JAXA is about to perform a Phobos sample return mission(science.org)

97 points by Muhammad523 8 days ago | 19 comments

Science news feature on Japan's MMX mission, which aims to return samples from Mars's moon Phobos to learn how it formed and possibly retrieve pieces of Mars.

Bonanza of new dates rewrites the history of the Inca(science.org)

24 points by pseudolus 7 days ago | 5 comments

Science news feature by Lizzie Wade on how new radiocarbon dates show the Inca Empire lasted longer than thought and faced more resistance.

Germany’s radioactive boars are a bristly reminder of nuclear fallout(science.org)

31 points by akolbe 3 years ago | 24 comments

UK's nuclear fusion site ends experiments after 40 years(bbc.co.uk)

28 points by samizdis 3 years ago | 34 comments

Neutrinos' maximum possible mass shrinks further(sciencenews.org)

70 points by thunderbong 1 year ago | 25 comments

How did Rosalind Franklin miss the helix in her iconic DNA image? She didn't(science.org)

281 points by pavel_lishin 21 days ago | 95 comments

Science news article reporting a new analysis arguing Rosalind Franklin recognized the helical structure in her Photograph 51, refuting James Watson's claim.

Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants(dpa-international.com)

828 points by mpweiher 5 months ago | 844 comments

A dpa International news report that Belgium is halting the decommissioning of its nuclear power plants.

Chernobyl particles reveal unexpectedly stable nuclear fuel after 40 years(phys.org)

158 points by geox 19 days ago | 67 comments

Phys.org news article on research finding Chernobyl fuel particles remain unexpectedly stable after 40 years; the capture shows a Cloudflare verification page.

AI doesn't need 'superintelligence' or evil intent to start a nuclear war(thebulletin.org)

11 points by bookofjoe 21 days ago | 3 comments

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists article arguing AI could trigger nuclear war without superintelligence or malicious intent; the screenshot shows a different article on Trump-Xi strategic stability.

Visualizing World War II(nathangoldwag.wordpress.com)

410 points by gaws 1 year ago | 85 comments

A blog post on Goldwag's Journal on Civilization presenting visualizations and maps of World War II history.

Scientific fraud has become an 'industry,' analysis finds(science.org)

402 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 350 comments

Science magazine news article reporting an analysis finding that sophisticated global networks are infiltrating journals to publish fake scientific papers.

The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran(cnn.com)

1103 points by lavp 8 months ago | 2393 comments

CNN news report that Israel launched a strike against Iran and declared a nationwide state of emergency.