A 100-year-old theory explaining how Asia can carry the huge weight of the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau needs to be rewritten, a new study suggests.

In 2024, anthropologist Susan Greenhalgh's published a book titled Soda Science, which detailed the efforts of Big Soda to mislead the public.

Science fiction is a genre known for complex storytelling, and some of the best sci-fi films require a rewatch to fully understand them.

New James Webb Space Telescope observations present a fresh challenge to long-held ideas about the chemistry of planet-forming disks.

Aug. 30 (UPI) -- SpaceX launched 24 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Friday night. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 9:59 p.m. PDT from Pad 4E. The mission had ...

Early Earth may not have had the right ingredients for life — until a nearby Mars-size planet crashed into it, two new studies hint.

Hard sci-fi is rooted in scientific accuracy and logic, and 21st-century movies like Arrival and Interstellar are the best ...

Thanks to the planetary alignment at the time of the eclipse, a record-breaking 7 billion people will be able to see the celestial event. Obviously, weather permitting, but up to 60 percent of the ...

Asteroid Bennu’s samples show how surface exposure drives color changes and reveal phosphates and organics linked to life’s origins.

An American energy leader is warning that several progressive "green" groups opposing President Donald Trump’s nuclear energy plans are linked to a "web of dark money" groups.

The New Scientist Book Club has just finished reading Alex Foster's sci-fi novel “Circular Motion”. We liked it – but there were calls for a bit more science in this slice of science fiction ...

The American Museum of Natural History’s new Hayden Planetarium space show, Encounters in the Milky Way, depicts cosmic ...