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The Soviet Union's wildest aircraft just got a second life in China.
The spacecraft crashed into the Pacific Ocean after a parachute failure, ending a bold experiment in space biology and memorial spaceflight.
The zombie fungus from the age of the dinosaurs.
Most users don't even know this type of surveillance exists.
Surely whoever who pulled it out should now be king.
Ancient mud tells a story critics can no longer ignore
This season doesn’t have to be about comparison or self-criticism.
A 20-minute nap can boost your chances of a creative breakthrough, according to new research.
The story of the boomerang goes back in time even more.
The "search-and-destroy” microrobot system can chemically shred the resident bacterial biofilm.
Road ecology, the scientific study of how road networks impact ecosystems, presents a perfect opportunity for community science projects.
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s… a bolide!
The fluffier side of science.
A Michigan bear wore a plastic ring for two years. Somehow, it’s doing just fine.
It's exactly what we were hoping from JWST.
The world's 8 richest people have more wealth than the poorest few billion.
Billions carry herpes simplex virus 1. New research reveals it hijacks human genes with eerie precision.
California ground squirrels surprise scientists with their newly discovered taste for mammalian flesh.
A New York couple stumble upon an ancient mastodon fossil beneath their lawn.
A simple swipe of fluoride varnish in schools is emerging as a powerful, cost-effective tool to fight childhood cavities and reduce health disparities.
Acute stress disrupts key mental skills tied to emotion regulation, a new study finds.
You've probably listened to AI music and not even realized it.
Scientists decided to peek under the covers to figure out how bedding actually keeps us warm (or doesn’t)
As if octopuses weren't stunning enough.
A stunning Viking Age cemetery reveals lives of privilege, politics—and perhaps servitude.
The childcare schedule of female digger wasps is impressive to say the least.
Drones equipped with this robotic trunk get a massive dexterity upgrade.
A new study suggests cars are missing a crucial safety visual signal.
What if the empty water bottle in your recycling bin could one day relieve your headache?
Scientists just gave the electric motor a sci-fi upgrade.
Killer whales are probably better at exfoliating than you.
The next big space threat isn't to Earth. It's to the Moon.
A 200-year-old runic Lord’s Prayer found in Ontario defies easy explanation.
The new study uncovered a 250-year lineage organized by maternal descent.
We should prepare ourselves for a society where amateurs can create garage bioweapons.
If the military is happy to show this, what other things are they covertly working on?
Fragments reveal a luxury villa’s lost grandeur — and the artist who almost signed it.
Astronomers unveil the most detailed portrait yet of a nearby spiral galaxy’s complex inner life
A raccoon-sized predator stalked dinosaur nests 76 million years ago.
The king was flanked by gods and mythical guardians.
Researchers have newly found a very important function for a well-known enzyme.
The pancreatic cancer vaccine seems to work so well it's even surprising its creators
By studying brain scans this AI model was able to differentiate between types of strokes with high accuracy.
NASA's Mars Odyssey captures a surreal new image of Arsia Mons at sunrise
Bats can live up to 40 years without developing cancer. Scientists now know why.
A once-weekly oral capsule offers new hope for patients who struggle with daily medication.
Lab-grown teeth could one day replace fillings and implants entirely.
Scientists see the potential in using ice for long term data storage.
Grok exposed inconvenient facts. Now Musk says he’s “fixing” his AI to obey him.
We've had a Denisovan skull for almost a century and never even knew.
