Analysis of six mummies from ancient Egypt challenges the idea that the bows and daggers buried with some royal women were merely ceremonial.
Year: 2026
SpaceX’s latest Starship launch attempt ends in a scrub
SpaceX’s first attempt to launch the company’s Starship megarocket on the vehicle’s 13th flight test ended before it could properly begin, aborting just before liftoff
Ancient chariot emerges among remains of mysterious society that burned down its own buildings and then disappeared
Archaeologists in Spain have discovered the remains of a 2,400-year-old bronze chariot that was used to honor the gods and may have had links to […]
Nobel Prize-winning physicist and team use Claude AI to solve decades-old math puzzle
Two physicists have used generative artificial intelligence (AI) to solve a stubborn mathematical problem in physics that had vexed researchers for more than a decade. […]
Thousands of liberated Africans died on a remote island after the British Navy freed them. We now know where they came from.
Little is known about the tens of thousands of liberated Africans who were buried on the remote Atlantic island of St. Helena in the 19th […]
A super-Earth exoplanet’s leaking helium could be evidence of a complex atmosphere
The planet LHS 1140 b lies in its star’s habitable zone, which already made it a prime candidate as a possible host for life
This “exotic weirdo” exoplanet has a rocky surface and an atmosphere
Astronomers found a helium atmosphere around a rocky exoplanet — a good sign for the search for life outside the solar system.
Speeding may be costing drivers far more than a ticket
Shaving under a minute off our daily commutes costs Americans $22 million daily
U.S. approval of giant ‘space mirror’ satellite alarms astronomers
A controversial new ruling from the Federal Communications Commission leaves no one responsible for regulating light pollution and other ill effects from skyrocketing numbers of […]
Genes offer new clues to stopping Huntington’s disease in its tracks
A new generation of therapies aims to intervene at a recently discovered gap between the disease’s molecular march and its neurological consequences.
FDA approves cholesterol pill more powerful than statins
Most adults have levels of a dangerous type of cholesterol that are above 100, but this new drug can reduce levels to around 50
An ancient Maya astronomer finally has a name
A Maya calendar formula bears the name Sak Tahn Waax, the first known Classic Maya mathematician-astronomer directly credited for such work.
Watch SpaceX’s Starship Flight 13 launch tonight
SpaceX is launching the latest version of its Starship megarocket for a test flight that—if all goes to plan—should look a lot like the last […]
Erratum for the Research Article “Elastic ice microfibers”
Science, Volume 393, Issue 6808, July 2026. Originally published at www.science.org
Dendritic cells control tertiary lymphoid structure development and maintenance in cancer
Science, Volume 393, Issue 6808, July 2026. Originally published at www.science.org by Raphaël Mattiuz, Jesse Boumelha, Emmanouil Aerakis, Jessica Le Berichel, Pauline Hamon, Laszlo Halasz, […]
Restored clearance of senescent neutrophils by tissue-resident macrophages limits organ aging
Science, Volume 393, Issue 6808, July 2026. Originally published at www.science.org by Yuting Jessy Tan, Travis E. Conley, Fuwen Yao, Fernando J. García-Marqués, Damilola E. […]
Tracing the origins of St Helena’s liberated Africans
Science, Volume 393, Issue 6808, July 2026. Originally published at www.science.org by Xueye Wang, Judy Watson, Helena Bennett, Andrew Pearson, Geoff M. Nowell, Joanne Peterkin, […]
Cyclic sealing and drainage on an oceanic transform fault
Science, Volume 393, Issue 6808, July 2026. Originally published at www.science.org by Hao Yang, Lingling Ye, Haijiang Zhang
Cross-cohort analysis of expression and splicing quantitative trait loci in TOPMed
Science, Volume 393, Issue 6808, July 2026. Originally published at www.science.org by Peter Orchard, Thomas W. Blackwell, Linda Kachuri, Peter J. Castaldi, Michael H. Cho, […]
Advancing science by designing for surprise
Science, Volume 393, Issue 6808, July 2026. Originally published at www.science.org by James Evans Casey Petroff Gary King