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A 2,300-Year-Old Helmet from the Punic Wars Pulled From the Sea Tells the Story of the Battle That Made Rome an Empire

An underwater discovery sheds light on the bloody end of the First Punic War.
9 hours ago

Scientists Hacked the Glue Gun Design to Print Bone Scaffolds Directly into Broken Legs (And It Works)

Researchers designed a printer to extrude special bone grafts directly into fractures during surgery.
9 hours ago

New Type of EV Battery Could Recharge Cars in 15 Minutes

A breakthrough in battery chemistry could finally end electric vehicle range anxiety
10 hours ago

How Much Does a Single Cell Weigh? The Brilliant Physics Trick of Weighing Something Less Than a Trillionth of a Gram

Scientists have found ingenious ways to weigh the tiniest building blocks of life
10 hours ago

The Moon Used to Be Much Closer to Earth. It's Drifting 1.5 Inches Farther From Earth Every Year and It's Slowly Making Our Days Longer

The Moon influences ocean tides – and ocean tides, in some ways, influence the Moon back.
12 hours ago

A Long Skinny Rectangular Telescope Could Succeed Where the James Webb Fails and Uncover Habitable Worlds Nearby

A long, narrow mirror could help astronomers detect life on nearby exoplanets
13 hours ago

The Crystal Behind Next Gen Solar Panels May Transform Cancer and Heart Disease Scans

Tiny pixels can save millions of lives and make nuclear medicine scans affordable for both hospitals and patients.
15 hours ago

How Bees Use the Sun for Navigation Even on Cloudy Days

Bees see differently than humans, for them the sky is more than just blue.
3 days ago

Scientists Quietly Developed a 6G Chip Capable of 100 Gbps Speeds

A single photonic chip for all future wireless communication.
3 days ago

When Ice Gets Bent, It Sparks: A Surprising Source of Electricity in Nature’s Coldest Corners

Ice isn't as passive as it looks.
3 days ago

We can still easily get AI to say all sorts of dangerous things

Jailbreaking an AI is still an easy task.
4 days ago

Japan Is Starting to Use Robots in 7-Eleven Shops to Compensate for the Massive Shortage of Workers

These robots are taking over repetitive jobs and reducing workload as Japan combats a worker crisis.
4 days ago

This Bizarre Martian Rock Formation Is Our Strongest Evidence Yet for Ancient Life on Mars

We can't confirm it yet, but it's as close as it gets.
4 days ago

A small, portable test could revolutionize how we diagnose Alzheimer's

A passive EEG scan could spot memory loss before symptoms begin to show.
5 days ago

Scientists solved a key mystery regarding the evolution of life on Earth

A new study brings scientists closer to uncovering how life began on Earth.
5 days ago

Is a Plant-Based Diet Really Healthy for Your Dog? This Study Has Surprising Findings

You may need to revisit your dog's diet.
5 days ago

A Single LSD Treatment Could Keep Anxiety At Bay for Months

This was all done in a controlled medical setting.
5 days ago

A Massive Seaweed Belt Stretching from Africa to the Caribbean is Changing The Ocean

The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt hit a record 37.5 million tons this May
5 days ago

Stone Age Atlantis: 8,500-Year-Old Settlements Discovered Beneath Danish Seas

Archaeologists took a deep dive into the Bay of Aarhus to trace how Stone Age people adapted to rising waters.
5 days ago

Researchers Turned WiFi into a Medical Tool That Reads Your Pulse With Near Perfect Accuracy

Forget health trackers, the Wi-Fi in your living room may soon monitor your heartbeat.
5 days ago

Popular RVs in the US are built with wood from destroyed orangutan rainforest: Investigation

The RV industry’s hidden cost is orangutan habitat loss in Indonesia.
6 days ago

The Evolution of the Human Brain Itself May Explain Why Autism is so Common

Scientists uncover how human brain evolution boosted neurodiversity—and vulnerability to autism.
6 days ago

A Light-Based AI Can Generate Images Using Almost No Energy

The future of AI art might be powered by lasers instead of GPUs.
6 days ago

This 1,700-Year-Old Skull is the First Evidence of a Gladiator Bear in the Roman Empire

Archaeologists uncover first physical proof of brown bears in Roman arena games.
6 days ago

Astronomers May Have Discovered The First Rocky Earth-Like World With An Atmosphere, Just 41 Light Years Out

Astronomers may have discovered the first rocky planet with 'air' where life could exist.
6 days ago

