Research, Space & Discovery
RFK Jr. Launches The Real Food Show, Betting Healthy Eating Doesn't Have to Cost More
Almost all of these tiny organisms vanished way back in the early Cretaceous periodThe postMicrofossils Help Crack Mystery More Than 100 Million Years in the Makingappeared first onNautilus.
Black holes are often portrayed as cosmic gluttons that swallow everything that comes too close. But new observations of a dramatic black hole outburst—led by Warwick Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Noel Cast...
Scientists can now twist large oxide crystals into new materials with potentially powerful electronic properties. A carefully chosen twist can transform how a material behaves. Researchers have now fo...
Should You Be Able to Bet on Clinical Trials? Or Has Wall Street Been Doing It All Along?
Black holes sometimes make a break for itThe postNASA Just Spotted a Wandering Black Hole Devouring a Starappeared first onNautilus.
Unlike humans, plants cannot make simple lifestyle adjustments to adapt to changing environments. When exposed to conditions like extreme heat or water scarcity, instead of putting on sweaters or turn...
Fossils newly identified in a rock collected 30 years ago in Osaka Prefecture may belong to a previously unknown species. For roughly 30 years, four mosasaur bones remained concealed inside a rock sto...
More Than Boxing: Why Jay Bulger's Bronx Legends Is Fighting America's Real Public Health Crisis
In this July 6, 2026, image, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) reveals the nearby galaxy Centaurus A, exposing the dusty structures and hidden activity that shape this...
How does the brain learn? Does it acquire new knowledge by creating new neural pathways or by strengthening existing connections? A new study from Bar-Ilan University offers evidence in favor of the l...
A few years ago, the first ceramic finds came to light during construction work in the Burg district of the municipality of Hannersdorf. Geomagnetic surveys in subsequent years provided evidence of nu...
When trying to make more sustainable clothing choices, many consumers follow a simple rule: Choose natural fibers over synthetic ones. Cotton instead of polyester. Wool instead of acrylic. Linen inste...
Psilocybin Therapy Shows Promising Early Results for Veterans with Severe PTSD—But Larger Trials Are Essential
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced in-person classroom instruction to go virtual, students suddenly needed their own laptops or tablets to interact with teachers and complete assignments.
How did the first solids that made up planets, moons and asteroids form from the "hot soup" that characterized our solar system's earliest years? New research from Caltech analyzing pieces of a meteor...
The Great GLP-1 Experiment Has Begun. Science Is Racing to Catch Up.
Lysosomes are small compartments inside cells that break down and recycle biological materials. Once regarded mainly as cellular waste-disposal centers, lysosomes are now understood to be important si...
There are roughly 220 million adults in China age 65 or older, more than twice as many as 20 years ago, with 1 in 5 currently reporting depressive symptoms.
A 113-million-year-old marine murder mystery may finally be solved. Using chemical clues locked inside microscopic fossils, Northwestern University scientists found evidence that ocean acidification d...