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Risk of ‘megaquake’ in Japan higher after powerful earthquake strikes
20 April 2026 @ 4:21 pm
After a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck of the coast of Japan and set off tsunami warnings, there’s an elevated risk of a “megaquake” following in its wake
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft down to just two working science instruments
20 April 2026 @ 3:48 pm
This iconic spacecraft launched nearly 49 years ago and is running perilously low on power
See Bruce the parrot wield his broken beak like a deadly weapon
20 April 2026 @ 3:00 pm
Bruce the Kea parrot is missing the upper half of his beak, but he has turned this disability into a weapon to keep subordinates in line
The strange way cocaine water pollution is changing salmon
20 April 2026 @ 3:00 pm
It turns out that salmon exposed to cocaine through water pollution do a lot of swimming—which may not be a good thing
Magnetic muon measurements and gene-therapy advances win $3 million Breakthrough prizes
20 April 2026 @ 2:22 pm
This year’s winners include hundreds of physicists across more than 30 institutions
Ancient Roman ‘machine-gun’ damage discovered on Pompeii walls
20 April 2026 @ 11:00 am
Recently uncovered damage to walls in Pompeii displays patterns that may have been made by an ancient “machine gun” called a polybolos
See the spectacular Lyrid meteor shower at its peak
20 April 2026 @ 10:00 am
The Lyrid meteor shower hits its peak from April 21 to April 22. Here’s everything you need to know about this annual celestial light show
‘Cocaine hippos’ raise tough questions, and scientists uncover insights on faster aging and heart risks
20 April 2026 @ 10:00 am
“Cocaine hippos,” underground bees, and fresh insights into aging and heart health
Why game theory could be critical in a nuclear war
19 April 2026 @ 12:00 pm
Military strategists use game theory to evaluate possible strategies—but there are limits to what this approach to decision-making can achieve
How a Renaissance gambling dispute spawned probability theory
19 April 2026 @ 11:00 am
A dispute over how to divvy up the pot in an interrupted game of chance led early mathematicians to invent modern risk assessment