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A Decade After The Martian, Hollywood’s Mars Timeline Is Falling Apart

NASA hasn’t landed humans on Mars yet. But thanks to robotic missions, scientists now know more about the planet’s surface than they did when the movie was released.

Once Nearly Gone, Europe’s Wild Mammals Are Roaring Back

The broader takeaway is clear: with space and time, life can — and will — rebound.

This Baby’s One-in-a-Million Genetic Disorder Had No Cure. So Scientists Designed One Just for Him

The first personalized CRISPR therapy saved a child’s life. Can it save others too?

On a Remote Island, Capuchins Are Abducting Baby Monkeys From Another Species. Scientists Are Stunned

A puzzling trend among capuchins ends in death for their abducted howler monkey infants.

A Medieval Skeleton With a Shattered Knee Just Changed What We Thought About Disability in the Middle Ages

A wounded man in 14th-century Lund reshapes how we understand care, status, and disability.

The Eyes Really Are the Window to the Mind and This Study Proves It

The size of your pupils may reveal just how clearly you remember something.

Bird Flu Is Killing Cats and Is on a Dangerous Path Toward Humans

An under-monitored feline epidemic could be the spark for the next human pandemic.

A Hawk in New Jersey Figured Out Traffic Signals and Used Them to Hunt

An urban raptor learns to hunt with help from traffic signals and a mental map.

Anthropic's new AI model (Claude) will scheme and even blackmail to avoid getting shut down

In a fictional scenario, Claude blackmailed an engineer for having an affair.

Researchers create contact lenses that let you see in the dark, even with your eyes closed

Humans might soon be able to see in the dark — or even through their eyelids.

Your Perfume Could Be Disrupting Your Body's Chemical Force Field

Perfume might not be good for you after all.

This Newly Discovered Mini Planet Is Orbiting So Far It Takes 25,000 Years to Circle the Sun

A 700-kilometer-wide object orbits farther than almost anything we've ever seen.

Golden Dome or Glass Ceiling? Why Physicists Say Trump's Planetary-Scale Defense System Might Never Work

Inside Trump's $175 billion plan to build a missile shield in space.

The Weirdest Sea Reptile You’ve Never Heard of Was Just Officially Named After 45-Year Limbo

An ancient marine reptile reveals an unexpected twist in plesiosaur evolution.

Pungent Penguin Poop Produces Polar Cloud Particles

The discovery highlights how penguins and other polar seabirds help shape their environments, even as they are under threat from climate change.

A Team of Researchers Brought the World’s First Chatbot Back to Life After 60 Years

Long before Siri or ChatGPT, there was ELIZA: a simple yet revolutionary program from the 1960s.

From Farms to Lost Cities, Drones Are Quietly Revolutionizing Modern Science

On a frozen landscape in Svalbard, Norway, where the glaciers bleed into the Arctic Ocean, a small buzzing drone lifted into the air. Its mission was not surveillance, nor delivery. It was science. Armed with thermal cameras and spectral sensors, these flying robots can map melting ice, spot hidden algae blooms, and beam back data […]

Professional Bodybuilders Are Five Times More Likely to Die Suddenly Than Amateurs. Yes, it's Because of the Drugs

Bodybuilding at the professional level has a high cardiac cost.

Common Cold Sore Virus May Mess With Your Brain Decades Later (and Cause Alzheimer's)

This virus infects roughly two-thirds of the global population under 50.

This Injectable Ink Lets Doctors 3D Print Tissues Inside the Body Using Only Ultrasound

New 3D printing technique makes it possible to heal injuries and damaged tissues from inside without surgery.

Scientists Gave a Mouse a Stretch of Human DNA and Its Brain Grew 6% Bigger

A single DNA enhancer may help explain the human brain’s extraordinary size and complexity.

Scientists Close to Finding Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA Using a 21-Generation Family Tree

Bridging five centuries to explore the DNA of one of history’s most enigmatic minds.

This Startup Is Using Ancient DNA to Recreate Perfumes from Extinct Flowers

Bringing vanished blooms back to life through scent, science, and storytelling.

