A mysterious bar-shaped cloud of iron has been discovered inside the iconic Ring Nebula by a European team led by astronomers at University College London (UCL) and Cardiff University. The cloud of ...

The Ring Nebula is a sight to behold. Located in the constellation Lyra, this kaleidoscopic doughnut of gas is the dying echo of a star not too unlike our sun. And according to a new study, it also ...

More information about a mysterious, energetic burst, formally known as a gamma-ray burst (GRB), spotted in space 13 billion light-years away from Earth, has been unveiled. The first sighting of this ...

Gum makers have claimed, for decades, chewing is good for your mental health. They’re kind of on to something. Humans have chewed on gum for millennia. Scientists are still trying to figure out why.

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The mystery of the monolith has been solved, in a reveal at The Game Awards that involved real-life actors and one of the goriest, most graphic ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The Game Awards founder Geoff Keighley has been teasing an upcoming game announcement, which happens to involve a massive, glowing, demonic statue ...

Could 2026 be the year of the beautiful back end? We explore the range of options for server-side JavaScript development, from Express to Next and all the rest. A grumpy Scrooge of a developer might ...

Facepalm: A widely used web technology is affected by a serious security vulnerability that can be exploited with minimal effort to compromise servers. Known as "React2Shell," the flaw may require ...

The Framework Laptop 16 is a modular laptop computer with support for user-replaceable memory and storage, support for up to 6 expansion cards that let you choose your own ports (or other features), ...

Poverty Point is an archaeological site north of New Orleans that experts believe was a major trading hub sometime between 1700 B.C.E. and 1100 B.C.E. A new study proposes that the impressive ...

Results from the State of JavaScript survey are in and the results may shock you. Compare frontend web frameworks like React, Angular, Vue, and Svelte. Find out how backend frameworks stack up like ...

Pigeons can sense Earth’s magnetic field by detecting tiny electric currents in their inner ears, a team of researchers suggests. Such an inner compass could help to explain how certain animals can ...