Science

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University of Delaware Study Finds Workers Hide Chronic Pain From Employers

Researchers surveyed 66 workers and found that workplace norms create a cycle that worsens pain while making it harder to disclose.

May 18, 2026

Tropical Forest Droughts Have Intensified Steadily Since the 1980s

A new study covering nearly four decades of satellite data found the strongest drought expansion in African tropical forests.

May 18, 2026

Falling Space Debris From Stronger Spacecraft Poses Growing Ground Risk

Carbon fiber components from SpaceX Dragon missions have already landed in North Carolina, Australia, Canada, and other locations since 2021.

May 17, 2026

Researchers Map Three Routes to Room-Temperature Quantum Computing Materials

A joint team from the University of Ottawa and MIT published a 20-year review of magnetic topological materials in the journal Newton.

May 17, 2026

Archaeologists Find 260 Circular Mass Graves in Sudan Sahara Predating Ancient Egypt

The burial monuments, some up to 80 meters in diameter, were built by desert nomads between roughly 4000 and 3000 BCE, just before the rise of Pharaonic Egypt.

May 17, 2026

Cancer Immunotherapy CAR T Cell Treatment Tested on Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Jan Janisch-Hanzlik became the first patient enrolled in a CAR T trial for multiple sclerosis at the University of Nebraska Medical Center on June 9, 2025.

May 17, 2026

Neutrino Flavor Switches May Determine Whether Collapsing Stars Explode

A team at Waseda University in Tokyo built new star-collapse models that tracked neutrino behavior in all directions across a range of stellar masses.

May 17, 2026

Giant Cretaceous Octopuses Over 60 Feet Long Identified From Fossil Jaws

Researchers used a new technique called digital fossil mining to identify 12 additional jaws from rocks in Japan, expanding the known fossil record.

May 17, 2026

AI Framework Uses Real-Time Data to Improve Wastewater Treatment Systems

A study published in Water Research describes a combined digital and green approach to managing ammonia-nitrogen in wastewater, turning a pollutant into a recoverable resource.

May 17, 2026

University of Maine Study Finds Consumers Pay More for Whale-Safe Lobster

Shoppers said they would pay an average of $3.42 more for a lobster roll harvested with ropeless fishing gear that protects North Atlantic right whales.

May 17, 2026

Unredacted Federal Data Reveals Tesla Robotaxis Crashed While Remotely Operated

Both crashes happened in Austin, Texas, where Tesla launched its robotaxi service in June 2025, and neither vehicle carried passengers at the time.

May 15, 2026

Giant Thai Dinosaur Named Nagatitan Is Southeast Asia's Largest Ever Found

The newly identified sauropod weighed around 27 tonnes and stretched roughly 27 meters long, living between 100 and 120 million years ago.

May 15, 2026