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Phys.org / Occupy Mars? Or the moon? Get a reality check on Elon Musk's plans

It's an age-old debate in space circles: Should humanity's first city on another world be built on the moon, or on Mars? As recently as last year, SpaceX founder Elon Musk saw missions to the moon as a "distraction." In a ...

16 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Tech Xplore / Age verification online can be done safely and privately. Here's how

Online chat service Discord has announced it will begin testing age verification for some users, joining a growing list of platforms trying to work out who is actually behind the screen.

16 hours ago in Internet
Phys.org / Five ways that AI could be reshaping your relationship with money

The financial industry is entering a new era, with AI and new regulations on accessing data transforming how finance works. These changes are giving people more options to manage their money in new ways—taking us closer ...

16 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / The postpartum experience: Recognizing complications

Postpartum experiences are as unique as the pregnancies that come before them. Because of this, it can be difficult to recognize what's normal and what could be a complication—even if you've given birth before.

15 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Dialog / Natural selection can work at many levels, from molecules to ecosystems

When most people think about natural selection, they imagine individuals competing with one another: The fastest animal escapes predators, the strongest plant produces more seeds, and the most resistant bacteria better survive ...

18 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Intermittent fasting doesn't have an edge for weight loss, but might still work for some, research shows

Intermittent fasting has become a buzzword in nutrition circles, with many people looking to it as a way to lose weight or improve their health.

16 hours ago in Overweight & Obesity
Medical Xpress / Watching the 2026 Winter Olympics? Here is why athletes treat danger differently

Imagine soaring more than 400 feet in the air before landing on skis, launching off a nearly 50-foot platform strapped to a snowboard, or sledding face first over 80 miles an hour down a sheet of ice—on purpose. Spectators ...

Phys.org / Is teasing playful or harmful? It depends on a number of factors

Picture this: A group of girls are sitting at a table in the lunchroom when a boy walks by. One girl turns to another girl and laughingly says, "Oh, isn't that your boyfriend? You should go kiss him!"

17 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Brain injury is almost ten times more common in unhoused people. Addressing it is key to reducing homelessness

On any given night, 60,000 people in Canada will go to sleep homeless. Research estimates that more than half of them have had a brain injury at one point in their lives, most of them being injured before becoming homeless. ...

17 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / A trillionth of a second: How lasers may sharpen next-gen cryo-ET microscopy

The laser you see in the photo above may one day enhance images taken by the most powerful microscopes in biology. This advancement, detailed in a paper published in eLife from scientists at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute ...

19 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / NASA moon rocket hit by new problem, putting March launch with astronauts in jeopardy

NASA's new moon rocket suffered another setback Saturday, putting next month's planned launch with astronauts in jeopardy.

22 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Antarctic drilling peers deep into ice shelf's past

Scientists say they have drilled deeper than ever beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, peering back millions of years to reveal signs it was once, at least in part, open ocean.

20 hours ago in Earth