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Stuttering Has Deep Genetic Roots and May Affect Your Ability to Clap to a Beat

A massive genetic study found that stuttering is not just about nurture and may link to processing rhythm itself.
1 hour ago

What If We Built Our Skyscrapers from Wood? It's Just Crazy Enough to Work (And Good for the Planet)

Forget concrete and steel. The real future is wood.
2 hours ago

Southern Ocean Salinity May Be Triggering Sea Ice Loss

New satellite technology has revealed that the Southern Ocean is getting saltier, an unexpected turn of events that could spell big trouble for Antarctica.
2 hours ago

Tooth nerves aren't just for pain. They also protect your teeth

We should be more thankful for what's in our mouths.
3 hours ago

Scientists Just Rediscovered the World’s Smallest Snake — Thought Lost for 20 Years

A blind, worm-sized snake was hiding under a rock in Barbados all along
5 hours ago

A New AI Can Spot You by How Your Body Bends a Wi-Fi Signal

You don’t need a phone or camera to be tracked anymore: just wi-fi.
7 hours ago

Researchers Just Read a 100-Year-Old Buddhist Scroll Without Opening It

Three ancient scrolls inside a Mongolian shrine reveal a sacred mantra, thanks to virtual unrolling.
9 hours ago

Athens Is Tapping a 2,000-Year-Old Roman Aqueduct To Help Survive a Megadrought

Sometimes new problems need old solutions.
11 hours ago

Your Brain Gives Off a Faint Light and It Might Say Something About It Works

Some researchers believe that ultraweak photon emissions could be used to interpret brain activity.
12 hours ago

Aging Isn’t a Steady Descent. Around 50, the Body Seems to Hit a Cliff And Some Organs Age Much Faster Than Others

Study reveals a sharp shift in human aging — starting with the arteries.
12 hours ago

Inside the World’s Oldest Medical Text Where Science and Sorcery Were One

The Babylonians had quite a knack for organizing things.
13 hours ago

An AI Ran a Vending Machine. It Ended in Chaos and Hallucinations With a Hilarious Meltdown

For a few surreal weeks, the dystopian future ran inside a mini-fridge in San Francisco.
14 hours ago

If You’re Nostalgic for a Place, It’s Probably Somewhere Near Water

There's just something about the sea.
14 hours ago

Tuvalu Is on Track to Become the First Country Lost to Climate Change. More Than 80% of the Population Apply to Relocate to Australia Under World's First 'Climate Visa'

Tuvalu will likely become the first nation to vanish because of climate change.
14 hours ago

This New Museum Lets You Order and Handle Unique, Ancient Exhibits

From Roman artifacts to Picasso's gowns, this museum lets you hold the past.
17 hours ago

This 850,000-Year-Old Toddler’s Bone Is the Oldest Evidence of Cannibalism in Europe

Researchers say it’s the oldest direct evidence of cannibalism in Europe.
1 day ago

Pregnancy in Space Sounds Cool Until You Learn What Could Go Wrong

Growing a baby in space sounds like science fiction. Here’s why it might stay that way.
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Nearly Three-Quarters of New Solar and Wind Projects Are Being Built in China

China is driving a global shift in energy with a record-breaking expansion of solar and wind power.
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Temporary Tattoo Turns Red If Your Drink Has Been Spiked

This skin-worn patch can detect GHB in drinks in under one second
1 day ago

7,000 Steps a Day Keep the Doctor Away

Just 7,000 steps a day may lower your risk of death, dementia, and depression.
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"Extremely rare" bronze armor from Czechia turns out to be a Trojan War artifact

3,200-year-old warrior armor links Moravia to the world of Homeric myth.
1 day ago

These Dolphins Use Sea Sponges on Their Faces to Hunt and It’s More Complicated Than Anyone Thought

Dolphins in Australia pass down a quirky hunting tool that distorts their sonar but boosts their success.
4 days ago

Nearly 3,000 People Tried a Four-Day Workweek With No Pay Cut and the Results Were Great

Largest study of its kind finds fewer workdays make for healthier, happier, more productive employees.
4 days ago

Amish Kids Almost Never Get Allergies and Scientists Finally Know Why

How Amish barns could hold the secret to preventing the onset of allergies.
4 days ago

Surgeons Found a Way to Resuscitate Dead Hearts and It Already Saved A Baby's Life

