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A Chemical Found in Acne Medication Might Help Humans Regrow Limbs Like Salamanders

The amphibian blueprint for regeneration may already be written in our own DNA.
11 hours ago

Everyone Thought ChatGPT Used 10 Times More Energy Than Google. Turns Out That’s Not True

Sam Altman revealed GPT-4o uses around 0.3 watthours of energy per query.
14 hours ago

World’s Smallest Violin Is No Joke — It’s a Tiny Window Into the Future of Nanotechnology

The tiny etching is smaller than a speck of dust but signals big advances in materials science.
14 hours ago

Scientists Created an STD Fungus That Kills Malaria-Carrying Mosquitoes After Sex

Researchers engineer a fungus that kills mosquitoes during mating, halting malaria in its tracks
14 hours ago

Fish Feel Intense Pain For 20 Minutes After Catch — So Why Are We Letting Them Suffocate?

Brutal and mostly invisible, the way we kill fish involves prolonged suffering.
15 hours ago

Scientists Used Lasers To Finally Explain How Tiny Dunes Form -- And This Might Hold Clues to Other Worlds

Decoding how sand grains move and accumulate on Earth can also help scientists understand dune formation on Mars.
16 hours ago

Your new phobia, unlocked: a rogue hole in the ocean

From a sailing myth to proven fact, rogue waves and the lesser known rogue holes are rare but real.
16 hours ago

Scientists Froze The 1,350-Year-Old Tomb of a Toddler Buried Like Royalty in a Repurposed Roman Villa. They Call Him The "Ice Prince"

The Ice Prince lived for only 18 months, but his past is wrapped in mystery, wealth, and extraordinary preservation.
19 hours ago

A 30-Year-Old Study Says Croissants Are Absolutely Terrible. Here's why

They're the least filling food ever.
22 hours ago

Spanish Galleon Sank With $17-Billion Worth of Treasure In Today's Money. Now Confirmed As the World’s Richest Shipwreck

Researchers link underwater treasure to the legendary Spanish galleon sunk in 1708
1 day ago

The oceans are so acidic they're dissolving the shells of marine creatures

We've ignored ocean acidification for far too long.
2 days ago

Scientists Made a Battery Powered by Probiotics That's Completely Biodegradable

Scientists have built a battery powered by yogurt microbes that dissolves after use.
2 days ago

Scientists stunned to observe that humpback whales might be trying to talk to us

These whales used bubble rings to seemingly send messages to humans.
2 days ago

Physicists Say Light Can Be Made From Nothing and Now They Have the Simulation to Prove It

An Oxford-led team simulation just brought one of physics' weirdest predictions to life.
2 days ago

Lawyers are already citing fake, AI-generated cases and it's becoming a problem

Just in case you're wondering how society is dealing with AI.
2 days ago

This Wildcat Helped Create the House Cat and Is Now at Risk Because of It

The house cat's ancestor is in trouble.
2 days ago

From peasant fodder to posh fare: how snails and oysters became luxury foods

Oysters and escargot are recognised as luxury foods around the world – but they were once valued by the lower classes as cheap sources of protein. Less adventurous eaters today see snails as a garden pest, and are quick to point out that freshly shucked o
2 days ago

Saurpod Dinosaur’s Last Meal Perfectly Preserved for 95 Million Years Shows What They Really Ate

Sauropods were the largest land-living animals of all time. Finding the traces of a sauropod’s last meal is nothing short of extraordinary.
2 days ago

Muscle bros love their cold plunges. Science says they don't really work (for gains)

The cold plunge may not be helping those gains you work so hard for.
2 days ago

Revolutionary single-dose cholesterol treatment could reduce levels by up to 69%

If confirmed, this could be useful for billilons of people.
3 days ago

Your Brain Uses Only 5% More Energy Whether You’re Actively Thinking or Not. So, What Causes Mental Fatigue?

Mental effort barely increases brain energy use.
3 days ago

Buddhism Is Known for Peace. So What Explains Buddhist Monks Inciting Violence in Asia?

