Blue Origin, the space launch company founded by Jeff Bezos, achieved a successful recovery of its first reused orbital-class rocket, but the payload it placed into space has ended up in the wrong location. The New Glenn rocket lifted off …
Drop a gram of fructose into a human liver cell and something strange happens in the first few seconds. An enzyme called ketohexokinase grabs it, slaps a phosphate onto the first carbon, and sets off a small metabolic fire. ATP, …
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Anthropic is moving into a new London office as it seeks to expand its research and commercial footprint in Europe, setting up a scrap between the leading AI labs for talent emerging from British universities. The company, which opened its …
Some people’s genes influence how much weight they will lose and what side effects they will experience while taking GLP-1 drugs, such as Ozempic and Zepbound. The genetic testing company 23andMe conducted a study of more than 27,000 customers who …
April 14, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Scientists just discovered 5.6 million bees under a New York State cemetery This whopping bee aggregation is one of the largest and oldest ever recorded, according to a new …
After receiving a stem cell transplant from his brother, a 63-year-old Norwegian man known as the “Oslo patient” has become one of only a handful of people to see their HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) go into long-term remission. While HIV …
The astronauts of the Artemis II mission have made it home. Their journey, which began in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 1 April, took them around the moon and further from Earth than any human has travelled before. On 10 …
Genetic changes enabled animals to repeatedly adapt from water to land, reshaping life on Earth. The question of how life first moved from water onto land continues to fascinate scientists. Early organisms would have faced entirely new environmental pressures outside …
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) remains one of the most pressing global health challenges, especially as aging populations continue to grow. The condition steadily erodes memory and thinking abilities, deeply affecting daily life. New treatments, including monoclonal antibodies such as lecanemab and …