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Public opinion may be swaying you a lot more than you think.
Use is up across all age groups, with rising poison calls and shifting perceptions
One day we can say goodbye to microplastics.
Battle-wounded skeletons and ancient textiles offer new clues about the lesser-known Chuquibamba.
A rare cosmic crime reveals a planet’s slow-motion death spiral into its star.
Male blue-lined octopuses paralyze their mates to survive the perils of reproduction.
Ancient tusk fragments hint at early social learning 400,000 years ago
A new sea trial brings Japan’s electromagnetic railgun closer to frontline readiness.
Researchers found an alarming rise in antibiotic-resistant infections among children.
Mind blanking isn’t daydreaming. It's something more akin to meditation — but not quite the same.
A remarkable find for ant history was made, not in the field but in a drawer.
Researchers explore the curious relationship between sound and gene expression in cell cultures.
Cared for like a companion, or killed like prey?
The drone is essentially a mobile, customizable, lightning rod.
The US and Europe are now racing to catch up to China.
Two groundbreaking studies challenge the old narrative that cats followed early farmers into Europe.
The Punic people had almost no genetic ties to Phoenicians, even though the latter founded the great city of Carthage.
Imagine pouring a glass of milk for your child and wondering if it’s safe.
It's the first-ever evidence of man-lion combat found in the Roman period.
A global study ties plant protein to longer adult lives, but early life needs differ.
Researchers unveil a man-made “Power Bar” that could replace pollen for stressed honey bee colonies.
A century after its discovery, the elusive giant finally reveals itself on camera.
Three scorching summers in antiquity triggered revolt, invasion, and a turning point in British history.
It sounds like a scene from gothic fiction, but it’s real.
This dying planet sheds a “Mount Everest” of rock each day.
People who are aware they are dreaming show distinct brain patterns.
A protein hidden in our eyes may be the reason we can't repair lost vison.
Not the most energy dense but its ability to withstand abuse is unparalleled.
But can machines really grasp justice, fairness, and human rights?
Meet "olo": a vivid, hyper-saturated blue-green that can't be captured by screens or paint.
Viruses had enough fun in our mouths, it's time to wipe them out.
Even chemistry gets side-eye now. Trust in science is crumbling across America's ideology.
Could future civilizations plug into the spin of space-time itself?
New footage suggests our primate cousins may have their own version of happy hour.
Bipedal bots compete with humans in first half-marathon race — with a bit of help from duct tape.
Even hours before bedtime, workouts can be a problem.
They used declassified US documents to develop the technology.
The physics of crows explains why they sometimes move like waves.
Russian and Ukrainian soldiers will eventually largely lay down their arms, but as the Soviet Afghanistan War shows, returning from the frontlines causes its own issues.
Most people enjoy music to some extent. But while some get goosebumps from their favorite song, others don’t really feel that much. A part of that is based on our culture. But according to one study, about half of it is written in our genes. In one of the largest twin studies on musical pleasure […]
Archaeologists have uncovered a reeking, violet-stained factory where crushed sea snails once fueled the elite’s obsession with royal purple.
Scientists used AI to scan a huge number of papers and found cannabis gets a vote of confidence from science.
A mistranslated term and a scanning glitch birthed the bizarre phrase “vegetative electron microscopy”
In January, President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring missile attacks the gravest threat to America. It was the official greenlight for one of the most ambitious military undertakings in recent history: the so-called “Golden Dome.” Now, just months later, Elon Musk’s SpaceX and two of its tech allies—Palantir and Anduril—have emerged as leading […]
A super-smeller's gift could lead to an early, non-invasive Parkinson's test.
Decades before microplastics made headlines, a caddisfly larva was already incorporating synthetic debris into its home.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. We're not quite there.
It's the ultimate true crime book.
A hit TV series hints at a real, evolving threat from Earth’s ancient recyclers.
4,000-year-old copper cymbals hint at Bronze Age cultural unity across Arabia and South Asia.
