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A greasy takeaway may seem like an innocent Friday night indulgence. But our recent research suggests even a single high-fat meal could impair blood flow to the brain, potentially increasing the risk of stroke and dementia. Dietary fat is an important part of our diet. It provides us with a concentrated source of energy, transports […]
The implications are especially important for people who work overnight shifts.
Scientists decode how the 1918 flu rapidly adapted to humans—much earlier than thought.
Researchers uncover a potent, resistance-proof flu treatment—starting with bacteria and ending in mice.
Although it sounds wrong, performative CPR is sometimes the most humane thing to do.
The new resin can be reused indefinitely without losing strength or quality.
You may find it hard to digest, but Neanderthals may have loved their meat rotten, and full of maggots.
Power grids could likely handle the surge of demand, but all that light would pollute dark zones nearby.
Organized misconduct is rapidly poisoning the global scientific record.
Bird couples drift apart long before they split, Oxford study finds.
New 3D analysis suggests the Shroud of Turin was imprinted from sculpture, not a human body.
HIP 67522 b can’t stop blasting itself in the face with stellar flares, a type of magnetic interaction that scientists have spent decades looking for.
Elephants were found to gesture intentionally when they wanted humans to give them apples. This trait was thought to exist mainly in primates.
People are more willing to date someone with a wild past if that phase is over.
Wasp nest near nuclear waste tanks tested 10 times above safe radiation limits
Dinosaurs inhaled air with four times more CO2 than today.
There were big flaws in how we estimated floods in coastal communities.
A new study pinpoints the origin of the STD to South America.
Beneath the shifting sands of an Oahu beach, ancient carvings — hidden for years — have suddenly reemerged.
Sucralose may weaken immunotherapy by altering gut microbes and starving immune cells
Can we trust systems we don’t fully understand?
Here’s how resistance training can trigger your body’s built-in anti-aging switch.
Our civilization may be facing a “single gargantuan crash,” but collapse isn’t destiny. It’s a choice.
Napoleon's army was the largest Europe had ever seen, but in just a few months it was obliterated.
Long-term exposure to common air pollutants like soot and traffic fumes may significantly raise your risk of dementia.
New mRNA-based HIV vaccines spark hope with potent immune responses in first human trial
Researchers identify a molecular “messenger” that spreads cellular aging between organs.
Structured programs showed greater cognitive gains, but even modest lifestyle changes helped.
Early human ancestors may have lived in societies more combative than anything today.
Researchers found the brain activity of optimists looked strikingly similar to that of other optimists.
MIT experiment shows even minimal disturbance erases light’s wave pattern, proving Einstein wrong
A record-breaking birth brings new questions about the limits of life in cold storage
A single flash stretched from Texas to Missouri.
Mysterious red dots may be a peculiar cosmic hybrid between a star and a black hole.
Peacock tail feathers infused with dye emit laser light under pulsed illumination.
Nordic capitals keep showing how we can eliminate traffic fatalities.
One of the most famous artworks of the ancient world reads almost like a map of the Roman Empire's power.
Before fossils were science, they were symbols of magic, mystery, and power.
You really shouldn't use a chatbot for therapy.
An ultra-thin coating mimics Teflon’s performance—minus most of its toxicity.
They're seriously not good for you.
The teeth Chico, they never lie.
Scientists are unleashing robo-rabbits to trick and trap giant invasive snakes
In lab dishes, beef now grows thicker, stronger—and much more like the real thing.
Ant-eating mammals evolved independently over a dozen times since the fall of the dinosaurs.
It was one happy natural accident.
A new study finds that marsquakes may have doubled as grocery deliveries.
These findings challenge what we thought we knew about life in the deep sea.
Solid state are miles ahead lithium-ion, but several breakthroughs are still needed before mass adoption.
Is Roman concrete more sustainable? It's complicated.
