This bedtime snack swap could rewire your gut and help prevent diabetes
Prediabetes affects a third of people in the United States and most of them will develop Type 2 diabetes, yet…
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An Inventor Is Injecting Bleach Into Cancerous Tumors—and Wants to Bring the Treatment to the US
Liu has been making the solution in his rented apartment in Beijing by mixing citric acid with sodium chlorite, according…
Hubble caught a star exploding — and it’s helping map the cosmos
The swirling spiral galaxy in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week is NGC 3285B, which resides 137…
The Age-Checked Internet Has Arrived
Beginning today, millions of adults trying to access pornography in the United Kingdom will be required to prove that they…
Scientists analyzed 100,000 exams and found the best time to take one
To succeed at university, Italian students need to pass interview-style oral exams. Now scientists have found that the time of…
A Premium Luggage Service’s Web Bugs Exposed the Travel Plans of Every User—Including Diplomats
An airline leaving all of its passengers’ travel records vulnerable to hackers would make an attractive target for espionage. Less…
One small qubit, one giant leap for quantum computing
On July 8, 2025, physicists from Aalto University in Finland published a transmon qubit coherence dramatically surpassing previous scientifically published…
Steam and Itch.io Are Pulling ‘Porn’ Games. Critics Say It’s a Slippery Slope to More Censorship
Late in the evening on July 23, developers with games tagged as NSFW on Itch.io, a digital marketplace, began to…
People with eating disorders say cannabis and psychedelics help more than antidepressants
A pioneering international survey of people living with eating disorders has found that cannabis and psychedelics, such as ‘magic mushrooms’…
Paramount Has a $1.5 Billion ‘South Park’ Problem
“Right-wing humorists, the Joe Rogans and Andrew Schulzes of the world, they’re the ones occupying this offensive free speech space….