October has been a month of marshalling alliances. And in the ally gathering game, Joe Biden and NATO have come out…
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The massive asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs also triggered mega-earthquakes that lasted months. Around 66 million years ago, an asteroid…
Would you have your baby’s genes sequenced at birth? A groundbreaking trial that used whole-genome sequencing to predict newborns’ future…
Most viral infections negatively affect an organism’s health, but one plant virus in particular — soybean vein necrosis orthotospovirus, often…
Researchers find that drumming in woodpeckers is neurologically similar to singing in songbirds. Credit: Attribution withheld at license-holder’s request (CC-BY…
Ancient microbial life on Mars could have destroyed the planet’s atmosphere through climate change, which ultimately led to its extinction,…
A three-year study in northeastern Illinois and northwestern Indiana found that — even at small scales — emergent wetlands or…
The flu (short for influenza) is a viral respiratory disease that affects the throat, nose and lungs. There are different…
The revelation in August that a manuscript attributed to Galileo Galilei was a forgery has led to the discovery of…
People who were in Facebook groups shut down seemingly for violating vaccine misinformation rules went on to tweet more anti-vaccine…
The James Webb Space Telescope has taken new images of Jupiter, showing off its bright hazes, tenuous rings and auroras…
When you think of fitness trackers, the name Fitbit is the first on many people’s minds — but with the…
Antimicrobial resistance in gut bacteria is constantly being detected on poultry farms and in poultry retail products worldwide, including in…
For the so-called “most romantic birds on Earth,” bold behavior is key to a lasting relationship. In a paper published…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A lack of public appreciation for farmers, and an understanding of the work they do and…
Over the course of evolution, immense megafauna have roamed the lands or swum in the seas. The growth of these…
Tiny crystals in ancient animal dung serve as key evidence in a new analysis suggesting the possibility that hunter-gatherers at…
The CIA is funding research into resurrecting extinct animals — including the woolly mammoth and tiger-like thylacine — according to…
Imagine a creature shaped somewhat like a toilet brush scuttling along the seafloor around 500 million years ago, near what…
Scientists have discovered a telltale clue that a star is about to go supernova. The new discovery could help astronomers…
There was a time when every sportsperson in the world seemed to have a set of Beats over their ears.…
A false-color composite image of a coronal mass ejection, measuring around 1 million miles in length, firing away from the…
Hurricane activity in the Atlantic Ocean typically begins to ramp up in earnest around mid-August. But at that time this…
There are enormous savings to be made in October’s Amazon sale event, with up to $279 off everything from treadmills…
A recent spate of polio-related news in the U.S. has left the public wondering: Is polio back? The short answer…
A team of shipwreck hunters has discovered an extraordinary sunken vessel off the East Coast of the United States: the…
The same DART spacecraft impact can result in very different craters on Dimorphos depending on what the asteroid material is…
The Greek island of Santorini, traditionally known as Thera, experienced one of the largest volcanic eruptions in the Holocene epoch,…
A tiny bug manipulates the behavior of its hosts to ensure its unlikely life cycle Credit: Daisy ChungAdvertisement Parasites give…
Brain scans show that different areas are active when we contemplate our five most intimate relationships compared with other friends…