Research, Space & Discovery
COVID-Era Cardiovascular Deaths Surged in Italy—Then Returned Toward Pre-Pandemic Trend
NASA is planning to send three small rovers to the moon with a single instruction: Work out among yourselves how to explore a patch of ground.
With cancer treatment, when a drug is given may matter almost as much as which drug is used. For years, melanoma researchers have faced a frustrating contradiction. Experiments suggested that periodic...
Rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may be leaving a measurable imprint inside the human body. Researchers analyzing more than two decades of U.S. health data found that blood bicarbonate levels h...
On Aug. 15, 1977, astronomers using Ohio State University's Big Ear radio telescope detected the famous "Wow!" signal, which remains unexplained to this day.
A painted panel deep in a Spanish cave may push the human relationship with mind-altering plants back thousands of years, earlier than anything previously knownThe postIs This the World’s Oldest Image...
mRNA–Lipid Nanoparticle “Co-Design” Framework Is Thoughtful—but Entirely Unvalidated
Canine sarcoptic mange (scabies) is a skin condition in which microscopic mites (Sarcoptes scabiei) infest dogs' skin. The condition is contagious and zoonotic and can be difficult to detect. If left ...
A widely used fertility drug may carry a hidden tradeoff: as treatment adds up, the risks may rise without improving the odds of a live birth. Researchers found that women exposed to higher cumulative...
Gut microbes need something to eat, and when fiber is limited, they may begin consuming proteins from the mucus lining that protects the gut. Researchers found that fiber can suppress this process, wh...
In brightest day, in blackest night, no Lanterns character shall escape our sight!
A new paper published in Physical Review Letters reveals that a leading dark matter candidate—the hypothetical "dark photon"—would not have heated the early universe as previously thought. The finding...
A wound no bigger than a tick bite can be enough for New World screwworm to take hold. A female New World screwworm fly can deposit hundreds of eggs at a time in an animal’s or person’s wound. When th...
Fossils collected in Osaka more than 30 years ago have revealed a surprise hiding in plain sight: four previously unrecognized bones from a giant Cretaceous mosasaur. Among them is the first confirmed...
Neptune's moon and ring system stand out among the giant planets because of the strange imbalance between its one very large moon and its many tiny moons. Its largest moon, Triton, makes up more than ...
A widely available food-preservation chemical is emerging as a disturbing factor in rising UK suicide deaths, particularly among younger people and men. Researchers say the scale may be underestimated...
A recent National Student Safety Survey found that one in six students attending Australian universities had been sexually harassed and one in 20 had been sexually assaulted since starting university.
Scientists have long thought an unusual genetic system helped ants, bees, and wasps evolve their extraordinary social colonies. A massive new analysis suggests that genetics alone can’t explain it—and...
Fusion reactors, devices that generate energy by fusing light atomic nuclei at extremely high temperatures, could contribute to ongoing efforts aimed at producing electricity more sustainably. The ext...
A German and Turkish research team is studying a shrinking glacier as a record of past climate and environmental change. More than 5,000 meters above sea level, amid intense cold, strong winds, and ox...