Can we reboot the human heart? Yes, we can, and this could save many dying babies and adults who are waiting for a transplant.
4 days ago

Scientists transform flossing into needle-free vaccine

In the not-too-distant future, your dentist might do more than remind you to floss—they might vaccinate you, too.
4 days ago

Meta's New Bracelet Lets You Control Computers Directly

It's a completely new way to interact with computers.
5 days ago

This Is the Oldest Ice on the Planet and It’s About to Be Slowly Melted to Unlock 1.5 Million Years of Climate History

Antarctic ice core may reveal how Earth’s glacial rhythms transformed a million years ago.
5 days ago

Living Tattoos Could Transform Buildings Into Air-Cleaning, Self-Healing Organisms

Microbial inks may soon give buildings the power to breathe, heal, and fight pollution.
5 days ago

Satellite Eyes Reveal Which Ocean Sanctuaries Are Really Working (And Which Are Just 'Paper Parks')

AI and radar satellites expose where illegal fishing ends — and where it persists.
5 days ago

Uranus Is Hotter than We Thought and Probably Deserves a Visit

Uranus is heating up from the inside.
5 days ago

Scientists Superheated Gold to 14 Times Its Melting Point and It Remained Solid

No laws of physics were harmed in this process.
5 days ago

Astronomers Spotted a Ghostly Star Orbiting Betelgeuse and Its Days Are Already Numbered

A faint partner explains the red giant's mysterious heartbeat.
5 days ago

Crocodile Tears or Honest Grief? New Study Reveals What Makes Tears Seem Sincere

Tears seem most honest when we least expect them.
5 days ago

UK Families Welcome First Healthy Babies Born With DNA From Three People

Eight children were born with DNA from three people to prevent a deadly genetic disease.
5 days ago

Google's DeepMind builds AI that helps archaeologists piece together Roman writings

Generative AI turns to helping historians decipher ancient Roman history.
5 days ago

How Netscape lit the web on fire—and then watched the house burn down

Navigator, We Hardly Knew Ye.
5 days ago

Generative AI Is Taking Over Insurance. But Half the Industry Is Worried

Generative AI is reshaping how insurers assess risk, retain customers, and fight complexity.
5 days ago

This Startup Claims It Can Turn Mercury Into Gold Using Fusion Energy and Scientists Are Intrigued

The age-old alchemist's dream may find new life in the heart of a fusion reactor.
6 days ago

Fasting Before Bed Could Supercharge Your Brain’s Memory System While You Sleep

Skipping dinner might be a weird but effective way to boost your memory.
6 days ago

Over 90% of global renewable power projects are now cheaper than fossil fuels

Solar is 40% cheaper, and onshore wind is under half the price.
6 days ago

This Disturbing Phone Case Gets Sunburned Like Real Skin to Teach You a Lesson

The creepiest phone case ever made could maybe one day save your life.
6 days ago

Humans Built So Many Dams, We’ve Shifted the Planet’s Poles

Massive reservoirs have nudged Earth’s axis by over a meter since 1835.
6 days ago

Our Radar Systems Have Accidentally Turned Earth into a Giant Space Bean for the Last 75 Years and Scientists Say Aliens Could Be Listening

If aliens have a radio telescope, they already know we exist.
6 days ago

Some Butterflies Fooled Evolution and Developed a Second "Head"

They did it to trick predators and it worked.
6 days ago

Golden Oyster Mushroom Are Invasive in the US. They're Now Wreaking Havoc in Forests

Golden oyster mushrooms, with their sunny yellow caps and nutty flavor, have become wildly popular for being healthy, delicious and easy to grow at home from mushroom kits. But this food craze has also unleashed an invasive species into the wild, and new
6 days ago

Did Isaac Newton Predict The End of the World in 2060?

