Research, Space & Discovery
Half of our genome is made of transposons — snips of DNA that can move and copy themselves. But they’re more than parasites or genetic junk.The postHow Virus-like ‘Jumping Genes’ Became Our Partners i...
Climate change is one of the most complex challenges of our time and places considerable strain on a wide range of animal groups. A research team at the University of Bayreuth has used burying beetles...
DR Congo Expands Ebola Vaccination as Bundibugyo Outbreak Tests Ervebo—and the Global Biodefense System
According to Newton’s third law, all actions are paired with reciprocal reactions. But breaking this principle allowed an artificial swimmer to move upstream in a quantum stream of light
It’s hard to say, but we’re definitely exposing them to our monoamine drugsThe postAre Our Antidepressants Harming Fish?appeared first onNautilus.
Researchers developed nanoparticles that could help block the addictive high produced by opioids. A vaccine that stops an opioid from reaching the brain could one day blunt the high that helps drive r...
Quantum key distribution allows two users to establish secret keys whose security is grounded in the laws of quantum mechanics. Extending this capability to multiple users is an essential step toward ...
Can Probiotics Protect the Gut During Pelvic Radiation? Small Randomized Trial Finds a Strong Diarrhea Signal
Europe faces incredibly harsh winters and unrelenting droughts if the vital AMOC ocean current fails – but when disaster will strike and how bad it will be remains uncertain. Now there is an ambitious...
Scientists have long focused on how Alzheimer’s-linked tau reaches dendrites, but new research suggests the protein is actually born there, shifting attention to the earliest steps before harmful tang...
In 2024 alone, flood-related disasters around the world caused more than 8,700 deaths and economic losses exceeding 450 billion euros, with cumulative global losses of about 2.7 trillion euros over th...
When Tutankhamun's tomb was discovered over a century ago, it became an immediate worldwide sensation, revealing a wealth of treasures from ancient Egypt. In the decades that followed, the tomb was me...
Quantum communication networks consist of several connected nodes that exchange information encoded in quantum states. These networks could potentially enable more secure communications between quantu...
If you search Google Images for "cultural heritage Australia," near the top of the results is a photograph of giant carved stone heads rising from a red desert.
Scientists at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are exploring how durable, customizable bacterial spores could capture rare earth elements (REE) from acid mine drai...
A star and its planets form when a cloud of gas and dust collapses in on itself somewhere in space. The cloud then forms a disk around the nascent star, within which the planets will form. This protos...
Around 631,000 years ago—a geological blink of an eye—catastrophe unfolded in what is now northwestern Wyoming, U.S. During what is thought to have been a series of immense volcanic eruptions, life wi...
Teenage pregnancy is often explained in simple terms. Girls are said to lack knowledge about contraception, take sexual risks or make poor choices.
September 21, 2026 Living with chronic pain at work: Supportive managers can help, but they can't solve everything by Nick Turner, Duygu Biricik Gulseren, Fırat K Sayın, The Conversation edited by Swa...
A new study led by the University of Alicante (UA) and the Mediterranean Center for Environmental Studies (CEAM) analyzes the barriers separating scientific knowledge from environmental policy and its...