Machine-learning algorithms that generate fluent language from vast amounts of text could change how science is done — but not…
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When we humans hear birdsong, which many have appreciated more than ever during the pandemic, we can’t help but think…
Infographic explaining the experiment. Credit: RIKEN A theoretical study shows that long-range entanglement can indeed survive at temperatures above absolute…
Scientists have taken the first step to creating the next generation of wearable health monitors. Most research on measuring human…
More and more shipping in the Arctic, including big transport tankers, poses challenges in this remote, pristine environment. Credit: MikhailSS…
When designing a next-generation quantum computer, a surprisingly large problem is bridging the communication gap between the classical and quantum…
CLIMATEWIRE | U.S. aviation company Textron Inc. announced last week that it will “accelerate” its development of an electric fleet,…
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and Aalborg University presents a new study demonstrating that a small molecule in brain…
Astronomers have confirmed that an object they thought was a distant galaxy is actually the brightest extra-galactic pulsar ever seen.…
Water flows mysteriously well through narrow carbon nanotubes, but now there is an explanation: it may all be due to…
By Clare Wilson Illustration of a CAR-T cellKEITH CHAMBERS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A high-tech gene therapy for treating cancer, which uses what…
Analysis of Bronze Age daggers has shown that they were used for processing animal carcasses and not as non-functional symbols…
Understanding the molecular mechanisms that specify and maintain the identities of more than 200 cell types of the human body…
Extreme heat across much of India and neighbouring Pakistan in March and April exposed more than a billion people to…
Fishers in Cambodia recently received a massive surprise when they reeled in a gigantic 400-pound stingray. The hefty ray was…
Abortion makes many people uncomfortable. I get it. When I was an ob-gyn resident, I recall telling my supervising physician…
Researchers have used the strongest magnetic field ever measured to search for exotic particles called magnetic monopoles, but they came…
“In high-poverty schools that were remote for more than half of 2021, the loss was about half of a school…
While working to map every cell in the human body, scientists uncovered an elusive type of immune cell that first…
Recovering from an injury is somewhat of an art, as professional sportspeople and their teams will attest. It takes a…
It all began late one night in June 2004, with a small dot swimming into view through the optics of…
Imagine you are an expectant parent. Just a couple of months into your pregnancy, you opt for an easy genetic…
AI company DeepMind has built a tool that can create working code to solve complex software challenges Technology 2 February…
Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun, was the first planet to be discovered using a telescope. It is an…
For much of the past few decades motor vehicle crashes were the most common cause of death from injury—the leading…
A study recently completed at the University of Helsinki revealed that the fungal microbiota in the gut is more abundant…
Another cloud of Russian space debris has bloomed in orbit. An Earth-orbiting object cataloged as #32398 broke up on April…
Newcastle University scientists have found new types of plastic loving bacteria that stick to plastic in the deep sea that…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Most Americans say they want a more equal society, yet policies aimed at increasing equality for…
The U.S. Supreme Court is about to make a huge mistake. If the leaked draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson…