Don't miss the moon cozy up to Saturn on Dec. 26.

Bank of America Chairman and CEO Brian Moynihan spoke with "Face The Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan ahead of President Trump's move to replace Jerome Powell with a new chair of the Federal Reserve. CBS News contributor Javier David has more.

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A bomb cyclone could dump 1 to 2 feet of snow on the upper Great Lakes, per the National Weather Service.

From left to right, NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot; Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander; CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist, and NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist, suit up and walk out of the Neil A. Armstrong…

University of Arizona About 300 years ago, Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus set out on a bold quest: to identify and name every living organism on Earth. Now celebrated as the father of...

UK lender is latest major bank to retreat from sector in pivot towards lucrative corporate clients

Wes Streeting’s wish for deeper trade relations to help fight against Farage is shared by growing number of MPsWhen Keir Starmer stood on the Labour conference stage in 2018 and defied Jeremy Corbyn to call for a second Brexit referendum with remain as an option, it put him in pole position to becom…

Ferroelectrics could bolster “flash” memory in AI data centers and autonomous robots

Their heads and bodies of bats have amassed an extraordinary array of adaptations that have make them lords of the night sky. Today, the thousand-plus types of bats make up a fifth of living mammal species. Richard Dawkins once described the evolution of bats as “one of the most enthralling stories …

Analysts expect demand for industrial metal to outstrip mined supply by 2030s

How to watch Africa Cup of Nations for free. Live stream Angola vs. Zimbabwe in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations for free.

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The unsigned order, which prompted no public dissents, suggested the Trump administration could return to the high court if the federal district court’s factfinding mission commences before justices consider whether to formally take on the case.

NASA's SPHEREx has produced its 1st cosmic map, revealing the entire sky in 102 colors. Take a look at this spectacular map.
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ETH Zurich scientists have created “MetaGraph,” a revolutionary DNA search engine that functions like Google for genetic data. By compressing global genomic datasets by a factor of 300, it allows researchers to search trillions of DNA and RNA sequences in seconds instead of downloading massive data …

From the moon and Jupiter to famous nebulae and galaxies, here’s your beginner-friendly guide to what to point your brand-new telescope at.

A new microchip-sized device could dramatically accelerate the future of quantum computing. It controls laser frequencies with extreme precision while using far less power than today’s bulky systems. Crucially, it’s made with standard chip manufacturing, meaning it can be mass-produced instead of cu…

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Tom Lee's publicly traded miner and treasury firm said it now controls more than 3% of ether’s total supply and is accelerating staking plans.

UK researchers will get a chance to develop applications for the tech giant's quantum processor.

You saw it here firstUPDATE: Read the solution hereThere are many contenders for “world’s greatest invention.” The wheel. The printing press. The steam engine.According to a new book, however, that title should go to the mechanised sawmill invented by Dutchman Cornelis Corneliszoon in 1593. Continue…

arXiv:2512.21905v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Recent progress in diffusion models has significantly advanced the field of human image animation. While existing methods can generate temporally consistent results for short or regular motions, significant challenges remain, particularly in generatin…

arXiv:2505.11850v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: The recovery of anomalies from backscattering far field data is a long-standing open problem in inverse scattering theory. We make a first step in this direction by establishing the unique identifiability of convex impenetrable obstacles from back…

Big AI companies courted controversy by scraping wide swaths of the public internet. With the rise of AI agents, the next data grab is far more private.

A complete rundown of the most important events across the music business.

Manchester United have signed Germany international Lea Schuller from Bayern Munich until June 2029.

Nathan Aspinall becomes the latest seed to fall at the PDC World Championship, but 20-year-old Charlie Manby sets up a tie against 10th seed Gian van Veen.

Companies like Phoenix Tailings, which recently began producing metal in New Hampshire, are using new processing methods to compete with Chinese suppliers.