A legendary scientist’s secret prediction, and why we shouldn’t panic.
7 days ago

Scientists Taught Bacteria to Make Cheese Protein Without a Single Cow

Researchers crack a decades-old problem by producing functional casein in E. coli
1 week ago

Moths Can Hear When Plants Are in Trouble and It Changes How They Lay Their Eggs

Researchers find moths avoid laying eggs on plants emitting ultrasonic distress clicks.
1 week ago

Listen To This Musician Playing Beethoven on a 50,000-Year-Old Bone Flute Made By Neanderthals

Some consider it to be the oldest musical instrument, while others dismiss it as a bone punctured by hyenas.
1 week ago

How Pesticides Are Giving Millions of Farmers Sleepless Nights

Pesticides seem to affect us in even more ways than we thought.
1 week ago

The book that all Americans should be reading now

It's not The Handmaid's Tale, though that could also come in handy.
1 week ago

ChatGPT advised women to ask lower salaries than men

It's happening again.
1 week ago

Two Wild Cats Thought to Be Disappearing in Pakistan Just Reappeared on Camera

These rare cats were almost impossible to spot in Pakistan until now.
1 week ago

World’s First Eyeless Wasp and Numerous Other Strange Creatures Discovered in the Dark Caves of Nullarbor in Australia

Welcome to a new dark world where eye for an eye won’t ever be an issue.
1 week ago

FitLine in Focus: Quality, Criticism, and the Power of Direct Sales

Jogging and running may keep you healthy, but the booming success of FitLine shows that many are also turning to supplements for a wellness boost.
1 week ago

Ozempic Works Wonders Until You Stop. Then, the Weight Starts to Come Back

When the prescription runs out, the kilos come back.
1 week ago

Mesmerizing Fluid “Fireworks” Reveal Clues for Trapping Carbon Underground

Simulations show stunning patterns that could shape future carbon capture strategies.
1 week ago

How Handing Smartphones to Kids Before They Turn 13 May Damage Their Mental Health for Life

The earlier kids get phones, the worse their mental health looks by adulthood.
1 week ago

Researchers Studied Hundreds of Dogs Watching TV and Their Favorite TV Shows Might Say a Lot About Their Personality

A study of 453 dogs reveals how personality shapes what they watch — and why it matters.
1 week ago

An AI Just Took Gold at the World’s Hardest Math Contest and It Wasn't Even Trained For It

Could a machine outthink the brightest young mathematicians on the planet?
1 week ago

Your Workout Might Be Coaching Your Gut Bacteria To Help Fight Cancer

You gut microbes seem to produce more formate when you exercise and this may be key to fighting tumors.
1 week ago

AI Is Now Funny Enough to Make You Laugh. But Can It Ever Be Truly Humorous?

As people turn to AI for therapy and companionship, some say the models still need to learn the nuances of human humor.
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Who’s Really in Charge? By 12 Months Old, Your Baby Is Already Guiding You

A new study in eLife reveals a surprising twist in infant attention research. By 12 months old, infants do not simply respond to caregivers: they often drive attention themselves, using brain-based rhythms. Caregivers are responsive, but not in control of
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This Ancient Greek City Was Swallowed by the Sea—and Yet Refused to Die

A 3,000-year record of resilience, adaptation, and seismic survival
1 week ago

A Simple Heat Hack Could Revolutionize How We Produce Yogurt

In principle, the method could be deployed tomorrow, researchers say.
2 weeks ago

Scientists Create a ‘Smart Sponge’ That Knows When to Heal and When to Fight Inflammation

This hydrogel could help millions of people lead a better life.
2 weeks ago

The Race to the Bottom: Japan Is Set to Start Testing Deep-Sea Mining

There's a big hidden cost to this practice.
2 weeks ago

Japan Just Smashed the Internet Speed World Record and It Could Revolutionize the Internet

Researchers transmitted 127,500 GB every second — over the distance from Chicago to Dallas.
2 weeks ago

For the First Time Ever We Can See Planets Starting to Form Around a Star

JWST and ALMA peered through a natural opening in the star’s surrounding cloud to catch the action up close.
2 weeks ago

Low testosterone isn't killing your libido. Sugar is

Small increases in blood sugar can affect sperm and sex, even without diabetes
2 weeks ago

There might be an anti-aging secret hiding in magic mushrooms

Psilocybin extends cell life, and preserves aging DNA structures.
2 weeks ago

Not Just Hunters: Wooden Tools Unearth the Sophisticated, Plant-Eating World of Early Humans

What if the Stone Age wasn't really about stone?
2 weeks ago

This is How Exercise Supercharges the Immune System Against Cancer

Exercise reshapes gut bacteria to supercharge immune response against tumors.
2 weeks ago

Scientists just figured out how to turn moon dirt into water and oxygen just using sunlight

Scientists find a way to turn moon regolith into water, air, and fuel…and that could change space travel.
2 weeks ago

Selfies are wrong; and also not right

Your left cheek could be the secret to getting more likes on social media.
2 weeks ago

MIT Engineers Unveil AI-Designed Underwater Gliders That Redefine Ocean Exploration

An MIT-designed system lets AI evolve new shapes for ocean-exploring robots.
2 weeks ago

Bees are facing a massive survival challenge. Could AI help them?