Anthropic AI Wanted to Settle Pirated Books Case for $1.5 Billion. A Judge Thinks We Can Do Better

This case is quickly shaping up to be a landmark in AI history.
6 days ago

First Mammalian Brain-Wide Map May Reveal How Intuition and Decision-Making Works

The brain’s decision signals light up like a Christmas tree, from cortex to cerebellum.
6 days ago

Archaeologists Uncovered a Stunning 4,000-Year-Old Mural Unlike Anything Ever Seen in Peru That Predates the Inca by Millennia

A 3D temple wall with stars, birds, and shamanic visions stuns archaeologists in Peru
7 days ago

Scientists Finally Prove Dust Helps Clouds Freeze and It Could Change Climate Models

New analysis links desert dust to cloud freezing, with big implications for weather and climate models.
7 days ago

Eight Seconds Is All You Get. Why Attention Spans Are Shrinking and What To Do About It

If the content is interesting, motivation can improve sustained attention.
7 days ago

2.2 Million Fat-Removal Surgeries a Year: What's Behind the Body Contouring Boom

From liposuction to cryolipolysis, fat-removal is now one of the most common cosmetic choices worldwide.
7 days ago

Labiaplasty Is the Fastest-Growing Cosmetic Surgery Worldwide — And It’s Not Just About Looks

Once a taboo subject, vaginal rejuvenation is now part of a broader conversation about women’s intimate wellness.
7 days ago

Mars Seems to Have a Hot, Solid Core and That's Surprisingly Earth-Like

Using a unique approach to observing marsquakes, researchers propose a structure for Mars' core.
1 week ago

New Catalyst Recycles Plastics Without Sorting. It Even Works on Dirty Trash

A nickel catalyst just solved the biggest problem in plastic recycling.
1 week ago

Scientists Just Discovered a Massive Source of Drinking Water Hiding Beneath the Atlantic Ocean

Scientists drill off Cape Cod and uncover vast undersea aquifers that may reshape our water future.
1 week ago

Your Next Therapist Could be a Video Game or a Wearable and It Might Actually Work

An inside look at a new wave of evidence-backed digital therapies.
1 week ago

This Bizarre Deep Sea Fish Uses a Tooth-Covered Forehead Club to Grip Mates During Sex

Scientists studying a strange deep sea fish uncovered the first true teeth outside the jaw.
1 week ago

Researchers Discovered How to Trap Cancer Cells by "Reprogramming" Their Environment

Scientists find a way to stop glioblastoma cells by stiffening a key brain molecule
1 week ago

Humans made wild animals smaller and domestic animals bigger. But not all of them

Why are goats and sheep so different?
1 week ago

Ultra-Processed Foods Made Healthy Young Men Gain Fat and Lose Sperm Quality in Just Three Weeks

Processed foods harmed hormones and fertility markers even with identical calories.
1 week ago

A New Solar Panel Shield Made From Onion Peels Outlasted Industry Plastics in Tests

Natural dye from discarded onion peels outperforms fossil-based UV filters in durability and performance
1 week ago

NYC Man Was Jailed for Days Because of a Blurry CCTV Image and a Faulty AI Match

Flawed tech, false ID, and two days behind bars: how it happened anyway.
1 week ago

Venice's Iconic Lion Is Actually a Repurposed Chinese Monster, Scientists Say

This ancient symbol has a surprising origin story.
1 week ago

Researchers Transformed Sperm Cells into Tiny, Microbots That Could Deliver Drugs to Hard-to-Reach Places

Who had sperm bots on their bingo card for this year?
1 week ago

Could AI and venom help us fight antibiotic resistance?

Scientists used AI to mine animal venom for potent new antibiotics.
2 weeks ago

Orcas Are Attacking Boats Again and We Still Don't Know Why

It's one of the most curious behaviors we've ever observed.
2 weeks ago

Ant Queen Breaks the Rules of Biology by Producing Male Offspring That Are a Different Species

It seems "almost unimaginable," researchers say.
2 weeks ago

They're 80,000 Years Old and No One Knows Who Made Them. Are These the World's Oldest Arrowheads?

