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Scientists are uncovering new clues that a cosmic explosion may have rocked Earth at the end of the last ice age. At major Clovis-era sites, researchers found shocked quartz—evidence of intense heat ...

A June 18 testing explosion laid bare concerns about minimal regulatory oversight of Elon Musk's commercial space business in ...

Federal regulators have concluded that Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI ran a fleet of large gas turbines in ...

The massive and growing energy demands of the AI sector are leading to environmental controversies, regulatory loopholes, and ...

Chairman Peter Keller talks growing up, commitment and accelerating down that runway as the industry body turns 10 ...

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Matthew Thomas Jones captured the surprising moment during a frigid morning run to the store Jordan Greene is Society and Culture writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023.

A handheld device invented by University of Delaware physics professor Spencer Axani could democratize the study of high-energy particles originating from exploding stars and other extreme ...

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory releases its longest-spanning video of X-ray data yet. Credit: NASA / CXC / SAO / Pan-STARRS Astronomers have turned a famous star explosion into a 25‑year time‑lapse, ...