Once a month, we feature a story from Lightspeed’s current issue. This month’s selection is “Death Echoes Overlapping” by ...

In addition to negatively impacting the visibility of the night sky, the increasing number of satellites also poses a ...

Framing the issue as a long-term risk for humanity, Musk suggested that remaining Earth-bound could eventually leave society ...

A session on the second day of the World Governments Summit (WGS) 2026 explored how artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming humanity’s ability to decode the languages of non-human species—from ...

Colossal Biosciences aims to freeze millions of animal samples in the hope of saving endangered species, or one day resurrecting them.

New tools unlock new discoveries in science. So when a new type of non-destructive technology becomes widely available, it's ...

The chemicals that helped save the ozone layer may be quietly seeding the planet with an indestructible pollutant.

From shifting continents to a dying sun, the future of our planet is full of dramatic changes. This video takes you through ...

A wealth tax on billionaires is a horrible idea. It is unconstitutional: a tax on wealth, not income. It’s never enough. The ...

Ancient volcanic rocks reveal how two giant hot regions beneath Africa and the Pacific have shaped Earth's magnetic shield.

V1298 Tau links swollen young worlds to the compact planets that astronomers keep finding, and its timing signals made that connection measurable. Future transit-timing and atmospheric observations ...

NASA has announced the discovery of an Earth-like planet orbiting a Sun-like star that shares several other similarities with ...