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How not to cry when cutting onion — according to physics

Avoiding tears when cutting onions may be as simple as checking your knife.

China’s Ancient Star Chart Could Rewrite the History of Astronomy

Did the Chinese create the first star charts?

The Worm That Outsourced Locomotion to Its (Many) Butts

Ramisyllis multicaudata challenges the very idea of a body.

The unusual world of Roman Collegia — or how to start a company in Ancient Rome

Grassroots social and economic engines that brought even slaves into civic life.

For over 500 years, Oxford graduates pledged to hate Henry Symeonis. So, who is he?

It's one of the weirdest pledges you'll ever come across.

In 2019, Iceland started experimenting with a shorter workweek. It's been a resounding success

We weren't sure at first, but Iceland is showing that the shorter workweek works.

Grok Won’t Shut Up About “White Genocide” Conspiracy Theories — Even When Asked About HBO or Other Random Things

Regardless of the context Grok, it seems, is being used to actively push a topic onto its users.

Barbie’s Feet Have Something to Say About Modern Womanhood

Barbie's feet are changing from heels to flats, and it says a lot about our society.

Scientists Create “Bait” to Lure Baby Corals Back to Dying Reefs

A new bioengineered ink dramatically boosts coral larvae settlement.

Wild Chimpanzees Use Medicine To Treat Each Other’s Wounds

Chimpanzees don’t just treat their own injuries, but care for others, too.

Meet Mosura fentoni, the Bug-Eyed Cambrian Weirdo with Three Eyes and Gills in Its Tail

Evolution went strong in this one.

Japan’s Stem Cell Scientists Claim Breakthrough in Parkinson’s Treatment

It’s a small study, but it could change everything for neurodegenerative diseases.

Whale Tagging at Dawn and Other Stunning Photos of Science in the Wild

Science doesn't just happen in labs—it unfolds under Arctic skies, in frog-filled forests, and atop misty mountains.

Does AI Have Free Will? This Philosopher Thinks So

As AI systems grow more autonomous, we should start treating them like moral agents.

Obsidian Artifacts Reveal a Hidden, Thriving Economy in the Aztec Empire

Aztecs weren’t just warriors and priests, they were savvy traders.

3,700 Hours with Wild Chimps Reveal Evolutionary Roots of Attachment

This study is about chimps. But in a way, it's also about us.

Just five minutes of junk food advertising are enough to get kids eating more calories

Junk food ads math: 5 minutes equals 130 more kilocalories per day.

CERN Creates Gold from Lead and There's No Magic, Just Physics

Researchers at CERN have managed to knock enough protons off lead atoms to make gold.

How Some Flowers Evolved the Grossest Stench — and Why Flies Love It

Flowers keep making the same mutation time and time again.

This car-sized "millipede" was built like a tank — and had the face to go with it

A Carboniferous beast is showing its face.

Climate Change Is Breaking the Insurance Industry

Climate related problems, from storms to health issues, are causing a wave of change in the insurance industry.

9 Environmental Stories That Don't Get as Much Coverage as They Should

From whales to soil microbes, our planet’s living systems are fraying in silence.

America’s Cities Are Quietly Sinking. Here's Why

Land subsidence driven by groundwater overuse is putting millions at risk.

This Bizarre Bacterium Conducts Electricity Like a Wire

Conducting electricity as a lifestyle.

Scientists find remnant of Earth's primordial crust in tiny crystals in Australia

A tiny zircon crystal might just be one of the oldest Earth relics ever found.

The world is facing a rising dementia crisis. The worst is in China

As the world ages, high blood sugar has emerged as a leading risk factor in developing dementia.

Nature Built a Nuclear Reactor 2 Billion Years Ago — Here’s How It Worked

Billions of years ago, this uranium went a bit crazy.

What Your Emoji Use Really Says About You, According to Science

If you use a lot of emojis, you'll want to read this.

6 Genetic Myths Still Taught in Schools (That Science Says Are Wrong)

Many traits we learn as 'genetic facts' are more folklore than fact.

This Chip Trains AI Using Only Light — And It’s a Game Changer

Forget electricity — this new AI chip from Penn learns using light.

This ancient South American culture used ritual drugs to reinforce social hierarchy

High in the Peruvian Andes, archaeologists uncovered snuff tubes containing traces of hallucinogens.

Ancient Chinese Poems Reveal Tragic Decline of Yangtze’s Endangered Porpoise

Researchers used over 700 ancient Chinese poems to trace 1,400 years of ecological change

Finland Just Banned Smartphones in Schools

Do you agree with this approach?

“How Fat Is Kim Jong Un?” Is Now a Cybersecurity Test

North Korean IT operatives are gaming the global job market. This simple question has them beat.

A Soviet shuttle from the Space Race is about to fall uncontrollably from the sky

A ghost from time past is about to return to Earth. But it won't be smooth.

Denmark could become the first country to ban deepfakes

Denmark hopes to pass a law prohibiting publishing deepfakes without the subject's consent.

Ice Age Humans in Ukraine Were Masterful Fire Benders, New Study Shows

Ice Age humans mastered fire with astonishing precision.

University of Zurich Researchers Secretly Deployed AI Bots on Reddit in Unauthorized Study

The revelation has sparked outrage across the internet.

Scientists put nanotattoos on frozen tardigrades and that could be a big deal

Tardigrades just got cooler.

The surprising reason why the UK has power surges because of TV programs

It's all because of tea.

Everyone else’s opinion is secretly changing yours (and that's huge for disinformation)

Public opinion may be swaying you a lot more than you think.

Superbugs are the latest crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa

Researchers found an alarming rise in antibiotic-resistant infections among children.

Cats Came Bearing Gods: Religion and Trade Shaped the Rise of the Domestic Cat in Europe

Two groundbreaking studies challenge the old narrative that cats followed early farmers into Europe.

RFK Jr loves raw milk. Now, he's suspending milk quality tests due to Trump cuts

Imagine pouring a glass of milk for your child and wondering if it’s safe.

Oxford Academics Used a Human Skull as a Wine Cup—Until 2015

It sounds like a scene from gothic fiction, but it’s real.

Yeast in Space? Scientists Just Launched a Tiny Lab to See If We Can Create Food in Orbit

Microbes can brew food in space — a game-changer for astronauts.

The UAE Wants AI to Write Its Laws — What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

But can machines really grasp justice, fairness, and human rights?

Scientists Invent a Color Humans Have Never Seen Before

Meet "olo": a vivid, hyper-saturated blue-green that can't be captured by screens or paint.

Conservative people in the US distrust science way more broadly than previously thought

Even chemistry gets side-eye now. Trust in science is crumbling across America's ideology.

China Just Powered Up the World’s First Thorium Reactor — and Reloaded It Mid-Run

They used declassified US documents to develop the technology.

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