A light micrograph of a brain organoidNIAID, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The study of tiny spheres of human…
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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Biodiversity is an essential factor for ecosystem health and productivity. The number of species in an…
A simulated black holeNASA Goddard Space Flight Center; background, ESA/Gaia/DPAC The following is an extract from our monthly Launchpad newsletter,…
CLIMATEWIRE | Never has a swamp white oak thrived in the Superior National Forest. The lower Great Lakes? Sure. Even Missouri…
Many animals have evolved to tolerate extreme environments, including being able to survive crushing pressures of ocean trenches, unforgiving heat…
For the second time, an experimental drug has been shown to reduce the cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer’s disease. On…
A hydrogen production plant in GermanyimageBROKER / Alamy Stock Photo Earth may contain vast overlooked stores of hydrogen gas. If…
A phosphate-regulating organelle has been discovered in animals for the first time. Until now, only bacteria, yeast and plants have…
The French psychiatrist Jacques-Joseph Moreau published a book called Hashish and Mental Illness in 1845, the same year that Scientific…
European coastal regions have a long history of interacting with sand dunes. Credit: CC0 via Pixabay The 200 million Europeans…
A wildlife photographer in Alaska caught two massive male grizzly bears on video in what he said was “the longest,…
Communities exposed to petroleum contaminants have high concentrations of mercury, arsenic and cadmium. Credit: Eliseo Hualinga, Feconacor Indigenous communities living…
In bats, and many other mammals, females are not smaller than malesGETTY IMAGES Male mammals have long been said to…
This artist’s impression shows a distant gas cloud that contains different chemical elements, illustrated here with schematic representations of various…
Jupiter’s brief but glorious reign as the planet with the most moons in our solar system came crashing down this…
On 11 September 2022, a diamond mine waste storage facility, known as a tailings dam, failed in the town of…
A flood in Somerset, UK, in January 2023Matt Cardy/Getty Images The amount of damage caused by floods each year in…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Corporal punishment should be prohibited nationally and supported by a public education campaign and greater access…
On rainy nights on the verdantcoastal plains outside Rio de Janeiro, groups of tree frogs sometimes gather around the pearly…
Who can assess and diagnose cardiac function best after reading an echocardiogram: artificial intelligence (AI) or a sonographer? According to…
By observing the night sky, medieval monks unwittingly recorded some of history’s largest volcanic eruptions. An international team of researchers,…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A trio of psychologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the University of York and Duke…
In a twist on the question, “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?,” scientists have long faced a similar…
Science in meter and verse Credit: Michael Warren/Getty ImagesAdvertisement Edited by Dava Sobel When two rivers meet,they sometimes hesitate to…
Ice sheets can retreat up to 600 metres a day during periods of climate warming, 20 times faster than the…
A warmer Arctic has been linked to extreme winter weather in the midlatitude regions. But, it is not clear how…
Cornell University researchers have found people have more efficient conversations, use more positive language and perceive each other more positively…
The Isthmus of Panama connected North and South America sometime between 23 million and 3 million years ago. (Image credit:…
Gemini time-series photometry of J0049−2525 obtained over two consecutive nights. Credit: Kilic et al, 2023 Astronomers have conducted photometric observations…
Solar-powered balloons launched into the Earth’s stratosphere have recorded a series of mysterious rumblings, and scientists can’t pinpoint their origins.The…