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Phys.org / Blue Origin reuses New Glenn booster for the first time in Florida launch

Blue Origin, the U.S. space company of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, on Sunday successfully reused and recovered a booster for its New Glenn rocket, confirming its mastery of a technical feat that could boost its launch cadence ...

23 hours ago
Phys.org / Your local fishing hole is getting browner, changing which fish species thrive and which ones struggle

The lakes, streams, and ponds you've visited for years are likely looking more brown than they used to. And people who are fishing those waters are likely catching different species and sizes of fish than in the past.

22 hours ago
Phys.org / When AI starts shopping for you, fashion may be entering a new era of pricing

Fashion has always been a bit different to other industries. Consumers do not just buy because they need something. They buy because they are bored, influenced or simply browsing.

14 hours ago
Phys.org / A cheaper way to fight 'forever chemicals': How pH-controlled traps could clean drinking water

Forever chemicals don't break down and don't disappear, but Florida International University scientists have developed a safer, cheaper, and reusable solution that could remove these chemicals. FIU chemistry professor Kevin ...

16 hours ago
Phys.org / Archaeologists have discovered 12,000‑year‑old dice. Here's what they reveal about the history of play

Humans have always been playful. But for much of our history, play has left little trace. Unlike tools or bones, games rarely preserve and the fleeting pleasures they produce are even harder to recover.

17 hours ago
Medical Xpress / HIV treatment reduces accelerated biological aging by nearly four years, landmark study shows

A major study presented at ESCMID Global 2026 has found that antiretroviral therapy (ART) reduces accelerated biological aging in people with HIV (PWH) by nearly four years, a finding that could transform how clinicians monitor ...

16 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Yoga may enhance traditional recovery programs, researchers find

Yoga may help support individuals recovering from substance use disorders, according to researchers at Penn State Brandywine. The team includes Kendall Taylor, a fourth-year psychology student at Penn State Brandywine, who ...

14 hours ago
Phys.org / Moroccan dinosaur's fearsome tail spikes evolved much earlier than we thought—new discovery

In the heart of the Middle Atlas Mountains in central Morocco, a global team of paleontologists and geologists has discovered new remains of a very unusual dinosaur. It belonged to the group called ankylosaurs, plant eaters ...

19 hours ago
Phys.org / 'Protected' seagrass meadows aren't necessarily healthy, because pollution doesn't stop at the shoreline

I spent last summer wading through seagrass meadows across Northern Ireland, from the sheltered waters of Strangford Lough to the exposed coast at Waterfoot Bay. I was collecting seagrass leaves and testing them for nitrogen ...

18 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Cannabis legalization spurs innovation, but not always in ways that benefit patients or public health

Innovation in health care saves lives. But not all health innovations have enough evidence to actually benefit patients.

16 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Improving oral care more than halves hospital-acquired pneumonia risk, major trial finds

A landmark trial presented at ESCMID Global 2026 shows that improving oral hygiene for hospital patients can reduce the risk of non-ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia (NV-HAP) by 60%.

16 hours ago
Phys.org / Why anatomy's naughtiest mnemonics work so well

Some lovers try positions that they can't handle—I'm referring to the bones of the wrist, of course. The phrase is a classic mnemonic used to remember the eight carpal (wrist) bones—scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform, ...

21 hours ago