Across the country, new laws dealing with artificial intelligence, healthcare, the climate, and a variety of other areas are set to take effect as 2026 begins....
Jared Isaacman said the US will return to the moon under Trump's presidency. NASA/Bill Ingalls Billionaire CEO Jared Isaacman is the 15th administrator of NASA. Isaacman has led and flown on two Space...
Hi HN, I’m a solo dev building a clinical search engine to help my wife (a resident physician) and her colleagues. The Problem: Current tools (UpToDate/OpenEvidence) are expensive, slow, or increasing...
Scientists warn that human activities are “eroding nature to the point of extinction” after releasing a list of new species named in 2025....
A solar conjunction occurs as Venus' orbit carries it into alignment with the sun and Earth....
China overcomes human spaceflight emergency and makes leaps with lunar hardware tests...
"I think every astronomer is going to find something of value here, as NASA's missions enable the world to answer fundamental questions about how the universe got its start, and how it changed to even...
Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI Five years ago, Tim Cannon, a cancer doctor in Virginia, saw that his colon cancer patients were getting younger and their cancer was more aggressive. He had just diagnosed t...
The galaxy cluster appears hotter and more mature than it should for its young age, challenging what we think we know about how these cities of galaxies form....
There are billions of dollars in it for companies able to kickstart mining operations, even if such returns are still years away....
Article URL: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00789R002800180001-2.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46417110 Points: 5 # Comments: 0...
The microwave-sized sensor detects 'spectral fingerprints' of important minerals....
From astronauts looping around the moon to spacecraft reaching Mercury and asteroids near Earth, 2026 is shaping up to be a landmark year for space exploration....
Elon Musk's Neuralink startup develops brain-chip implants. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Elon Musk is planning to ramp up production of his Neuralink brain chips in 2026. Neuralink develops...
Article URL: https://phys.org/news/2025-12-einstein-probe-ray-flare-nearby.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46471784 Points: 4 # Comments: 1...
Jupiter reaches opposition overnight on Jan. 10, when it appears its brightest in 2026 opposite the sun in Earth's sky....
Fewer outsiders, less feedback, and an uncertain fate for a new science board report...
Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.24617 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46542982 Points: 5 # Comments: 0...
Searches for dark matter particles have come up empty so far, driving theorists to get more creative with their ideas....
I made a web game inspired by Geoguessr and Wordle, where you get shown a 3D model of a random human protein each day, and you have to triangulate its gene name using similarity clues. My background i...