Stone tips found in Uzbekistan could rewrite the history of bows and arrows.
2 weeks ago

Florida Is About to Become One Big Health Experiment

We all know how ending vaccine mandates will end.
2 weeks ago

Scientists Reprogram Blood Cells to Prevent Alzheimer’s and Fight Aging In the Brain

In a promising new study, modified young immune cells improved brain performance in older mice.
2 weeks ago

A Rare Condition Made a Woman See Dragons Instead of Human Faces

It's one of the weirdest conditions.
2 weeks ago

America’s Sex Ed System Is An Anti-Science Nightmare

Only 37% of US states require sex ed to be medically accurate.
2 weeks ago

AI has a hidden water cost − here’s how to calculate yours

Artificial intelligence systems are thirsty, consuming as much as 500 milliliters of water – a single-serving water bottle – for each short conversation a user has with the GPT-3 version of OpenAI’s ChatGPT system. They use roughly the same amount of wate
2 weeks ago

Turns Out, You're Not Supposed to Rinse After Brushing Your Teeth

We've been living a lie.
2 weeks ago

Miss England Contestants Are Now Competing With AI Versions of Themselves

AI models are coming to the internet, whether you like it or not.
2 weeks ago

ChatGPT only talks in clichés. That’s a threat to human creativity

When you chat with ChatGPT, it often feels like you’re talking to someone polite, engaged and responsive. It nods in all the right places, mirrors your wording and seems eager to keep the exchange flowing. But is this really what human conversation sounds
2 weeks ago

Can AI finally show us how animals think?

Can science help you talk to your dog?
2 weeks ago

This 3D printed circuit board that dissolves in water could finally solve our E-waste problem

This study is putting forward an alternative to our notoriously hard to recycle circuit boards.
2 weeks ago

Climate Change Triggered European Revolutions That Changed the Course of History

Severe volcanic eruptions may have set the stage for several revolutions.
2 weeks ago

Inside Palantir: The Secretive Tech Company Helping the US Government Build a Massive Web of Surveillance

Government agencies are contracting with Palantir to correlate disparate pieces of data, promising efficiency but raising civil liberties concerns.
2 weeks ago

This Chihuahua Munched on a Bunch of Cocaine (and Fentanyl) and Lived to Tell the Tale

This almost-tragic event could have a very useful side.
2 weeks ago

Old Solar Panels Built in the Early 1990s Are Still Going Strong After 30 Years at 80% Original Power — And That’s a Big Deal for Our Energy Future

Thirty years later, old-school solar panels are still delivering on their promise.
2 weeks ago

The World’s Largest Solar Plant is Rising in Tibet. It's So Vast It's the Size of Chicago

A desert covered in solar panels and sheep could mark the beginning of the end for coal in China.
2 weeks ago

A Swiss Pilot Flew a Solar-Electric Aircraft to the Edge of the Stratosphere

A record-breaking flight offers a glimpse into the future of clean aviation
2 weeks ago

This Newly Discovered Croc Hunted Dinosaurs Before the Asteroid Hit

A new hypercarnivorous crocodyliform emerges from the sediments of Patagonia.
3 weeks ago

How Tariffs Could Help Canada Wean Itself from Fossil Fuels

Tariffs imposed by the U.S. could give its trading partners space to reduce their economies’ dependence on oil and gas.
3 weeks ago

The World We Learned in School is Wildly Misleading and Africa Wants It Gone

Maps help shape how we make sense of the world.
3 weeks ago

Spiders Are Trapping Fireflies in Their Webs and Using Their Glow to Lure Fresh Prey

Trapped fireflies become bait in a rare case of predatory outsourcing.
3 weeks ago

A Single Mutation Made Horses Rideable and Changed Human History

Ancient DNA reveals how a single mutation reshaped both horses and human history.
3 weeks ago

Scientists Make Succulents That Glow in the Dark Like Living Night Lights

These glowing succulents could one day replace street lamps.
3 weeks ago

US Military Just Tested a Microwave Weapon That Instantly Zapped an Entire Swarm of Drones Out of the Sky

The U.S. military tests a powerful new defense against drone swarms.
3 weeks ago

Your Gut Microbes Could Be Controlling Your Sugar Cravings

It's not you, it's them.
3 weeks ago

Global Farmlands Already Grow Enough Food to Feed 15 Billion People but Half of Calories Never Make It to our Plates

Nearly half of the world’s food calories go to animals and engines instead of people.
3 weeks ago

Astronomers Warn That Satellite Mega-Constellations Could Steal the Night Sky Forever

The race for space internet is colliding with humanity’s oldest science.
3 weeks ago

Japan Just Switched on Asia’s First Osmotic Power Plant, Which Runs 24/7 on Nothing But Fresh Water and Seawater

A renewable energy source that runs day and night, powered by salt and fresh water.
3 weeks ago

Magic Mushrooms Change How People Look at Art But Not How Much They Like it

On psychedelics, eyes fixate on details rather than wandering freely.
3 weeks ago