According to the Pew Research Center, about one-quarter of countries worldwide exhibit “high” or “very high” levels of social hostilities involving religion, including violent religion-related attacks. We’re seeing this play out globally. A new wave of re
3 days ago

A Unique Light-Sensitive Resin Could Make 3D Printing Faster and Cleaner

Smart resin forms tough parts with UV light and dissolvable supports with visible light. This dual nature can make 3D printing waste-free.
3 days ago

This 200-year-old-condom in "mint condition" features erotic art and a striking message

This museum exhibit is a reflection of a turbulent part of European history.
3 days ago

Iron Deficiency Can Flip The Genetic Switch That Determines Sex, Turning Male Embryos into Female

Researchers show maternal iron levels can override genetic sex determination in mice.
3 days ago

Goodness, Gracious: New Study Finds Moral People Are Happier

Researchers uncover a link between moral character and long-term well-being.
3 days ago

Cats Recognize Familiar Odors, But They're More Curious About the Unknown

Cats know who you are and they're probably judging you.
3 days ago

This Tiny Chip Could Supercharge the Entire Internet

This silicon chip that shatters bandwidth records, offering a 10x boost in data transmission speeds.
3 days ago

Rare, black iceberg spotted off the coast of Labrador could be 100,000 years old

Not all icebergs are white.
6 days ago

Captain Cook's Famous Shipwreck Finally Found After 25-Year Search in Rhode Island

Final report confirms identification of the famed vessel scuttled off Rhode Island in 1778.
6 days ago

Thousands of Centuries-Old Trees, Some Extinct in the Wild, Are Preserved by Ancient Temples in China

Religious temples across China shelter thousands of ancient trees, including species extinct in the wild.
6 days ago

These Bacteria Exhale Electricity and Could Help Fight Climate Change

Some E. coli can survive by pushing out electrons instead of using oxygen
6 days ago

This 43,000-Year-Old Fingerprint on a Face-shaped Pebble May Be the First Neanderthal Artwork Ever Discovered

A tiny dot on a face-shaped pebble shows that Neanderthals also had the ability to understand abstract art.
6 days ago

This New Lens Converts Invisible Infrared Light into Visible Color

An atomic-scale metalens converts infrared into visible light in a single leap
6 days ago

This Ancient Loaf of Bread Was Buried for 5,000 Years in Turkey and Now It's Back on the Menu

Archaeologists uncover 5,000-year-old bread—and a Turkish town brings it back to life
6 days ago

Astronomers Claim the Big Bang May Have Taken Place Inside a Black Hole

Was the “Big Bang” a cosmic rebound? New study suggests the Universe may have started inside a giant black hole.
6 days ago

Vegetarians Are More Rebellious (and Power Hungry) Than You Think

Forget the stereotype. Vegetarianism is becoming a cultural statement.
6 days ago

Frog Saunas Offer a Steamy Lifeline Against a Deadly Amphibian Pandemic

For some frog species, sitting in a hot brick could mean the difference between life and death.
7 days ago

Astronomers Just Found the Most Powerful Cosmic Event Since the Big Bang. It's At Least 25 Times Stronger Than Any Supernova

The rare blasts outshine supernovae and reshape how we study black holes.
7 days ago

This Tiny Robot Solved a Rubik’s Cube in 0.103 Seconds and Broke a World Record

Students at Purdue built a record-breaking robot that redefined how fast a puzzle can be solved.
7 days ago

A Seemingly Ordinary Bucket Turned Out to Be a 6th-Century Funeral Urn From the Dark Ages and No One Saw It Coming

It took 40 years, X-rays, and a TV dig to uncover the truth behind the ornate bucket.
7 days ago

Terraforming Mars Might Actually Work and Scientists Now Have a Plan to Try It

Can we build an ecosystem on Mars — and should we?
7 days ago

Psychologist Says Hitler, Putin and Trump Share One Startling Childhood Pattern

Unresolved trauma in childhood may feed a dangerous form of political narcissism.
7 days ago

Prehistoric Humans Lit Fires to Smoke Meat a Million Years Ago

Smoking meat may be our human heritage.
1 week ago

Student Finds the Psychedelic Fungus the Inventor of LSD Spent His Life Searching For

The discovery could reshape how we study psychedelic compounds in nature and medicine.
1 week ago

The Real Sound of Clapping Isn’t From Your Hands Hitting Each Other

A simple gesture hides a complex interplay of air, flesh, and fluid mechanics.
1 week ago

This AI Can Zoom Into a Photo 256 Times Without Losing Detail

Chain-of-Zoom could help AI "see" up to 256 times more clearly.
1 week ago

What do Fungi, Chameleons, and Humans All Have in Common? We're all Heterotrophs

From chameleons to ghostly plants, Earth’s life forms have evolved ingenious ways to eat.
1 week ago

Sinking Giant Concrete Orbs to the Bottom of the Ocean Could Store Massive Amounts of Renewable Energy

These underwater batteries could potentially store hundreds of thousands of gigawatt-hours.
1 week ago

