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Artemis II Mission Launches Successfully

At 6:36 pm Cape Canaveral time, NASA’s SLS rocket lifted off without incident with the four members of the Artemis II spacecraft aboard. During the first few hours, Orion will complete its journey into Earth orbit and, throughout the first…

Historic Artemis II launch sends astronauts bound for the moon

The Artemis II mission launched from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida AFP via Getty Images The first crewed mission to the moon since the Apollo programme ended in 1972 is on its way. The Artemis II mission launched…

Pee changes how some mushrooms ‘talk’

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Mushrooms are social butterflies. Seemingly small communities of fungi separated by hundreds of feet are frequently connected via vast underground webs known as mycelial…

Scientists found a baby dinosaur hidden in rock and it is surprisingly cute

In South Korea, a playful green cartoon dinosaur named Dooly, known for the two small tufts of hair on his head, has been a favorite for generations. So when scientists uncovered a new species of young dinosaur on Aphae Island,…

Mr. Resident Evil signs a deal with Mr. Stellar Blade

Resident Evil legend Shinji Mikami’s new studio, Unbound Inc., has been acquired by Shift Up, the company behind Stellar Blade and Goddess of Victory: Nikke. Unbound’s unannounced games will be fully supported and distributed by South Korean publisher Shift Up,…

The Artemis Moon base project is legally dubious

With NASA planning to launch four astronauts on Wednesday on its Artemis II mission, the race to return to the Moon is back on. The current mission will see astronauts aboard the Orion capsule travel around the Moon before returning…

Meta’s natural gas binge could power South Dakota

Data centers have gotten so large that their power demands now rival entire U.S. states. Take Meta’s Hyperion AI data center, for example. When completed, the new AI data center will draw as much electricity as South Dakota. Last week,…

The New Era of Militia Influencers

Just over a week into the US and Israel’s war with Iran, Eric Roscher, an Air Force veteran, published a YouTube video on what he describes as the “very real concerns surrounding sleeper cells and terrorist threats” in the US….

Virus from marine animals is causing weird eye problems in people

Dozens of people with glaucoma-like symptoms have tested positive for a virus that we thought affected only marine life Virginie Vaes/Getty Images A virus that ordinarily affects marine animals has caused glaucoma-like symptoms and even irreversible vision loss in a…

Do water picks really work? Dentists weigh in.

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Perhaps you are one of the many Americans who have a small boxy tank balanced precariously on their bathroom sink. Or maybe you’ve seen…