“It’s a world first in the history of warfare. In Ukraine, robots and drones alone have captured an enemy Russian position. The use of these combat machines is accelerating and compensates for limited ...

Bacteria responsible for gum disease may also contribute to a common and serious heart condition. Preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association's 2026 Basic Cardiovascular Sciences ...

Comet 220P/McNaught spent most of 2026 as a faint, routine space rock. Twice this year, that changed abruptly. Two unexplained flare-ups pushed the comet to roughly 20,000 times its normal brightness, ...

Born in Lorraine on a freezing winter night, storytelling has always inspired me, first through my grandmother's tales and later Stephen King's imagination. A physicist turned science communicator, ...

Because many people think they simply don’t need as much sleep anymore, they end up compensating by living with constant tiredness. But regularly missing out on enough sleep past 60 brings clear ...

Biomarker density: participants displaying higher-amplitude awake slow-waves harbored greater volumes of brain amyloid-beta deposits across scanned regions. Structural integrity: elevated slow-wave ...

The Futura Team represents the pulse of Futura’s editorial department, bringing together a collective expertise dedicated to the dissemination of scientific knowledge. Rather than the work of a single ...

Earthbound objects moving at standard atmospheric speeds shift imperceptibly between color exposures. Commercial airliners, for example, cruise below 600 miles per hour. Their slow relative speed ...

Who’s at Greater Risk—and What About Severe Cases? Some individuals may be more vulnerable than others. People with mutations in the RyR1 receptor (the “door” controlling calcium flow in muscle cells) ...

Despite their increasingly Westernized diet, the Japanese remain among the world’s leanest populations: only 3.6% are obese, compared to 32% of Americans. Their secret lies not in avoiding rice, but ...

So what explains such explosive growth? Sargassum thrives on nitrogen and phosphorus. For years, scientists believed its expansion was mainly driven by offshore ocean processes. But experiments ...

Brûlures, remontées acides, gêne dans la gorge… Le reflux gastro-œsophagien peut vite empoisonner vos journées et vos nuits.