A study of people in the US suggests those at high genetic risk of dementia are less likely to develop…
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Flashes of gamma radiation that seem to be produced by lightning storms have puzzled researchers for some time, but now…
Imagen, from Google, is the latest example of an AI seemingly able to produce high-quality images from a text prompt…
Blockades and supply issues limit access to life-saving medical devices in war zones. Companies are creating open-source 3D-printed products to…
Archaeologists have unearthed the ancient burial of a woman lying on a bronze bed near the city of Kozani in…
An ASAS-SN telescope helps astronomers discover new stars. Credit: ASAS-SN Ohio State University astronomers have identified about 116,000 new variable…
The dust trail from the largest comet outburst ever seen will grace the skies this summer — and it’s going…
A nanoparticle coat helps an immunotherapy drug cross the blood-brain barrier in mice so it can target brain tumours more…
The ancient town of Pompeii was buried under hot volcanic ash in AD 79, but DNA still survives in the…
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. On May 18,…
Tulika Bose: This is 60-Second Science. I’m Tulika Bose. You might know that a leaked memo recently revealed that Roe versus…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Sweden is often lauded for its gender equality. The gender gap in unpaid (house)work is narrow.…
The oldest shoe in Norway — a 3,000-year-old bootie from the Bronze Age — is just one of thousands of…
Investing in the best workout equipment for home workouts allows you to smash your fitness goals from your own backyard,…
The sun rises over Lake Crackenback on a cold morning in New South Wales. Credit: Shutterstock Anyone living in the…
Melatonin poisoning in children has risen dramatically over the past decade, a new study suggests. Between 2012 and 2021, U.S. poison…
Experimental realization of topologically controlled THz localization. (a) Illustration of nonlinear generation and confinement of THz-waves in an SSH-type microstructure.…
Comparing global citational distortion over time. a, The average national citational distortion in Ldistortion plotted across fields on the y…
The average US car now contains hundreds of kilograms of plastic that end up in landfill when the vehicle has…
Many ancient Romans died when the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum were buried by hot volcanic ash, but the high…
The globular cluster Messier 54. Credit: NASA A team of astronomers studied two nearby globular clusters, 47 Tucanae and Omega…
Haunting scenes of the death, destruction and sickness that followed the Chernobyl meltdown 36 years ago — the deadliest nuclear…
Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee is set to be held from June 2 to June 5, 2022. This lavish four-day pageant,…
If you’re seeking a way to walk while you work, the best walking treadmills can slot just as easily into…
Credit: Sandra Standbridge/Shutterstock Alongside the worrying current fad for plastic grass, a growing number of people are choosing to let…
The monkeypox virus may have been spreading at low levels in the United Kingdom for years now, only becoming detectable…
Replacing faulty genes with healthy ones has enabled several children with rare genetic disorders to have typical life experiences, such…
Astronomers will have to wait a while to celebrate the first complete orbit of Pluto since its discovery.Pluto was discovered…
In a proof-of-concept study, researchers have created self-assembled, protein-based circuits that can perform simple logic functions. The work demonstrates that…
A mile-wide asteroid passed by Earth on Friday (May 27) at a distance about 10 times that of the space…