How many people are actually exceptional? Less than 1 in 100,000

We all like to think we're exceptional. But statistically, you're probably not; and neither is anyone you know.
1 week ago

3D-Printed Pen With Magnetic Ink Can Detect Parkinson’s From Handwriting

This pen traces hand tremors to diagnose Parkinson's.
1 week ago

People want climate labels on products, especially meat, cars, and flights

Citizens suggest carbon labels on advertised products could help consumers make better decisions.
1 week ago

Shy albatrosses are more likely to get divorced

Climate change also has a part to play.
1 week ago

We haven't been listening to female frog calls because the males just won't shut up

Only 1.4% of frog species have documented female calls — scientists are listening closer now
1 week ago

Leading AI models sometimes refuse to shut down when ordered

Models trained to solve problems are now learning to survive—even if we tell them not to.
1 week ago

Why Reading Obituaries Every Weekend Turned Me Into a Creative Idea Machine

Reading obituaries can boost creativity by exposing you to distant ideas, fueling the associations that lead to unexpected breakthroughs.
1 week ago

Why December-Born Kids Are Far More Likely to Get Speech Therapy

The youngest kids in class are far more likely to receive therapy they may not need.
1 week ago

This Forgotten 4,000 km Wall in Mongolia Wasn't Built for War

Archaeologists think the Medieval Wall System wasn't just built to defend.
1 week ago

Scientists Tracked a Mysterious 200-Year-Old Global Cooling Event to a Chain of Four Volcanoes

A newly identified eruption rewrites the volcanic history of the 19th century.
1 week ago

Oldest Neanderthal Weapon Dates Back Over 70,000 Years, And Is Carved From A Bison Leg Bone

No, modern humans weren’t the first to craft pointed weapons using bones. Neanderthals were already doing it thousands of years ago.
1 week ago

New Simulations Suggest the Milky Way May Never Smash Into Andromeda

A new study questions previous Milky Way - Andromeda galaxy collision assumptions.
1 week ago

Elon Musk’s Drug Use Was Worse Than Anyone Knew and It Didn’t Stop at Ketamine

Elon Musk used drugs so often it damaged his bladder and somehow still passed drug tests.
1 week ago

A World War I US Navy Submarine Sank in 10 Seconds in 1917. Now The Wreck Has Been Revealed in Stunning Detail

Researchers unveil haunting 3D views of WWI sub that sank off San Diego in 1917
1 week ago

Losing Just 12 Pounds in Your 40s Could Add Years to Your Life

It’s not about crash diets or miracle cures. It's about a balanced lifestyle.
1 week ago

Your smartphone is a parasite, according to evolution

Many of us are hostage to our phones – and it’s not unlike having head lice.
1 week ago

Scientists Built a Cockroach Cyborg Guided by Light

A gentle light guides these insect cyborgs—no wires, no surgery, no shocks.
1 week ago

Veterans Show Lower Rates of Depression Than Civilians in Surprising Study

The new study flips the scrip on prior research.
2 weeks ago

AI slop is way more common than you think. Here's what we know

The odds are you've seen it too.
2 weeks ago

Your Morning Coffee Might Be Sabotaging Your Meds — Here’s What You Need to Know

For many of us, the day doesn’t start until we’ve had our first cup of coffee. It’s comforting, energising, and one of the most widely consumed beverages in the world. But while your morning brew might feel harmless, it can interact with certain medicines
2 weeks ago

Artificial selection — when humans take what they want genetically

As soon as we recognised inheritance, we began selectively breeding to see what we could get.
2 weeks ago

Why Japan’s Birth Rate Collapsed in 1966 — And May Collapse Again in 2026

The culprit was an ancient superstition about "cursed" baby girls.
2 weeks ago

How Dandelions Break Through Concrete With Nothing but Willpower (and Physics)

Whether you think of it as a weed or a bit of nature in the city, a dandelion has impressive survival skills.
2 weeks ago

Two Lightning Bolts Collided Over a Japanese Tower and Triggered a Microburst of Nuclear-Level Radiation

An invisible, split-second blast reveals a new chapter in lightning physics.
2 weeks ago

Scientists Invented a Way to Store Data in Plastic Molecules and It Could Someday Replace Hard Drives

What if your next hard drive wasn’t a box, but a string of molecules? Synthetic polymers promises to revolutionize data storage.
2 weeks ago

Meet Cavorite X7: An aircraft that can hover like a helicopter and fly like a plane

This unusual hybrid aircraft has sliding panels on its wings that cover hidden electric fans.
2 weeks ago

