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Researchers catch sharks off NY's Hamptons, attach trackers to toothy predators

Researchers are catching a wide range of sharks off New York’s Hamptons and outfitting them with small trackers as they…

Research highlights hidden impact of domestic violence on women and their pets

New research from James Cook University has found that women experiencing domestic violence are often forced to choose…

Reaching 90 without dementia doesn’t mean you’re in the clear

A study of people over 90 found that dementia risk remains strongly shaped by sex, race and genetics, with women and…

Voices: Utah’s mountain lions shouldn’t be sacrificed for trophy hunting

“Rather than science-based wildlife management, Utah is mandating the manufacture of more profitable trophy species,…

Where is the Roman Telescope in space?

The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope is headed toward a Lagrange point, a critical position in outer space where…

UK turned 50 tonnes of coal waste into reef; lobsters arrived within 3 weeks

Researchers created an artificial reef from coal-fired power station waste in Poole Bay. Marine life began colonizing…

How do you get middle schoolers to eat more fruit? Give them smoothies

At lunchtime in rural Maine middle schools, University of Maine researchers stood at two points in the cafeteria.

ZWO Seestar S50 Pro smart telescope review

ZWO's best pro smart telescope to date is perfect for astronomy and solar imaging, with a price to match.

Without new landers or rovers, it's helicopters or bust for NASA's Mars program

NASA's cost estimate for SR-1 Freedom is $2.1 billion, but that doesn't include the helicopters.

Growth hormone peptides promise to stall aging—but does the science stack up?

Sermorelin, tesamorelin and other growth hormone peptides are being touted as antiaging elixirs, but what evidence is…

A massive plume deep beneath Africa is pulling the continent apart

A vast plume rising from deep inside Earth may be responsible for mysterious movements along the East African Rift. The…

Ghostly green lakes merge in Australian outback after 2 years of heavy rain — Earth from space

A 2024 satellite photo shows a series of ephemeral lakes that merged into a single emerald structure in Australia's…

GLP-1s may work by activating an unlikely weight loss ally

Unfortunately, testing hunger neurons in a living person isn't possible, but the study's authors hope their data can…

Samsung's One UI 9 beta is finally coming to the Galaxy S25 family

The beta program is now live

Bonus crossword: Tints of life

Play a bonus science crossword that ties into even more stories from the September 2026 issue of Scientific American.

The brain, solved

The human brain has upward of 86 billion neurons, connected by some 100 trillion synapses

Scientists lowered Ontario lake pH for 17 years; trout still haven't recovered

A groundbreaking 17-year study on Lake 223 in Ontario revealed a complex response to acid rain. While the water…

NASA: Fill in a name, and you can have an exclusive coordinate in the universe

Article URL: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/roman-space-telescope/adopt-a-pixel/ Comments URL:…

What lies beneath: Scientists discover six never-before-seen mystery structures lurking deep inside the Earth

Scientists have uncovered six never-before-seen mystery structures lurking deep inside the Earth.

In Japan's mountains, a different way to manage bears

As a sensor sounded, scientist Akiko Takii hurried to a bear trap deep in the forests of Nagano, Japan, where rising…

One of Earth’s driest places was just covered in snow

Rare storms covered huge stretches of Chile’s Atacama Desert in snow and dumped extraordinary amounts of rain on one of…

Samba’s fiery farewell recorded

Yesterday, on 31 August 2026, Samba reentered Earth’s atmosphere at 21:39:38 UTC / 23:39:38 CEST as the third of the…

Food innovation in your kitchen: Giving peas, beans and lentils a surprisingly meat-like bite

Separating things and then putting them back together is a common principle in industrial food production. Agricultural…

Declining star formation not caused by simple 'fuel crisis,' new measurements suggest

The universe has been having fewer and fewer stellar "babies." Over the past 4.5 billion years, the rate of star birth…

The best new science-fiction books of September 2026

From China Miéville to Brandon Sanderson via a tribute to Ursula K. Le Guin, there are some really huge names with new…

Researchers catch sharks off NY's Hamptons, attach trackers to toothy predators

Just off one of New York's famed Hamptons beaches, shark researcher Greg Metzger reels in one of the day's prize…

Eruption of Sinabung volcano on Indonesia's Sumatra island prompts higher alert

Mount Sinabung on Indonesia erupted Monday, spewing a column of black ash and smoke 3,500 meters (11,482 feet) from the…

Bending ultrathin diamond sheets generates electricity, study finds

Researchers have identified a piezoelectric effect in ultrathin diamond membranes. This effect, previously unseen in…

Under Story by Chloe Benjamin review – this time-reversal melodrama is quantum hokum

A grieving couple who have lost their son find a way to a mirror universe where time runs backwards – but the narrative…

The Extractor review – Indonesian hostage-rescue thriller has surprising thread of gentleness at its core

Iko Uwais directs and acts in the story of a band of elite soldiers who must rescue a group of researchers taken…

Melinda Gates' father worked for NASA; women engineers there inspired her work

California to vote on spending $16 billion to boost research after Trump cuts

State initiatives this fall and in early 2028 will gauge voters’ appetite for science, but controversy has grown around…

Electrically Charged Raindrops Can Corrode Cars and Buildings

Researchers have found that tiny electrical charges picked up by moving water droplets may be damaging cars and…

Georgia cop kills beloved pet donkey in his own pasture as heartbroken owner demands justice: 'We miss him'

A Georgia family is demanding justice after police fatally shot their beloved pet donkey, HeeHaw, while searching for a…

Inside the secret shark nursery lurking just off New York’s ritzy Hamptons

Researchers are catching a wide range of sharks off the New York’s Hamptons and outfitting them with small trackers