Biology Scientists Call for a Global Pause on Creating “Mirror Life” Before It’s Too Late: “The threat we’re talking about is unprecedented” December 13, 2024
Anthropology Modern Humans and Neanderthals Had Kids for 7,000 Years and the Legacy Lives in Our Genes December 13, 2024
Mind & Brain Reading Actually Reshapes Your Brain — Here’s How It Changes Your Mind December 13, 2024
Genetics If You Need Only 4 Hours of Sleep, You Might Have This Rare Genetic Mutation December 13, 2024
Animals This Hornet Can Drink 80% Alcohol Without Ever Getting Drunk and Scientists Finally Know Why December 13, 2024
Mathematics This 100-Page Proof Claims to Have Solved the World’s Most Frustrating Math Puzzle: What’s The Largest Sofa That Fits Around a Corner? December 12, 2024
News Astronomers Just Found Stars That Mimic Pulsars — And This May Explain Mysterious Radio Pulses in Space December 12, 2024 - Updated on December 13, 2024
News These Satellites Are About to Create Artificial Solar Eclipses — And Unlock the Sun’s Secrets December 12, 2024
Diseases Around 1 in 5 under 50s may be living with genital herpes — many don’t even know it December 12, 2024
Biology This Tiny Microbe Can Withstand Extreme Radiation That Would Obliterate Humans. Here’s How It Might Protect Astronauts on a Trip to Mars December 12, 2024
Animals The heart may have its own “mini-brain”: a nervous system that controls heartbeat December 12, 2024
Science This Wild Quasiparticle Switches Between Having Mass and Being Massless. It All Depends on the Direction It Travels December 11, 2024
Physics Mars Dust Storms Can Engulf Entire Planet, Shutting Down Rovers and Endangering Astronauts — Now We Know Why December 11, 2024
Mind & Brain Can You Tell Which Knot Is Strongest? Most People Fail This Surprisingly Tough Challenge December 11, 2024
Animals Crocodile Scales Form in a Surprising Way That Has Nothing to Do with Genetics December 11, 2024
News The Smallest Asteroids Ever Detected Could Be a Game-Changer for Planetary Defense December 10, 2024
Archaeology Hidden 35,000-Year-Old Ritual Site Found Eight Storeys Deep Inside an Israeli Cave December 10, 2024
News Superhot Rock Energy Could Provide Enough Power to Fuel the U.S. Thousands of Times Over December 10, 2024 - Updated on December 11, 2024
Future Scientists Built a Radioactive Diamond Battery That Could Last Longer Than Human Civilization December 10, 2024
News The Universe’s Expansion Rate Is Breaking Physics and JWST’s New Data Makes It Worse December 10, 2024
Environment The best and worst meat replacements for your health, your wallet and the planet – new research December 9, 2024
Astronomy Evidence left behind by the Apollo missions is still visible on the Moon December 6, 2024 - Updated on December 7, 2024
Environment Common air pollutants (and traffic noise) linked to infertility — both for men and for women December 6, 2024
Future New 3D Bio-printer Injects Living Cells Directly Onto Injuries To Heal Bones and Cartilage December 6, 2024
News Saturn’s ‘Death Star’ Moon Mimas Could Hide a Life-Supporting Ocean Beneath Its Surface December 6, 2024 - Updated on December 8, 2024
Mind & Brain Scientists uncover how quality sleep may be key to learning a new language December 6, 2024
Biology Mind-Blowing Calculation Shows Living Cells Outnumber All the Stars and Grains of Sand — By far December 5, 2024 - Updated on December 6, 2024
Mind & Brain Axons Look Like “Pearls on a String” in Discovery That Could Rewrite Biology December 5, 2024
News Native American ancestors’ diet was mammoth-heavy. Does this explain megafauna extinction? December 5, 2024
Anthropology New Study Reveals Hunter-Gatherers Are the Ultimate Athletes Regardless of Gender December 4, 2024