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- Top medical groups join forces to review vaccine science as CDC faces criticism
on February 10, 2026 at 9:20 pmThe American Medical Association is launching an effort to evaluate vaccine safety and effectiveness independently of U.S. government health agencies
- Earth’s core may contain 45 oceans’ worth of hydrogenon February 10, 2026 at 4:30 pm
An experiment to quantify the amount of the universe’s lightest element in Earth’s core suggests that the planet’s water has mostly been here since the beginning
- Scientists may have discovered a pulsar at the Milky Way’s heart—a result that could reveal new physicson February 10, 2026 at 4:28 pm
If a pulsar that may lie at the center of our galaxy is confirmed, it could enable more precise measurements of the spacetime around the Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole
- What came before the big bang?on February 10, 2026 at 12:30 pm
Physicists cannot access anything that existed before the start of time and space, but they have theories
- The quirky geology behind Olympic curling stoneson February 10, 2026 at 11:30 am
The rocks used in the Olympic sport of curling come from one island in Scotland and one quarry in Wales. What makes them so special?