A Treatment That Helped Dogs Survive Cancer Is Now Being Used on Children

Canine cancer trials could help transform the fight against a deadly childhood cancer
2 weeks ago

Mice Lived 30% Longer (And Better) on This Drug Combo and Scientists Are Eyeing Human Trials Next

Scientists combine two cancer drugs to delay aging and disease in mice.
2 weeks ago

A Massive Part of the Ocean Is Getting Darker and It’s Already Impacting Sea Life

From the food on your plate to the oxygen you breathe, oceans are essential to our ecosystem.
2 weeks ago

This Shape-Shifting Parasite Eats Human Cells and Wears Their Proteins as a Disguise

An amoeba that kills 70,000 people a year is finally yielding its secrets.
2 weeks ago

Can you upload a human mind into a computer? Here's what a neuroscientist has to say about it

Science has done many things that seem miraculous. Why not transfer your consciousness to a machine?
2 weeks ago

These Galaxies are Colliding at Two Million Miles Per Hour in Deep Space

A galactic pileup 94 million light-years away is giving astronomers a detailed look at how cosmic collisions shape the universe.
2 weeks ago

Ice Age Hunters Made Tools from Beached Whale Bones 20,000 Years Ago

Long before whale hunting, humans were already crafting tools from whale bones.
2 weeks ago

Drinking Sugar Is Worse Than Eating It for Diabetes and Now We Know Why

Liquid sugars like soda and juice sharply raise diabetes risk — solid sugars don't.
2 weeks ago

Inside the Great Firewall: China’s Relentless Battle to Control the Internet

On the Chinese internet, a river crab isn’t just a crustacean. It’s code. River crab are Internet slang terms created by Chinese netizens in reference to the Internet censorship, or other kinds of censorship in mainland China. They need to do this because
2 weeks ago

We Need to Talk About Composting Toilets. Can They Actually Work?

Composting toilets could make a difference in our water-limited world. But are we ready to consider them?
2 weeks ago

AI is quietly changing how we design our work

AI reshapes engineering, from sketches to skyscrapers, promising speed, smarts, and new creations.
2 weeks ago

Climate Change Is Rewriting America’s Gardening Map and Some Plants Can’t Keep Up

Warmer winter temperatures have altered frost patterns and growing seasons across the United States.
2 weeks ago

A Parasite Found in Cat Poop Can Decapitate Human Sperm in Five Minutes

Male fertility rates have been plummeting over the past half-century. An analysis from 1992 noted a steady decrease in sperm counts and quality since the 1940s. A more recent study found that male infertility rates increased nearly 80% from 1990 to 2019.
2 weeks ago

First Stem Cell Nerve Therapy Meant to Reverse Paralysis Enters Clinical Trial

A cell therapy for regenerating broken spinal cord using lab-grown neurons enters human trials for the first time.
2 weeks ago

Megalodon May Have Eaten Whatever It Could Find to Feed Its 100,000-Calorie-Per-Day Diet

The biggest shark in history was likely an opportunistic feeder.
2 weeks ago

Simple Blood Test Can Now Reaveal How Much Junk Food You Eat

Molecules in blood and urine reveal hidden toll of ultra-processed diets
2 weeks ago

This researcher sailed like a Viking for three years. Here's what he found

Retracing Norse trade routes through sails, stories, and digital seascapes
2 weeks ago

Sea Turtle Too Big for Scanner Gets Life-Saving Scan at Horse Hospital

Pregnant, injured, and too big for the regular vets.
2 weeks ago

Queen bees can hibernate underwater for several days without drowning

This could be a very useful skill in light of current climate events.
2 weeks ago

Researchers Recreate the Sounds of a 3,000-Year-Old Underground City

Forget what ancient cities looked like — what if we could hear them?
2 weeks ago

The First Teeth Grew on the Skin of 460-Million-Year-Old Fish and Were Never Meant for Chewing

Teeth may have started as ancient sensory tools, not tools for eating.
2 weeks ago

This Man Tried to Stifle a Sneeze and Tore a Hole in His Throat

Holding in a sneeze tore a man’s windpipe. Doctors say: let it out.
2 weeks ago

China Is Building The First AI Supercomputer in Space

China wants to turn space satellites into a giant cloud server.
2 weeks ago

Taking Vitamin D Daily Might Actually Slow Down Aging at the Cellular Level

A new clinical trial suggests vitamin D slows cellular aging by preserving telomere length.
2 weeks ago

This Wild Laser Setup Reads Tiny Letters From Over 1.3 Kilometers Away

A 1950s astronomy technique was used to read pea-sized letters over 1.3 kilometers away.
2 weeks ago