AI Bots Were Made to Use a Stripped Down Social Network With No Curation Algorithms and They Still Formed Toxic Echo Chambers

Can social media make emotionless AI bots pursue a political ideology? The answer will shock you.
3 weeks ago

Ancient Teeth in Ethiopia Reveal Early Humans Lived Alongside a Mystery Species Nearly 2.8 Million Years Ago

Ancient teeth are rewriting the story of our evolution.
3 weeks ago

Smart Locks Have Become the Modern Frontier of Home Security

What happens when humanity’s oldest symbol of security—the lock—meets the Internet of Things?
3 weeks ago

Doctors with More Patient Complaints Also More Likely to Take Industry Money, Study Finds

There seems to be a concerning link between patient complaints and industry payouts.
3 weeks ago

A 12,000-Year-Old Skeleton With a Hidden Quartz Arrowhead in Vietnam May Be the Earliest Evidence of Violence in Southeast Asia

12,000-year-old burial reveals a mystery of survival, care, and conflict
3 weeks ago

Why Beer Foam Lasts Longer in Belgian Ales Than in Anything Else

Why some beers keep their head longer than others—and what it means beyond brewing
3 weeks ago

A Daily Pill Helped Obesity Patients Lose Over 10 Kilograms in Major Trial, But Injectibles Are Still Slightly Better

The pill matches injections in effectiveness, offering a needle-free option for millions
3 weeks ago

A Spinning Drone Inspired by Maple Seeds Can Hover for 26 Minutes on a Single Motor

A 32-gram robot turns one of nature’s tricks into a long flight.
3 weeks ago

Our Thumbs Could Explain Why Human Brains Became so Powerful

Long thumbs shaped our intelligence, new study suggests.
3 weeks ago

A Global Study Shows Women Are Just as Aggressive as Men with Siblings

Girls are just as aggressive as boys — when it comes to their brothers and sisters.
3 weeks ago

How Sauropods Used Their Massive Tails to Walk, Defend and Even Communicate

Researchers reconstruct how sauropod tails moved—and challenge everything we thought we knew.
3 weeks ago

The World’s Oldest Armored Dinosaur Looked Like a Walking Fortress Covered in Spikes

The earliest ankylosaur flaunted metre-long spikes and a tail weapon.
3 weeks ago

Hundreds of Americans Begged the EPA Not to Roll Back Climate Protections and Almost No One Listened

Public speaks out against EPA plan to rescind Endangerment Finding.
3 weeks ago

Shark Teeth Are Supposed to be Nearly Indestructible but Climate Change is Starting to Corrode Them

Sharks could suffer from climate change in ways that people hadn't previously considered.
3 weeks ago

Meet the Robot Drummer That Can Play Linkin Park (and Bon Jovi) Like a Human

Robots can play music while we work our menial jobs.
3 weeks ago

Scientists Made 'Jelly Ice' That Never Melts. It's Edible, Compostable and Reusable

This squishy ice made from gelatin keeps things cold without the mess of melting.
3 weeks ago

The Romans Actually Returned to Pompeii After the Eruption for a Few Chaotic Centuries

After Mount Vesuvius erupted, the famous city of Pompeii didn't remain a ghost town for as long as we thought.
3 weeks ago

Scientists Transplant Pig Lung Into Human for the First Time. It Worked for Nine Days

Genetically engineered lung functioned for nine days, marking a tentative step for xenotransplantation.
3 weeks ago

Scientists Create Synthetic Organism That Rewrites Life’s Universal Genetic Code

Researchers engineered E. coli to run on just 57 codons instead of 64
3 weeks ago

Birds Are Singing Nearly An Hour Longer Every Day Because Of City Lights

Light pollution is making birds sing nearly an hour longer each day
3 weeks ago

China Has Built the First Underwater AI Data Center Cooled by the Ocean Itself

By sinking servers beneath the sea, China may change the future of sustainable computing.
3 weeks ago

The Internet Ate Your Phone Call: How VoIP Rewired Our Conversations

Your business phone line is now more software than copper wire.
3 weeks ago

New Dads’ Brains Light Up in Surprising Ways When They See Their Babies

New fathers’ brains respond uniquely to their own infants, tuning for care and connection.
3 weeks ago

Divers Pulled a Sphinx and Roman Coins From a 2,000-Year-Old Sunken City in Egypt

Archaeologists lift ancient treasures from Abu Qir Bay.
3 weeks ago