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March 21, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you ...

The much-anticipated sci-fi film Project Hail Mary is out in theaters today. In it, light-eating alien microbes sap the sun’s ...

Ahead of the film adaptation’s release, Weir talked to Popular Mechanics about creating accurate sci-fi tech, protagonist ...

A sweeping new study from Northwestern University reveals that scientific fraud is no longer just the work of a few rogue researchers—it has evolved into a global, organized enterprise. By analyzing ...

We took Andy Weir to a science museum and watched him nerd out with an astrophysicist and about making "Project Hail Mary" ...

The African continent is splitting along a triple junction of rifts that converge in Afar, Ethiopia. A new ocean may take millions of years to form, but that is giving scientists ample time to glean ...

Andy Weir discusses his science-fueled novel “Project Hail Mary,” which has been adapted into a film that opens in theaters ...

Friday morning, March 20, marks the triumphant return of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. Spring is a glorious, warm season ...