A trial was about to launch for a vaccine that would ward off the HIV virus. It would be an incredible breakthrough. Then it looked as if it would be over before it started. (Image credit: Tommy Trenc...
Nature, Published online: 20 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00190-y The accuracy of eyewitness evidence is questioned, and a fossil collection examined when a geological society moves its London...
With the moon out of the way on Jan. 18, bright Jupiter and Saturn become stand-outs in the January night sky....
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"Dark matter can be red hot when it is born, but still have time to cool down before galaxies begin to form."...
Kimiya Yui released the timelapse footage to celebrate his 300th cumulative day spent orbiting Earth....
Crew 11- comprising US astronauts Zena Cardman, 38, and Mike Fincke, 58, Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui, 55, and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, 39 - safely returned to Earth on January 15 from the In...
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Even though the Red Planet's atmosphere is thin, wind is still one of Mars' most relentless sculptors....
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We figured out how to turn protein function on and off, with magnetic fields from small handheld magnets. More context here: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00204-9 Comments URL: https://ne...
Decades of human activity have left “irreversible damage” to the planet’s water supply, a new report warns....
Crew-11 is expected to splash down off the coast of California Thursday morning....
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2026 will leave stargazers spoiled for sights in the sky, with four eclipse events, multiple meteor showers and several supermoons....
Dr. Sue Hwang, a radiation oncologist, said her own experience with breast cancer helped her see vulnerability as a strength instead of a weakness. Tim Brown Oncologist Sue Hwang was diagnosed with br...
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A sample of a polymetallic nodule at the Viridian Biometals lab in Pasadena, California. | Photo: Getty Images The Trump administration took the next step toward unilaterally jumpstarting deep-sea min...