Inside Kuru: the strange brain-eating disease caused by human cannibalism
How a strange illness connected to consuming human flesh led to two Nobel Prizes.
How a strange illness connected to consuming human flesh led to two Nobel Prizes.
The two species may have imitated each other’s stone tools and jewelry.
On average, researchers publish their most innovative work early in their careers.
Mathematics has long been dancing between the arts and the sciences. It's hard to corner it into one camp.
The Stephen Hawking medal for science communication celebrates outstanding contributions to popular science.
We interviewed a Nobel Laureate about his ambitious plan to make California's water usage more efficient.
Mosquitoes revealed something unexpected about the neurons that encode scent.
Besides being more convenient, the new therapy could be priced at a fraction of the current cost.
There's more to it than just some flashy fashion item.
As someone coming from the sciences, the book was surprisingly relatable and easy to comprehend -- and surprisingly humorous.
Everything revolves around one or two things: space and numbers.
The world is yet again experiencing a major refugee crisis, and the world's richest aren't pulling their weight.
Thanks to them, we have a better understanding of the internal structure of stars
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The Large Hadron Collider made history in 2012 by discovering the Higgs boson, now as it restarts, the search begins ...
This is not just some quirky gadget though.
The Abel Prize is perhaps the most prestigious award in mathematics.
Starting from meager skin cells, scientists want to generate artificial northern white rhino eggs to replenish the population.
Eunice Foote was the first to discover that carbon dioxide traps heat in the atmosphere.
Celebrating the work of female scientists.
The crackdown on free media intensifies in Russia.
It's a meaningless and unfair war, they argued.
Perpetrators of horrendous crimes could avoid the death penalty because of their brainwaves.
Talk about a plot twist.
Inuits are undeniably resourceful and capable, but something about this story smells.
Scientists will use the new moon to aid in future interstellar colonization.
Gravitational waves were detected by laser interferometers, but in 1982, indirect evidence was also popping up.
Scientists hoped to find a deviation from this landmark theory. But general relativity proves yet again to be one tough ...
The new observations are 20 times closer and sharper than ever before.
Thanks to test tube babies, parenthood has become more and more accessible for millions of parents around the world.
It is undoubtedly the most valuable Einstein manuscript to ever come to auction, according to the auction house.
Scientists never thought such a mineral could be found at the planet's surface.
The nuclear device was so powerful, it was too big to use effectively.
For decades, most of the world ignored bacteriophage treatments. But the Soviets didn't.
The project will put America back on the laser map.
An important read from everyone, from the high-ranking politician to the concerned citizen.
Meet a horrifying new metric: the "mortality cost of carbon".
A parasite is coming for our bananas -- but science is here to stop it.
No alchemy involved -- just clever science.
Can controlling cancer finally be on the menu?
A single tweet from Elon Musk can move the crypto market by billions.
Not only do gravitational waves represent the ultimate confirmation of the theory of General Relativity, they will provide us with ...
The existence of these extremely rare crystals was thought to be impossible until a few decades ago.
Bitcoin has done a lot for some people, but what has it really done for society?
Black holes have firmly moved from the status of theoretical curiosity to physical reality. We follow that transformation and the ...
Research against Covid-19 in Latin America brings hope in the middle of the crisis.
Despite the global pandemic that has brought much of the world to a grinding halt, space scientists have continued to ...
This has been one heck of a year, that's for sure. Just look at this robot dog.
A look back on one of the world's iconic telescopes.
Years of neglect and a series of structural failures spelled an end for the telescope.