NEAF 2026 returns to New York this weekend with all-star astronaut lineup and ‘world’s largest’ space expo

Thousands of enthusiasts, professionals and curious skywatchers will gather this weekend for the world’s largest and most spectacular astronomy and space expo. The Northeast Astronomy Forum & Space Expo 2026…

Experts Finally Agree on What “Wellbeing” Actually Means

Summary: For decades, “mental wellbeing” has been a fuzzy, catch-all term that meant different things to different people. A landmark study has finally provided the world’s first international consensus. By…

KATRIN Narrows Down the Range of Neutrinos’ Mass

The Science    Scientists have known about the existence of neutrinos – tiny fundamental particles that almost never interact with matter – for 95 years. Nobel Prize-winning work in 1998 showed that their…

Doctors can refuse to treat LGBTQ+ patients in several states – these religious exemption laws lead to drops in HIV testing

An increasing number of U.S. states have passed laws that allow health care providers – including doctors, nurses and pharmacists – to refuse to treat patients based on their personal…

What declining vaccination rates mean for families in Allegheny County – where 1 in 3 kindergarten classrooms lack herd immunity for measles

As the risk of measles remains an ongoing concern, herd immunity in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, is already slipping. According to data obtained via The Washington Post in January 2026, 1…

Tobacco is still one of the world’s top killers – here are the key obstacles to enacting generational smoking bans

Smoking is really bad for you. Most people know that. Even smokers think smoking is bad for one’s health. But most people don’t know just how bad it is. More…

Health care sticker shock has become the norm, but talking to your doctor about costs can help you rein it in

As health care costs rise, patients aren’t just shouldering higher bills. They’re bearing more and more responsibility for getting information. Americans are facing a health care affordability crunch on multiple…

Eta Factory Ratchets Up Efforts to Catch Light from Dark Matter

Newswise — When astronomers point their telescopes to the heavens, they tend to look toward the light. They may search for the pin pricks of shining stars, the billowing of…

WWII Japanese Shiden Kai fighter raised from seabed after 81 years

A Japanese fighter aircraft dating from the Second World War has been recovered from coastal waters in Kagoshima Prefecture, more than 80 years after it was lost in combat. The…

The Artemis 2 astronauts got a private ‘Project Hail Mary’ screening before launch. Here’s their verdict

NASA’s Orion spacecraft and Artemis 2 crew just completed their awe-inspiring loop around the moon on Monday, April 6, as the world watched this historic record-breaking endeavor. Now Reid Wiseman,…