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The Best College Towns in America, Ranked

Discover the best college towns in America according to WalletHub’s new study. See which cities ranked #1 for student life, affordability, and career success.

Mental Floss · EN

The Living Museum in Queens, New York

Tucked inside a building on the grounds of the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, the Living Museum is a collection of artists’ work that feels nothing like a conventional museum. Established in 1983, it is a working creative space where psychiatric patients can create paintings, sculptures, installations, and mixed-media works. Artwork fills walls, rooms, and exhibition spaces, while individual artists can maintain their own studios and develop work alongside one another. There is even a music studio where albums have been recorded and are available for purchase in the museum store, along with pat

Atlas Obscura · EN

Actually, You Can Go Back to Constantinople. A Landmark Exhibition Reconstructs the Imperial City With 1,600 Years of Treasures From Byzantine and Ottoman Times

"Constantinople to Istanbul: One City, Two Empires" at London's Victoria and Albert Museum tracks the storied city's evolution from a 4th-century capital to a bustling 19th-century metropolis—hippodromes, bathhouses and all

Smithsonian Magazine · EN

It's Not Just You: Some Fast-Flying Birds Also Get Jet Lag

A new study finds that Manx shearwaters fly so fast that their internal clocks get out of sync with local time. These jet lag-like time shifts confuse their sun-based compasses, causing them to become a bit disoriented and fly slightly off course

Smithsonian Magazine · EN

Famed Iron Age king was actually a woman

Meet Verica, ancient Rome's 'barbarian femme fatale.' The post Famed Iron Age king was actually a woman appeared first on Popular Science .

Popular Science · EN

Game Theory Helps SETI Search for Alien Civilizations

SETI can be more effective the more the targets in the search are refined. SETI's newest survey effort uses game theory to inform its search. It's based on the idea that other ETIs would almost certainly use the transit method to detect habitable worlds like Earth.

Universe Today · EN

China Unveils Their Plan for a Crewed Moon Landing

Yesterday, on November 3rd, the deputy chief designer of China's crewed space program and chief designer of the lunar exploration program (Wang Xiang) unveiled an official statement detailing its [plans for a crewed mission to the Moon](https://english.spacechina.com/n17212/c4744561/content.html).

Universe Today · EN

NASA Shares Plans to Accelerate Artemis, Return to Moon

In an update on Oct. 23, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and other agency leaders shared the agency’s path to returning Americans to the lunar surface in 2028. Agency leadership provided updates on the previously announced acceleration plans for the Artemis program, advancing toward the agency’s Artemis III test flight in 2027 and Artemis IV Moon […]

NASA Breaking News · EN

NASA Announces X-70 Experimental Aircraft to Advance Flight Research

On Wednesday, NASA unveiled its newest experimental aircraft, the X-70 Fractal, during the UP.Summit at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This high-performance, highly adaptable research platform is designed to accelerate the development and testing of advanced aviation technologies. The crewed X-70 features advanced, rapidly reconfigurable flight-control technology that will allow NASA to explore […]

NASA Breaking News · EN

Upcoming Marvel movies and TV shows: Avengers: Doomsday, Secret Wars, X-Men & more

The MCU’s Multiverse Saga is nearly over, but there are plenty more Marvel movies and shows on the horizon.

Space.com · EN

Trump declares 'American space superiority for all eternity' in election night proclamation

President Trump has declared space a frontier for all humanity, asserting America's right to develop and settle the solar system under U.S. law.

Space.com · EN

On this day in space! Nov. 4, 2015: A rail-launched Super Strypi rocket carrying 13 baby satellites failed during its debut launch for the US Air Force

On Nov. 4, 2015, the United States Air Force launched an experimental Super Strypi rail-launched rocket carrying 13 tiny satellites, but it failed just after liftoff from Hawaii.

Space.com · EN

Scientists find the best evidence yet of potentially habitable volcanic vents on Mars

Magma and a possible environment for ancient life might be present on Mars in the region of a large volcano on the Red Planet.

Live Science · EN

Colorful 1,800-year-old belt buckle discovered in a Ukrainian forest may have belonged to a nomadic equestrian warrior

A Roman-era belt buckle discovered in a Ukrainian forest hints at the ancient conflict between the Romans and the Dacians.

Live Science · EN

Swift has fallen: NASA's 22-year-old space telescope burns up over Sumatra

The reentry of NASA's dead Swift space telescope is the end of an era for rapid-response space science.

Live Science · EN

First-of-its-kind planetary wreckage holds clues to our Solar System’s fate

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03537-7 Astronomers spot an unprecedented double disk of debris around a dead star.

Nature News · EN

British Iron Age ‘king’ who prompted Roman invasion was probably a woman

Verica, a British ruler who encouraged the Roman emperor Claudius to launch an invasion, may not have been the man historians thought he was

New Scientist · EN

Stunning collection of prehistoric engravings found in Spanish cave

A close examination of a frequently visited cave wall in Spain has revealed a spectacular assembly of rock art engravings thought to be at least 19,000 years old

New Scientist · EN

2026 election results show widespread opposition to AI data centers

Across 10 states this Election Day, voters overwhelmingly backed restrictions on data center development or rejected measures that would have eased their construction

Scientific American · EN

Ancient coins suggest influential Iron Age king was female

Bournemouth University (BU) archaeological research has revealed that Iron Age British ruler "Verica," who was central to the Roman invasion of Britain in A.D. 43, was in fact a woman. This discovery rewrites the history of early Roman Britain.

Phys.org · EN

Scientists reveal how cosignaling receptors dually regulate T cell activation via phase separation

Previous studies have shown that upon antigen stimulation, the T cell receptor (TCR) undergoes phase separation with the kinase Lck to mediate rapid T cell activation. However, the manner in which costimulating receptors regulate this process has remained unclear.

Phys.org · EN

First direct observations reveal hydrogen dissolved in tiny gaps between metal atoms

University of Sydney researchers have made a breakthrough by directly observing hydrogen in the tiny spaces between the atoms in metal alloys. The world-first observation of hydrogen dissolving in these 'metal crystal lattices' offers fresh insights into why hydrogen can weaken metals and how more hydrogen-resistant materials might be developed.

Phys.org · EN

How ranchers on Brazil's 'Dirty List' bypass forced labor safeguards by selling cattle through intermediaries

Brazil's "Dirty List," a public registry that names employers found to have violated anti-slavery laws, is a key component of the country's efforts to combat forced labor. Major meatpackers in Brazil signed sustainable sourcing commitments promising to not purchase cattle directly from ranchers on the Dirty List. But new research shows that ranchers have found ways around these restrictions, rerouting cattle through intermediaries and allowing cattle linked to forced labor to remain in domestic and international beef and leather supply chains.

Phys.org · EN

European orbiter detects fresh hints of volcanic activity on Mars

New evidence from gas seeping above volcanic rifts suggests Mars is not geologically dead deep inside, but merely sleeping. Fresh fissures along the Alba Mons region hint at active spots under the surface, where gases from inside the planet may be making their way up to the surface.

Phys.org · EN