Something is absorbing light on the surfaces of Pluto and Saturn’s moon Titan, and figuring out what it is could…
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Many of the problems facing the more than 134,000 households living in temporary accommodation in England today—including more than 176,000…
For most people, a minor cut or scrape is no big deal — the body heals itself quickly, and antibiotics…
A scanning electron micrograph of the intestinal lining of a mouse, with several bacteria (green) and one red blood cell…
More than half of France’s population was dealing with scorching temperatures on Friday, according to AFP’s calculations, with hundreds of…
High estrogen in the brain’s memory center may worsen one’s resilience against traumatic events, swaying the tendency to develop memory…
A fossil baby embolomere from Mazon Creek, IllinoisArjan Mann A set of exquisitely preserved 300-million-year-old fossils suggests that early four-limbed…
An orange-colored yeast species isolated from a Baltimore sidewalk several years ago could be the basis of eco-friendly mosquito traps…
Evidence of two ancient wooden posts aligned with the summer and winter solstices has been discovered near Stonehenge in southwest…
Socializing is key to healthy agingGrant Rooney/Alamy As you age, your memory will likely decline. Your ability to recall where…
An international research team, which included University of Tartu visiting doctoral student Wen-Gang Zhang and Professor of Botany Meelis Pärtel,…
As the World Cup kicks off across the U.S., Canada and Mexico, scientists have predicted that extreme heat could play…
Tiny droplets hiding in plain sight in our cells could explain how life got startedSam Falconer In every cell of…
More than 3,000 Australians die by suicide each year, yet one of the strongest known drivers of suicide risk—unemployment—remains largely…
Humans are the only species known to use fully symbolic language: a system capable of expressing abstract ideas, imaginary worlds…
Should drones be allowed to kill autonomously?Shutterstock/Thongsuk7824 For years, we have had unconfirmed reports and rumours that AI-controlled weapons have…
Astronomers using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa have discovered the most distant hydroxyl megamaser ever detected, opening a…
NASA’s X-59, an experimental supersonic aircraft developed in partnership with Lockheed Martin, has broken the sound barrier for the first…
We know that members of Gen Z are less likely to be in a steady relationship than millennials were at…
During the Archean Eon—roughly 4 billion years ago—the Earth was a lifeless planet. The atmosphere lacked oxygen, and there were…
Frozen droppings of prehistoric ground squirrels are chock-full of DNA from ice-age beasts, including woolly mammoths, a mysterious big cat…
An artist’s impression of ArchaeopteryxJA CHIRINOS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The Story of BirdsSteve Brusatte, Picador (UK); Mariner Books (US) Steve Brusatte…
When the Securities and Exchange Commission updated Regulation S-K in 2020 to require public companies to disclose more information about…
Scientists have discovered a giant, fan-shaped structure that connects several well-known basins deep beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet —…
Arctic ground squirrels gather food from a wide variety of sources and store it in burrowsGovernment of Yukon A rich…
Quantum memories, systems that store and retrieve information leveraging quantum mechanical effects, can outperform classical storage systems on some existing…
Indigenous Andeans in Peru may be able to digest potatoes and other starches more easily than anyone in the world,…
Scientists warn that the Trump administration’s push to dismantle a vital network of ocean-sensing instruments will stymie crucial weather and…
A pair of stars spiraling around each other. That’s the origin of a new source of repeating radio bursts we’ve…
Quick factsWhat it is: NWA 12774, a 16-ounce (454 grams) angrite meteoriteWhere it was found: The Sahara Desert, Northwest AfricaWhen…