Someone made a 'camera' that can shoot at two billion frames per second

Brian Haidet, a scientist creating videos on YouTube under the handle AlphaPhoenix, showed off a camera in a new video that can capture footage of a laser pointer at the speed of light. The camera is [...]

Quote of the day by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk: "If you go back say, 300 years, the things we take for granted today, you'd be burned at stake for" — echoes of science fiction

Elon Musk reflects on advances we've made in the 21st century and how, in times gone past, they would be considered "indistinguishable from magic" [...]

Beyond encryption: Why quantum computing might be more of a science boom than a cybersecurity bust

While quantum computers will be able to break traditional encryption, we’re still a long way from “No More Secrets” decryption. [...]

RFK Jr.’s health department calls Nature “junk science,” cancels subscriptions

The move comes after RFK Jr. called top medical journals "corrupt." [...]

The report oil companies are worried about: Climate attribution science

New report says our ability to tie weather damages to climate change is improving. [...]

The world’s smallest pacemaker is injectable and powered by light

Engineers at Northwestern University have developed the world’s smallest pacemaker. It’s so small, as a matter of fact, that it fits inside the tip of a syringe. This means that it’s injectable, [...]

'Science fiction that happened': experts explain why OpenAI's 'mind-blowing' cyberattack should worry us all

This might be our first true glimpse of how dangerous AI could be in the future in terms of making hacks much more commonplace. [...]

'We’re still early, but it’s clear that AI will play a meaningful role in how science advances': OpenAI launches free Prism app for scientific research

OpenAI says 2026 will be the year AI "accelerate[s] discovery in several ways" and reduces the friction involve with research. [...]

FDA approves at-home pap smear alternative device for cervical cancer screening

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new device called the Teal Wand, which its creator describes as an "at-home vaginal sample self-collection device for cervical cancer screening.&qu [...]