Jupiter Was Twice Its Size and Had a Magnetic Field 50 Times Stronger After the Solar System Formed

New models suggest Jupiter was twice its current size with a magnetic field 50 times stronger.

A Swedish Library Forgot to Close Its Doors and Something Beautiful Happened

They say a reader does not steal and a thief does not read. In the city of Gothenburg, Sweden, that's definitely true.

Scientists Found a Neanderthal Population That Lived in Total Isolation for 50,000 Years

A fossil in France rewrites what we know about Neanderthal isolation and extinction

Doctors Warn That Bringing Your Phone to the Bathroom Could Backfire in a Painful Way

Smartphone use while pooping linked to higher hemorrhoid risk, survey suggests

Scientists Just Discovered What Happens in Your Brain During an Eureka Moment

Sudden epiphanies may double memory by reorganizing the brain

Almost Half of Teens Say They’d Rather Grow Up Without the Internet

Teens are calling for stronger digital protections, not fewer freedoms.

France has a new laser rifle that can melt electronics from 500 meters away

This isn’t your average battlefield weapon.

This Superbug Learned How to Feed on Plastic from Hospitals

Hospitals might be unknowingly feeding their worst microbial enemies.

China's Tiangong space station has some bacteria that are unknown to science

These aren't the first bacteria to be discovered in space but they are particularly well-adapted for space station life.

Hidden Communication Devices Found in Chinese-Made Inverters Could Put U.S. Electrical Grid at Risk

U.S. experts uncover rogue communication devices inside solar inverters and batteries

Patients on Weight Loss Drugs Like Wegovy May Say They Just Don’t Want to Drink Anymore

Researchers discover semaglutide and liraglutide cut drinking by two-thirds in real-world trial

Why Some People Never Get Lost — and Others Always Do

It’s not really in your genes that much. It’s how you live, explore, and pay attention.

RFK Jr, Nation’s Top Health Official, Refuses to Recommend the Measles Vaccine, Says 'I Don’t Think People Should Be Taking Medical Advice from Me'

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. won’t say whether he’d vaccinate his kids today.

The key to healthy aging? Just eat different types of carbs

Fiber-rich, whole plant foods are the star of the show.

More People Are Dying from Broken Heart Syndrome Than Anyone Realized

New study finds 'broken heart syndrome' as fatal as it is misunderstood

Everything You Need to Know About Bird Flu

How dangerous is it? Where did it come from? H5N1 influenza’s origins stretch back to the 1990s, and key events paved the way for the outbreak we’re seeing today.

This beautiful rock holds evidence of tsunamis from 115 million years ago

The waves that shook the world 115 million years ago left behind an amber trail.

New Version of LSD Boosts Brain Plasticity Without the Psychedelic Trip

An LSD-inspired drug boosts brain growth without triggering hallucinations.]

The World's First Mass-Produced Flying Car Is Here and It Costs $1 Million

The AirCar aims for commercial launch in 2026.

Working overtime may be reshaping your brain

Overwork is altering brain regions tied to emotion and decision-making.

How not to cry when cutting onion — according to physics

Avoiding tears when cutting onions may be as simple as checking your knife.

Astronomers Found a Perfect Space Bubble Dozens of Light-Years Across and No One Knows How It Got There

An almost flawless spherical shell has astronomers questioning what they know about stellar death.

This Assassin Bug Uses Chemical Trick as Fake Emergency Call to Lure Bees to Their Death

A clever invertebrate uses chemical cues to lure its prey straight into its grasp

China’s Ancient Star Chart Could Rewrite the History of Astronomy

Did the Chinese create the first star charts?

Wild Chimpanzees Are Combining Calls in Ways That Mirror Human Speech, Hint At Origins of Language

Chimp vocal combinations hint at roots of human language.

You Don’t Need Drugs to Trigger the Ozempic Hormone. This Is What to Eat Instead

While natural approaches to raising GLP-1 are not as potent as medications, they provide a drug-free approach to weight loss and healthy eating.

The Strongest Solar Storm Ever Was 500 Times More Powerful Than Anything We've Seen in Modern Times. It Left Its Mark in a 14,000-Year-Old Tree

The ancient event, over 500 times stronger than any modern storm, would be devastating were it to happen today.

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