Our tiny friends are in trouble and it's because of us.
2 weeks ago

Cycling Is Four Times More Efficient Than Walking. A Biomechanics Expert Explains Why

The answer lies in the elegant biomechanics of how our bodies interact with this wonderfully simple machine.
2 weeks ago

We’re Starting to Sound Like ChatGPT — And We Don’t Even Realize It

Are chatbots changing our vocabulary? There's increasing evidence this is the case.
2 weeks ago

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Just Flew Closer to the Sun Than Ever Before and the Footage is Breathtaking

Closest-ever solar images offer new insights into Earth-threatening space weather.
2 weeks ago

Scientists Just Showed How Alien Life Could Emerge in Titan's Methane Lakes

What if the ingredients of life could assemble on a methane world?
2 weeks ago

Can Dogs Really Smell Parkinson’s? These Two Good Boys Say Yes

Our best friend is even more awesome than we thought.
2 weeks ago

Scientists 3D Printed Microscopic Elephants and Barcodes Inside Cells for the First Time

What happens when you 3D-print an elephant and a microlaser inside a living cell?
2 weeks ago

AI-Powered Surgical Robot Performed a Full Operation With Zero Help From Humans

An AI robot performed gallbladder surgery without human help, and it worked every time.
2 weeks ago

These 18 Million-Year-Old Teeth Contain the Oldest Proteins Ever and They Came From Giant Prehistoric Beasts

The oldest protein fragments ever recovered challenge what we thought we knew about fossil decay.
2 weeks ago

This Strange Material Flips Between Conductor and Insulator and Could Replace Silicon

New material phase could lead to computers that run 1,000 times faster
2 weeks ago

Neanderthals Turned Cave Lion Bone into a 130,000-Year-Old 'Swiss Army Knife'

130,000-year-old discovery reveals a new side to our ancient cousins.
2 weeks ago

This Bionic Knee Plugs Into Your Bones and Nerves, and Feels Just Like A Real Body Part

No straps, no sockets: MIT team created a true bionic knee and successfully tested it on humans.
2 weeks ago

Melting Glaciers May Unleash Hundreds of Dormant Volcanoes and Scientists Are Worried

Glacier retreat is triggering more explosive eruptions, with global consequences
2 weeks ago

This New Bioplastic Is Clear Flexible and Stronger Than Oil-Based Plastic. And It’s Made by Microbes

New material mimics plastic’s versatility but biodegrades like a leaf.
2 weeks ago

Researchers recreate the quintessentially Roman fish sauce

Would you like some garum with that?
2 weeks ago

Why Warmer Countries Have Louder Languages

Language families in hotter regions evolved with more resonant, sonorous words, researchers find.
2 weeks ago

What Happens When You Throw a Paper Plane From Space? These Physicists Found Out

A simulated A4 paper plane takes a death dive from the ISS for science.
3 weeks ago

The Oldest Dog Breed's DNA Reveals How Humans Conquered the Arctic — and You’ve Probably Never Heard of It

Qimmeq dogs have pulled Inuit sleds for 1,000 years — now, they need help to survive.
3 weeks ago

A New Vaccine Could Stop One of the Deadliest Forms of Breast Cancer Before It Starts

A phase 1 trial hints at a new era in cancer prevention
3 weeks ago

After 700 Years Underwater Divers Recovered 80-Ton Blocks from the Long-Lost Lighthouse of Alexandria

Divered recover 22 colossal blocks from one of the ancient world's greatest marvels.
3 weeks ago

Scientists Discover 9,000 Miles of Ancient Riverbeds on Mars. The Red Planet May Have Been Wet for Millions of Years

A new look at Mars makes you wonder just how wet it really was.
3 weeks ago

How a Drilling Mishap Created Nevada’s Most Surreal Geyser

The Fly Geyser is a natural wonder of geology. Except, it's not really natural.
3 weeks ago

Ozempic Is Changing More Than Waistlines as Scientists Wise Up to Concerning Side Effects

But GLP-1 drugs also offer many benefits beyond weight loss.
3 weeks ago