Honey bees sucking on a flower. Credit: Wang Zhengwei In a study published in PNAS, researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical…
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The earthquake that has destroyed parts of Türkiye and Syria is a tragedy for millions of families, including my own.…
Picture yourself in the emergency department in desperate need of acute care. If you are lucky, you quickly check in…
For the first time, scientists may have discovered indirect evidence that large amounts of invisible dark matter surround black holes.…
Top: histogram of the source types included in the LCR population, defined as having a variability index above 21.67, corresponding…
Tardigrades — those darling, near-microscopic critters that are nearly indestructible — carry proteins that could keep critical drugs and medical…
On April 26, 1986, an accident at Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear power plant caused some 350,000 people to flee their homes…
The vaginal microbiome is the community of the bacteria and other microorganisms that live in the vagina. Many people think of…
The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the earliest known galaxy to ever be “quenched” — suddenly and mysteriously halting…
Most cancer diagnostic techniques rely on uncomfortable and invasive procedures, such as biopsies, endoscopies or mammograms. Blood samples could be…
British supermarkets are imposing limits on how many salad staples shoppers can buy as supply shortages leave shelves empty of…
A brain organoid viewed with a scanning electron microscopeSTEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Balls of human brain cells grown in a…
Glimpsed only occasionally at the hearts of massive clusters of galaxies, ultramassive black holes are some of the largest and…
New developments for achieving structural coloring through plasma irradiation of graphite can reduce the reliance upon harmful color dyes. Colors…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Sacrificial dilemmas are popular among philosophers. Should you divert a train from five people strapped to…
An artist’s illustration of what Patagorhynchus pascuali probably looked like in life. (Image credit: Courtesy of Fernando Novas)Around 70 million…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Another round of powerful atmospheric rivers is hitting California, following storms in January and February 2023…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and University of Amsterdam have conducted a…
Many small businesses fear that higher minimum wages will force them to lose profits or cut jobs. But new research…
Computer scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, in collaboration with biologists at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, recently announced…
In better times, the U.S. has, with some humility, owned up to its failures. Commissions have investigated tragedies such as…
It’s not every day that snow closes roads near southern California’s city of Santa Barbara or that flakes fall on…
An ancient oak tree with heart rotRichard Wright I am in a forest 35 kilometres west of London, meeting someone…
Cosmic Tumbles, Quantum Leaps.CAMILLA SJODIN. American Physical Society You may have heard that the infamous Schrodinger’s cat is simultaneously dead…
IT SOUNDS too good to be true: a medical test that can detect diseases you may develop decades from now.…
Only a few fossil fragments of Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum have so far been found, such as this lower jaw. Credit: Paul…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Jeffrey Schlegelmilch is the director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University’s Climate…
As the story of the Norfolk Southern chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio, continues to unfold, we are learning how…
Smart voice assistants are a popular way for people to get quick answers or play their favorite music. That same…
Update: The US military has now released a video showing some of the incident. Russian fighter jet has hit a…