Frontier artificial intelligence research and product startup Lemon Slice launched today and announced that it had raised $10.5 million in funding. The money will be used to scale up its real-time interactive avatar technology and drive broader commercial adoption of its application programming inte…

The funeral for French cinema icon Brigitte Bardot will take place in her hometown of Saint-Tropez on January 7, her foundation said on Monday, as France wrestles with how to pay tribute to a cultural legend who in her later years championed far-right views, even being fined for hate speech.

Harvard's free programming classes teach you how to think, debug, and adapt in an AI-driven world where knowing code matters more than ever.

If you're ready to cut the cord with Google, this option lets you host and sync your photos on your own terms. Here's how.

Ethan Zuckerman says his intentions were good when he invented the ads.

Tory Bruno, the longtime chief executive of United Launch Alliance, is leaving the joint venture for another opportunity.
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It’s a familiar scene – the wee hours of the morning are ticking away and your head is bent over a stack of notes, desperately trying to cram as much knowledge into your head before the test in the morning. Because of the way our education system works, this process of hard studying has become […]

US president claims widespread and varied emergencies to justify executive authority in first year of second term.

The Artificial Intelligence Security Institute (AISI) says the tech is being used by one in 25 people daily.

Entrepreneur Talifhani Banks has bought a modern delivery system to smaller firms in South Africa.

In the Peloponnese mountains, the usually hardy trees are turning brown even where fires haven’t reached. Experts are raising the alarm on a complex crisisIn the southern Peloponnese, the Greek fir is a towering presence. The deep green, slow-growing conifers have long defined the region’s high-alti…

AirTrunk, the Australian data-center operator that Blackstone Inc. bought in a record 2024 deal, is considering options including a potential real estate investment trust listing in Singapore, people familiar with the matter said.

Cancer stem cells (CSCs) represent a self-renewing population capable of fueling long-term tumor growth. In gastric cancer, the identity of CSC populations remains unclear. In this study, we established a gastric CSC population marked by the water ...

Chipmakers Nvidia and Groq entered into a non-exclusive tech licensing agreement last week aimed at speeding up and lowering the cost of running pre-trained large language models. Why it matters: Groq's language processing unit (LPU) chips power real-time chatbot queries — as opposed to model traini…

Every episode from the classic run and the 2016 revival is coming to Pluto TV on January 1.

GPS jamming has gotten cheap and easy, but there are potential solutions.

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I want this with every fiber of my being, but I know how scary it would be for me.

At the end of 2025, we consider reader questions (and worries) about the years ahead.

I need him to be a better partner—and parent.

Why the Coldplay “Kiss Cam” scandal made such a splash.

Slate approached the news in many ways: head-on, confronting the realities of a second Trump administration, and from unique, at times playful, angles.

Farming has long been seen as low-status work across much of Africa, pushing young people to cities in search of office jobs

Pakistan police have detained a teenage girl they say was radicalized and recruited online by an outlawed separatist group to carry out a suicide attack

Families of victims of the recent Sydney massacre are urging more federal action to investigate rising antisemitism and security failures

Protesting university students in Serbia have collected signatures throughout the country for their request for an early parliamentary election

Top diplomats from Thailand and Cambodia have started talks in China to address their border dispute

Folklorist/historian Adrienne Mayor on her new book Mythopedia: A Brief Compendium of Natural History Lore

China wants a human to intervene and notify guardians if suicide is ever mentioned.

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Conservation Biology, Volume 39, Issue 6, December 2025.

Conservation Biology, Volume 39, Issue 6, December 2025.

Conservation Biology, Volume 39, Issue 6, December 2025.

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Conservation Biology, Volume 39, Issue 6, December 2025.

Conservation Biology, Volume 39, Issue 6, December 2025.

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New research shows soil carbon decomposition varies widely. The finding has implications for climate change models.

New research reveals that disrupting our internal body clock weakens immune defenses and fuels aggressive cancer.

