.

The Battery Metal That Powers The World Has A Problem. MIT Thinks It's Found The Fix.

Glass etching cream, the kind sold in ordinary home improvement shops, also dissolves silica, using ammonium fluoride, a far milder compound. If it could etch glass at room temperature, could it eat through lithium-rich rock?

The Blueprint For Humanity’s First Permanent Lunar Outpost

Phase one runs through 2029 and will deploy 25 launches to map terrain, scout critical water ice, and test initial equipment.

The AI Lab That Could Compress 20 Years Of Science Into Weeks

Materials sit beneath almost every meaningful technological advance, energy, computing, transportation, medicine. A lab that can discover them in weeks rather than decades isn't just faster. It's a different kind of tool entirely.

AI Needs Power. This Startup Wants To Find It In The Ocean.

Panthalassa's approach shares the same basic logic of escaping land-based constraints by moving computing infrastructure somewhere radically different. But going to sea is orders of magnitude cheaper and simpler than going to orbit.

The Cancer Therapy That Could Reset The Immune System, And Transform Autoimmune Disease

What seems increasingly clear is that CAR T cell therapy, built originally to fight cancer, may be far more than a cancer treatment, and that the immune system's potential to reset itself, given the right instructions, is only beginning to be understood.

AI Just Proved An 80-Year-Old Mathematical Conjecture Wrong, And Mathematicians Are Stunned

Paul Erdős was one of the most prolific and beloved mathematicians of the twentieth century, famous for posing deceptively simple questions that resisted solution for decades.

AI's Hunger For Power Is Triggering A Political Backlash

The vast warehouses of servers that power everything from cloud storage to large language models, now consume 6% of all electricity generated in the United States. New figures suggest that milestone has been quietly crossed, and communities are starting to push back.

Eye Drops Made From Spinach Could Treat One Of The World's Most Common Eye Conditions

The idea of human cells with limited photosynthetic abilities sounds almost surreal. But the underlying logic is straightforward: plants solved the oxidative stress problem billions of years ago. We're just beginning to borrow the answer.

Scientists Are Raising New Questions About Vitamin B12 And Cancer

Without enough B12, things can go wrong, sometimes seriously, especially if deficiency is not recognized and treated. Yet in recent years, researchers have been asking whether high levels of B12 intake or high levels of B12 in the blood could be linked to cancer.

Vitamin D Analog Shuts Down Pancreatic Cancer’s Shield In Clinical Trial

Can a vitamin D-based therapy “reprogram” a pancreatic tumor’s protective microenvironment, making tumors more vulnerable to therapeutic treatments?