Extremophile molds are invading art museums

Menopause linked to changes in brain’s gray matter, new study shows

A partial skeleton dating back more than two million years is the most complete yet of Homo habilis, one of the earliest known species in our genus

Scientist who helped eradicate smallpox dies at age 89

Americans Overwhelmingly Support Science, but Some Think the U.S. Is Lagging

OpenAI Would Like You to Share Your Health Data with ChatGPT

Four Million U.S. Children Had No Health Insurance in 2024

Heart and Kidney Diseases and Type 2 Diabetes May Be One Ailment

This Technology Fights Fire with Sound—No Water Needed

The Arctic Is in Dire Straits, 20 Years of Reporting Show

Why Leftover Pizza Might Be Healthier

Mathematicians Crack a Fractal Conjecture on Chaos

Raccoons are showing early signs of domestication

‘Mind-captioning’ AI decodes brain activity to turn thoughts into text

Volcano Erupts After Lying Dormant for 12,000 Years, Sending Scientists Scrambling

China's Giant Underground Neutrino Observatory Releases Its First Results

New research in the Journal of Economic Criminology confirms that illegal wildlife trade is tied to other forms of criminal activity, including trafficking in drugs, arms, people, stolen vehicles…

How Wealth Reduces Compassion

Iran's Capital Is Moving. The Reason Is an Ecological Catastrophe

Archaeologists uncover a monumental ancient Maya map of the cosmos in a new study published Wednesday in Science Advances

The Lucas-Lehmer Prime Number Test

Rubin Observatory Discovers Surprise 'Tail' on Iconic Galaxy

The stranded Chinese astronauts have returned, but space junk threat still remains.

Ultramarathoners can burn an astounding 11,000 calories per day during competition, according to a new study in Current Biology

Some species of spiders bedeck their webs with woven patterns known as “stabilimenta”

Babies start processing language before they are born, suggests a new study published in Nature Communications Biology

This month prominent peer-reviewed journals have published two papers that link apparent flashes of light seen by a telescope 70 years ago to potential artificial objects in space, providing an opportunity for UFO enthusiasts to see how extraordinary claims are tested—and often undone—by science.

Researchers analyzed about 150 trees to map the communities of microbes living in 16 species, in a recent study in Nature

Scents of Arabia: Interdisciplinary approaches to ancient olfactory worlds

Last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29 percent, their risk of hospitalizations by 39 percent and their risk of death by 64 percent, according to a new study, published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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