Sooner than expected? Useful quantum error correction promised for 2028.

Elsewhere, beyond-classical quantum hardware, plus classical computing fires back. [...]

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Watched a Planet Get Absolutely Scorched

The exoplanet HD 80606 b has a weird, elliptical orbit that brings it perilously close to its home star, causing massive temperature fluctuations. [...]

The Sperm-Maxxing Bros Are Actually Onto Something

Wellness influencers have stumbled onto a huge issue when it comes male fertility, though not every solution they're pitching is good advice. [...]

NASA picked Eric Schmidt’s Relativity Space to fly to Mars. It has never reached orbit.

NASA is partnering with Relativity Space, the rocket company run by former Google chief Eric Schmidt, to fly a science mission to Mars. Announced on June 17, the mission is called Aeolus, the first fl [...]

Hunter-gatherers in Siberia died of a plague outbreak 5,500 years ago

We can't blame the Neolithic Transition for the plague anymore. [...]

25 things that happen to your body when you stop exercising

From cardiovascular decline to mood shifts, here's what science knows about the real physical and mental cost of going sedentary [...]

After Senate vote, Trump admin backs off plans to kill ocean monitoring

It's unclear whether the system is currently intact. [...]

20 scientific breakthroughs that the experts got wrong first

From continental drift to germ theory to the discovery that ulcers are caused by bacteria, the history of science is full of ideas that were right all along — and dismissed anyway [...]

Pseudoscientific Cancer ‘Treatment’ Involves Gassing Naked People in Plastic Bags With Bleach

A London clinic owner has claimed he is treating people with stage 4 cancer by sealing them into a plastic bag while they're naked from the waist down and gassing them with chlorine dioxide. [...]