Long-term memories may not “stick” in the brain for the reasons we thought, a study of mice in artificial hibernation…
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The first photos from today’s total solar eclipse are here, and they’re spectacular.Captured Wednesday (Aug. 12) by NASA scientists during…
A wild widow spider behavior involving a backflip into death during sex has a simple genetic explanation, new research finds.Male…
Inside the world’s newest data centers, energy-guzzling computations proceed round the clock as AI chatbots and other generative AI tools…
Bolstering a type of bacteria that lives in the uterus may help counter age-related changes that can make it harder…
New images captured by the world’s most powerful solar telescope have revealed something that was hiding in plain sight on…
A fleet of telescopes around the world just captured the first shocking moments of a supernova explosion in the most…
Researchers have designed a material that can “program” the way it releases heat, paving the way for more efficient energy…
Editor’s note: This is a developing story and may be updated.Michigan has reported two deaths in its ongoing Cyclospora outbreak,…
Quick factsWhat it is: Andromeda galaxy (M31)Where it is: 2.5 million light-years away, in the constellation AndromedaWhen it was shared:…
LONDON — In the packed halls of the recent Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in mid-July, over 10,000 experts in brain…
A private mission to rescue an ailing NASA space telescope may now need a rescue of its own. The LINK…
Astronomers may have just found a first-of-its-kind phenomenon buried in the shadow of one of the Milky Way’s most famous…
Using laser scanning technology to peer beneath the dense canopy of the Amazon rainforest, archaeologists have discovered hundreds of ancient…
A powerful earthquake struck southwestern Japan Tuesday afternoon local time, collapsing part of a shopping mall, toppling a stone wall…
Cut marks suggestive of cannibalism have been discovered on the fossils of an ancient human relative in a cave in…
Two meteor showers will peak together overnight on Thursday, July 30, into Friday, July 31 — but skywatchers should expect…
Archaeologists in El Salvador have uncovered the unusual burial of a face-down human skeleton that was interred along with a…
Archaeologists have uncovered a rare and unusual burial of premature twins in a 1,200-year-old tomb near the Temple of Artemis…
The 2026 Fields Medal, one of the world’s most prestigious mathematics prizes, has just been awarded to four pioneering young…
The face of a young woman crowned with a laurel wreath, buried in elaborate clothing and unusual cork sandals, has…
Runoff from Greenland’s rapidly melting ice sheet could severely disrupt currents in the Atlantic Ocean that regulate the global climate,…
A common culprit behind severe gum disease may also stiffen and narrow the heart’s aortic valve, preliminary research suggests. This…
Honeybees do not like cold weather. When temperatures dip, they can become sluggish and unable to fly. But no matter…
In the weeks around the 2026 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, my phone kept buzzing with…
Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) have developed two processes—hydrodynamic cavitation and cold atmospheric plasma combined with gas dispersion—to break…
Female farm managers are hidden in plain sight in ancient Roman texts, mentioned in laws, literature and grave inscriptions across…
Ireland’s waters continue to provide an important seasonal refuge for the endangered basking shark, according to a new study. View…
Scientists long thought that when RNA kick-started life on Earth 4 billion years ago, it could form only small, simple…
Ticks that survive less-than-lethal doses of pesticide are able to withstand dangerous cold, which could help them spread tick-borne diseases…