Research, Space & Discovery
Scientists discovered that damaged fat cells can become inflamed, lose their ability to store lipids, and eventually vanish, disrupting the body’s metabolism. The findings show that diabetes can resul...
Results from an experiment at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams answer a fundamental question about the structure of atomic nuclei and help explain how different elements formed in space. For decade...
Concluding an eight-month science mission aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Chris Williams returned to Earth on Sunday alongside Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Serg...
What dangers does smoke from wildfires pose? Who is most at risk? Here are some answers to health questions often asked, especially now with fires in France and Spain.
"Just the fact that it exists, just the fact that it continues to exist. We should marvel at that."
From Trial Geography to IP Power: China's Stunning Biopharma Transformation
Scientists have identified a possible tipping point that helps determine whether Alzheimer’s-related brain changes lead to dementia. The key may lie in how the brain’s immune cells respond to plaques ...
Archived radio observations could open new frequencies to SETI while showing that past searches covered millions more stars than previously estimated. A potential extraterrestrial signal could be hidi...
Scottish firefighters fought a wildfire Saturday that was burning through Cairngorms National Park in the north, with authorities advising residents to evacuate.
Critical Review of SIDS, SUID, and Vaccination: What the Evidence Shows—and What It Cannot Yet Answer
The Backrooms began as a single eerie image of empty yellow rooms, but internet users transformed it into a vast fictional world that feels disturbingly real. Through videos, games, maps, survival gui...
A molten salt method developed by researchers at UChicago and Argonne could enable more durable materials for printed electronics and flexible devices. Nanocrystals have become so valuable to science ...
Thousands crowded into emergency shelters in France and Spain on Sunday after wildfires drove more than 300,000 people to flee their homes and vacation accommodations.
Synthetic Life Breakthrough: How the Lab-Built “SpudCell” Could Transform the Future of Medicine
A notorious snake invasion that devastated Guam’s native birds may have succeeded because the reptiles carried hidden genetic advantages. Using advanced long-read DNA sequencing, researchers uncovered...
Researchers say a tiny one-eyed ancestor that lived nearly 600 million years ago may have shaped the evolution of every vertebrate eye, including our own. They also found that its ancient median eye l...
Researchers found that a narrow range of ocean conditions maximized carbon burial for millions of years at a time. For more than 100 million years, Earth has remained within a temperature range suitab...
Scientists from the University of Leicester and Yunnan University identified an ancient member of the chelicerate group. Beneath the rock surrounding a tiny fossil from southern China, two small limbs...
In the words of a former Antarctic tour guide we interviewed: "You'd see massive glacier calvings, and you'd just want to cry. But all the guests would be cheering. And you'd be like … 'can you not pu...
Fragmentary bones from Brazil reveal a new Triassic reptile close to the lineage that preceded dinosaurs and crocodiles. Some 240 million years ago, long before dinosaurs dominated the land and modern...