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More than memorializing a math mistake, stone tablets show just how advanced the Babylonians were in their time.
Driven to the brink of extinction, bed bugs adapted—and now pesticides are almost useless against them.
This TV screen vanishes at the push of a button.
There’s no shortage of environmental crises. Whether it’s climate change, plastic pollution, or simply our mounting waste, we just produce too much stuff — and then throw it away. There’s no silver bullet or magic tool that can solve everything. We need societal changes, better regulation, and more responsible companies. In a new study, a […]
How freedom from the office comes with surprising challenges and trade-offs.
Christmas cookie preferences are anything but predictable.
In the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, worms show no genetic damage despite living in highly radioactive soil, and free-ranging dogs persist despite contamination.
A forgotten ancient clay called Lemnian Earth, combined with a fungus, shows powerful antibacterial effects and promotes gut health in mice.
MGM Studios will remember Rasputin forever. After all, he caused them to lose a legal battle that changed the film industry forever.
Mars isn’t just a cold, barren rock. Anthropologists argue that the tracks of rovers and broken probes are archaeological treasures.
The mystery of this Disease X seems to have been solved. Now to develop an approach to handling it.
Bird flu continues to loom as a global threat. A severe case in Louisiana is the latest development in a series of concerning H5N1 outbreaks.
Velvet ants, actually flightless wasps, boast an ultrablack exoskeleton thanks to dense nanostructures.
The new system can turn cockroaches into cyborgs in under 70 seconds.
Now scientists won't have to travel from one place to another to observe solar eclipses. They can create their own eclipses lasting for hours.
Fasting benefits metabolism but may hinder hair regeneration, at least in mice.
An ancient human lineage roamed Europe's frozen tundra for nearly 80 generations. Then they died out.
New research reveals how being watched triggers unconscious hyper-awareness.
This massive coral oasis offers a rare glimmer of hope.
A gamma-ray flare from a black hole 6.5 billion times the Sun’s mass leaves scientists stunned.
Forget giant factories! A new portable device could allow farmers to produce ammonia right in the field, reducing costs, and emissions.
NYC’s upcoming congestion pricing plan promises less traffic and cleaner air — but is the $9 toll fair for everyone?
A team of researchers at UC Irvine has developed an origami-inspired heart valve that grows with toddlers.
Astronauts aboard the ISS are brewing more than just discoveries — they’re testing how sake ferments in space.
Sun-like stars release massive quantities of radiation into space more often than previously believed.
New research challenges old stereotypes about gaming’s impact on well-being.
Instead of finding true medical insights, these algorithms sometimes rely on irrelevant factors — leading to misleading results.
Over 2.5 billion people depend on aquifers for fresh water, but rising seas and climate change are pushing saltwater into these crucial reserves.
Most of us have Neanderthal ancestors, and now scientists how revealed important details about how their DNA shape us today.
An alarming third party report almost looks like a prequel to Terminator.
Reading can change the brain.
Short sleepers cruise by on four to six hours a night and don’t seem to suffer ill effects. Turns out they’re genetically built to require less sleep than the rest of us.
A white dwarf/M dwarf binary could be the secret.
Two spacecraft will create artificial eclipses to study the Sun’s corona.
As it turns out, there's more to generosity than just what you believe.
Well, I didn't have herpes on my Christmas bingo card.
Could a humble bacterium hold the key to surviving cosmic radiation?
Somewhere within the heart, there may be a "little brain".
A mysterious disease has popped up in the DRC and seems to be particularly deadly to children, but we are still not sure exactly what it is.
Scientists have stumbled upon the semi-Dirac fermion, first predicted 16 years ago.
Warm days may ignite the Red Planet’s huge dust storms.
The surprising way crocodile scales form offers a glimpse into how evolution works beyond genes.
A new technique allowed scientists to spot the smallest asteroids ever detected in the main belt.
New study reveals ancient rituals, a carved turtle, and clues to early human gatherings.
Could next-generation geothermal energy finally fulfill its promise of ridding us of fossil fuels for good?
A new study reveals how urban noise pollutes more than just the environment — it affects our mood and mental health.
Professors should probably start changing how they evaluate students.
New data confirms a puzzling rift in the universe's expansion rate.
AI technology has promised us many advances and 2025 looms ahead of us. Will the outputs match the promises?
Dogs have been successfully trained to detect one of the most common dog cancers with 92% specificity.
