Science

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Astronomers Spot Six Young Galaxies Merging Just 1.2 Billion Years After the Big Bang

The compact galaxy group, called SCGG-z5, spans a region only about half the diameter of the Milky Way.

Jul 24, 2026

Stanford Engineer Builds Tool to Help Communities Fix Unsafe Drinking Water

The free modeling tool is designed for small water systems often run by part-time managers who lack access to EPA software.

Jul 24, 2026

Xbox Tests Free Ad-Supported Game Streaming for Insider Users

Players in the program can stream games they already own at no extra cost by watching ads before each hour-long session begins.

Jul 23, 2026

Handheld Breathalyzer Detects Fat Burning Without a Blood Test

Researchers found the device matched traditional lab results across 12 participants tested in a range of diet and exercise conditions.

Jul 23, 2026

Astronomer Searches for Alien Signals in Unexplored Radio Frequencies

A doctoral researcher at the University of Manchester used archived telescope data from Chile to conduct the first SETI survey with the ALMA array.

Jul 23, 2026

Unpublished Alan Turing Story Reveals Playful Man Behind the Genius

A six-page handwritten fragment held at Cambridge has been fully transcribed and studied for the first time, challenging the cold, isolated image of Turing most people know.

Jul 23, 2026

Soil Carbon Helps Crops in Normal Years But Fails in Extreme Drought

A Colorado State University study examined corn, soybeans, and spring wheat across decades of national yield data to reach the finding.

Jul 23, 2026

New Teaching Model Helps Aboriginal Children Learn Noongar Language

Researchers spent a year inside an Aboriginal playgroup developing the translingual yarning pedagogy method, which combines storytelling with multilingual practice.

Jul 23, 2026

Steam Updates Let Users Gift Games by Email Without a Recipient Account

Valve also added wishlist categories and a shareable link feature, expanding how players organize and share their saved games.

Jul 22, 2026

Seattle Raccoon Jimothy Goes Viral and Gets a Google Animation

The short-spined raccoon, spotted in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood, has been summoned in his Google animation over 1.5 million times as of Wednesday afternoon.

Jul 22, 2026

Marine Animals First Moved Into Empty Seashells 470 Million Years Ago

A fossil study shows the interiors of mollusk shells stayed completely empty during the Cambrian Period, then became densely populated by the Late Ordovician.

Jul 22, 2026

Northwestern Scientists Send Entangled Photons Through Live Internet Cables

Researchers preserved quantum entanglement at 94% fidelity over a 24.4-kilometer fiber-optic cable already carrying commercial internet traffic in Chicago.

Jul 22, 2026