Research, Space & Discovery
Through joint research with the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Tokyo, NIMS for the first time experimentally demonstrated friction completely independent of sliding velocity—an ideal tha...
New Bat Coronavirus Shows Furin Cleavage Sites Can Arise Naturally—but Does Not Resolve COVID-19 Origins
This summer's sci-fi mystery about alien conspiracies finally lands on the streamer next month.
Eating four to six servings of whole grains a day may deliver meaningful benefits for heart health, according to a large review of 87 clinical trials. Researchers found improvements in body weight, wa...
Don’t read The Ambidextrous Universe unless you are serious about maths and physics, because Martin Gardner is very happy to make his readers work – to enthralling effect, says Jacklin Kwan
When you think of viruses, you probably think of flu-like symptoms and quarantines. Humankind has suffered from viral diseases ranging from smallpox to COVID-19, hantavirus and Ebola since the dawn of...
The hunt is on for a state to host the newly announced U.S. Space Academy. Groundbreaking for the new institution, wherever it ends up being, is targeted for 2027.
Scientists reconstructed videos from the brain activity of mice, producing 10-second clips based only on signals from neurons in the visual cortex. The breakthrough could help reveal how the brain res...
A new twist on nuclear fusion ignition emitted X-rays that are as bright as some stars, which could enable other extreme experiments
At just an inch (2.5 centimeters) long, the sand hoppers skipping across California's Isla Vista Beach at dawn don't exactly look like a force of nature. But a new study reveals that these shrimp-like...
Venus may have once had a moon, but new research suggests the planet’s incredibly slow rotation could have doomed it. Computer simulations showed that instead of gradually drifting away like Earth’s m...
A 178-year-old mystery surrounding one of the earliest recorded examples of space weather affecting technology has been solved by an international team led by Lancaster University.
Across its basins and thousands of meters down, the Mediterranean Sea is getting warmer and saltier. Now, a new study finds it is also doing so at an increasingly rapid pace. The speedup is largest in...
September 16, 2026 Is pasta a type of noodle? The surprisingly serious debate over two beloved carbs by Dianne Ma, The Conversation edited by Swati Mestri , reviewed by Andrew ...
Dwarf galaxies—with a mass equal to about a billion suns, but often considerably less—are the most abundant in the universe. However, because of their low luminosity, they are very difficult to detect...
The pressure to be the perfect parent can be overwhelming, but social media and perceived world threats are causing some to become overprotective parents, negatively affecting young people.
Over a third of U.S. adults (35%) cannot name all three branches of the government, and under half can name four of the five rights protected by the First Amendment, according to the 2026 Annenberg Co...
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have measured the most powerful gas outflow ever recorded from a "dead" galaxy outside our cosmic neighborhood and found that even outflows this extrem...
Some of the most vulnerable children and young people are failing to access mental health support despite having much higher levels of need, according to new research from the University of Cambridge.
While parents' roles in a child's education are well studied, new research examines the role siblings play in collaborating on educational projects. Researchers found that siblings often develop a few...