An ancient tomb discovered in Turkey may have been made for a member of the family of the legendary King…
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The four crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space StationSpaceX For the first time, astronauts are…
Charophytes are extremely beneficial to lakes, improving water quality and biodiversity. However, their abundance was found to decline in many…
This week’s science news was all about discoveries made by the world’s best telescopes, as the James Webb Space Telescope…
Trees floating towards the Arctic OceanCarl Christoph Stadie/The Alfred Wegener Institute Cutting down swathes of boreal forest and sinking the…
With an estimated 30–40% of the United States’ food supply ending up as waste, according to the U.S. Food and…
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have just spotted a new type of celestial object: Cloud-9, a starless, gas-rich cloud…
Exercise can form part of an effective treatment for depressionNeil Lang/Shutterstock Many of us experience a mood-boost after exercise, and…
Family members of prisoners experience a form of incarceration themselves through strict rules, surveillance and emotional regulation imposed during visits,…
The patient: A 35-year-old man in IranThe symptoms: The man visited a urology clinic in a hospital and described discomfort…
Ancient humans taking on an elephant – our ancestors may have begun butchering the animals 1.8 million years agoNATURAL HISTORY…
Researchers at the University of St Andrews have uncovered a long‑elusive molecular “reshuffle,” a breakthrough that tackles one of chemistry’s…
The U.S. federal government has rewritten its childhood vaccine schedule, reducing the number of shots universally recommended to kids 18…
Is it an asteroid or an alien in Van Jensen’s Godfall?Shutterstock / Vadim Sadovski Welcome to January, a month when…
Algae is a ubiquitous feature in waterways throughout the globe, including western North America. Slippery, green epilithic algae is a…
Of the more than 600 million cats across the globe, less than 10% belong to a specific breed. But are…
Sahelanthropus fossils (centre) compared with a chimpanzee (left) and a human (right)Wiliams et al., Sci. Adv. 12, eadv0130 A long-running…
A new study reveals that bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment through two fundamentally different “shutdown modes,” not just the classic…
A new mRNA treatment rejuvenates key immune cells in the body, which could help them fight off infections and cancer,…
The Book Club has been reading Iain M. Banks’s The Player of GamesColin McPherson/Corbis via Getty Images The New Scientist…
Researchers working on China’s fully superconducting Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) have experimentally accessed a theorized “density-free regime” for fusion…
In a New York operating room one day in October 2025, doctors made medical history by transplanting a genetically modified…
Quantum computers are well-matched to solve chemistry problemsMarijan Murat/dpa/Alamy Whether quantum computers can actually solve practical problems is one of…
Winter is hard, and for wildlife in Colorado, it’s even harder. To survive, many species have developed adaptations over hundreds…
It seems the AI hype has turned into an AI bubble. There have been many bubbles before, from the Tulip…
The mRNA cancer vaccines now in development come with large economic benefitsEugene/Getty Images In August 2025, the US cut half…
With five weeks of school summer holidays (that’s around 25 days of weekday activities to organize), being online is a…
QUICK FACTSName: Lchashen wagonWhat it is: An oak wagonWhere it is from: Lchashen village, ArmeniaWhen it was made: Circa 1500…
Mount Etna eruptingEuropean Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery Mount Etna in Sicily is the world’s most active stratovolcano, which is a…
Deep in Iraq’s southern desert, bulldozers and earthmovers spread layers of moist clay over sand dunes as part of a…