Anger over collapse in living standards prompts protests by shopkeepers in Tehran

International humanitarian law and the rights of civilians are being eroded

Researchers say that a huge 'spider' on Europa likely formed when a crater-creating impact caused briny water to spill out onto the surface.
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Orion the Hunter may be the most recognizable constellation, visible from both hemispheres. It's best in winter from the north and summer from the south.
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When seabirds fledge at an atoll in northwestern Hawaii, tiger sharks move in to prey on the fledgling seabirds, disrupting shark populations in the area.
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Visible planets and night sky guide. This Wednesday, don’t miss Deborah Byrd’s video explaining a rare, triple cosmic event to start the new year.
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Every year in early January, Earth reaches its closest point to the sun in an event called perihelion. In 2026, it's on January 3.
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In December, January and February, we look away from the Milky Way's cloudy core toward the Orion spiral arm, with stars so bright they capture our attention.
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Sun news December 29, 2025: An M4.2 (moderate) flare last night launched a coronal mass ejection toward Earth. Arrival is expected late New Year’s Eve!
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Scientists thought there was a global ocean on Titan beneath its icy surface. But a new study says the moon's interior may be more icy and slushy instead.
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The 2026 January full moon, the Super Wolf Moon, is fullest on the morning of January 3. It'll appear full on both January 2 and 3 with Jupiter nearby.
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A UC Irvine team uncovered a never-before-seen quantum phase formed when electrons and holes pair up and spin in unison, creating a glowing, liquid-like state of matter. By blasting a custom-made material with enormous magnetic fields, the researchers triggered this exotic transformation—one that co…

Researchers have revealed that so-called “junk DNA” contains powerful switches that help control brain cells linked to Alzheimer’s disease. By experimentally testing nearly 1,000 DNA switches in human astrocytes, scientists identified around 150 that truly influence gene activity—many tied to known …

Ramanujan’s elegant formulas for calculating pi, developed more than a century ago, have unexpectedly resurfaced at the heart of modern physics. Researchers at IISc discovered that the same mathematical structures behind these formulas also describe real-world phenomena like turbulence, percolation,…

Researchers at the University of Surrey developed an AI that predicts what a person’s knee X-ray will look like in a year, helping track osteoarthritis progression. The tool provides both a visual forecast and a risk score, offering doctors and patients a clearer understanding of the disease. Faster…

BISC is an ultra-thin neural implant that creates a high-bandwidth wireless link between the brain and computers. Its tiny single-chip design packs tens of thousands of electrodes and supports advanced AI models for decoding movement, perception, and intent. Initial clinical work shows it can be ins…

Scientists have found that mushrooms can act as organic memory devices, mimicking neural activity while consuming minimal power. The Ohio State team grew and trained shiitake fungi to perform like computer chips, capable of switching between electrical states thousands of times per second. These fun…

Scientists have developed a new way to build rare-earth crystals that boosts quantum coherence to tens of milliseconds. This leap could extend quantum communication distances from city blocks to entire continents. The method uses atom-by-atom construction for unprecedented material purity.

Electrons can freeze into strange geometric crystals and then melt back into liquid-like motion under the right quantum conditions. Researchers identified how to tune these transitions and even discovered a bizarre “pinball” state where some electrons stay locked in place while others dart around fr…

New supercomputer simulations hint that dark energy might be dynamic, not constant, subtly reshaping the Universe’s structure. The findings align with recent DESI observations, offering the strongest evidence yet for an evolving cosmic force.

People think online platforms are overflowing with toxic and misleading content, but the reality is far calmer. A small group of highly active users creates most of the harm, while the majority remain relatively civil. Still, many Americans assume the worst about each other because of this imbalance…

Engineers at the University of Delaware have uncovered a way to bridge magnetism and electricity through magnons—tiny waves that carry information without electrical current. These magnetic waves can generate measurable electric signals within antiferromagnetic materials, offering a possible foundat…

From Vance’s shock Munich speech to the release of the Epstein files, Trump’s return to power has shaped the year

Ukraine president says after talks with Donald Trump that 15-year pledge would not be enough to deter Russia