These 5 nutrients might be lacking in your diet

U.S. diets should include more of vitamins D and E, fiber, calcium and magnesium — all are essential nutrients that could offer health benefits.

Why these zombie caterpillars can’t stop eating 

Sneaky chemistry by a real-life “Last of Us” Cordyceps fungus mind controls its zombie insect victims by convincing them they’re starving.

Scientists 3-D printed a tiny elephant inside a cell

The first structures ever 3-D printed inside living cells point to applications for biology research.

NASA images may help track sewage in coastal waters

Sewage-contaminated water absorbs certain wavelengths of light, leaving a signature that can be detected by space-based instruments, a new study finds.

A drowned landscape held clues to the lives of ancient human relatives

The remains of extinct Homo erectus dredged from the seabed off Java, along with thousands of animal fossils, are revealing a long-lost ecosystem.

Chronic low back pain may be less likely if you walk – a lot

Adults who walked more than 100 minutes per day were less likely to have chronic low back pain than those who walked fewer than 78 minutes per day.

A third visitor from another star is hurtling through the solar system

Scientists have found a new interstellar object whizzing toward the sun.

Nearly half of the universe’s ordinary matter was uncharted, until now

Two studies fill in gaps about the cosmos’s ordinary matter. One maps it all, even the “missing matter.” The other details one of its hiding spots.

Climate change could separate vanilla plants and their pollinators

The vanilla species grown for its flavoring is finicky. Genes from its wild relatives could help make it hardier — but not if those cousins go extinct.

Vaccine policy in the U.S. is entering uncharted territory

A key advisory group vows to base decisions on evidence, boost confidence in vaccines and protect health. Experts fear the opposite is happening.

A 3-D printed, plastic beaker could help algae grow on Mars

Algae grown under Mars-like conditions could make bioplastic building materials for structures to harbor life in space.

How much energy does your AI prompt use? It depends

AI models such as ChatGPT consume serious power. Experts break down where that energy goes, and what you can do to help.

A new diabetes treatment could free people from insulin injections

In a small cell therapy trial, 10 out of 12 people with type 1 diabetes no longer needed supplemental insulin, even a year after treatment.

A rare chance to see two exploding stars is happening in the southern sky

Exploding stars V462 Lupi and V572 Velorum are best seen from the Southern Hemisphere. One has been spotted from the United States.

Popular weight-loss drugs may ease migraines too

A GLP-1 drug led to fewer days with headaches, a small pilot study of migraine sufferers shows. It may work by lowering pressure inside the head.

A new ‘eye’ may radically change how robots see

The system contains a sensor, chip and tiny AI model inspired by biological eyes and brains and uses a tenth of the energy of a camera-based system.

This painless nanoneedle patch might one day replace certain biopsies

Using millions of tiny needles, the patch samples molecular data from inside cells without damaging them, providing intel on composition in minutes.

See how the herpesvirus reshapes our cells’ DNA in just eight hours

New imaging tools reveal how within an hour of infection, the virus begins to alter our chromosomes to kick-start its own replication.

Harmful heat doesn’t always come in waves

Even without reaching heat wave levels, sustained high temperatures may contribute to a litany of health issues.

A barrage of radiation couldn’t kill this hardy life-form

A type of lichen was able to survive extreme UV radiation in the lab, suggesting that ozone protection might not be required for life on exoplanets.

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Antarctica’s Hidden Volcanoes: How Retreating Ice Might Ignite Hundreds of Explosive Eruptions

As climate change causes glaciers to vanish, scientists are discovering that this loss of ice may be triggering powerful volcanic eruptions. A new study of six Chilean volcanoes reveals that…

Misdiagnosed Millions? Why ADHD Science May Be Leading Us Astray

A major review of top ADHD drug trials reveals that many didn’t properly confirm whether participants actually had ADHD, or whether they were struggling with other conditions like depression or…

Warning: Popular Heartburn Drugs Tied to 33% Higher Dementia Risk

A major study has found that people taking acid reflux drugs known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) for more than 4.4 years face a 33% higher risk of developing dementia.…

Cough Syrup Slows Brain Damage in Parkinson’s Dementia, Study Finds

A decades-old cough medicine, Ambroxol, could be on the verge of a dramatic second act—not for sore throats, but for protecting the brain. In a year-long clinical trial, researchers gave…

Friendship Over Family: How Female Chimp Bonds Keep Babies Alive in the Wild

In the dense forests of Gombe, female chimpanzees that build strong friendships—not with family, but with unrelated females—dramatically improve the odds their babies will survive. A decades-long study revealed that…

Killer Whales Are Giving Fish to Humans Worldwide – What’s Going on?

Across oceans and decades, killer whales have been caught doing something no one expected—offering food to humans. From California to New Zealand, 34 documented incidents reveal orcas bringing fish, rays,…

Scientists Reveal Why Cats Always Sleep on Their Left Side

Cats often sleep on their left to spot threats faster. Their brain processes danger more efficiently this way. Many cats appear to favor resting on their left side, according to…

Scientists Mapped the Secret World of Platinum Atoms – And It Changes Everything

Scientists at ETH Zurich have developed a powerful method to look deep inside single-atom catalysts—materials where every atom plays a vital role in driving chemical reactions. By using a technique…

Scientists Just Simulated the “Impossible” in Quantum Computing

Quantum computers hold incredible promise, but one major challenge still stands in the way: their struggle to correct errors during calculations. To build truly reliable quantum machines, scientists need to…

Physicists Uncover Forgotten 1938 Fusion Breakthrough That Could Power the Future

Physicists confirm DT fusion insights from a 1938 experiment. The findings connect past theory with current fusion efforts. A team at Los Alamos National Laboratory has successfully recreated a significant…

Following This Diet Can Reduce Your Risk of Alzheimer’s, No Matter Your Age

Improving diet later in life may lower dementia risk, especially in certain ethnic groups. A recent study from the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center found that people who followed the…

New Cancer Drug Blocks Tumors Without Debilitating Side Effects

A new drug targets RAS-PI3Kα pathways without harmful side effects. It was developed using high-performance computing and AI. A new cancer drug candidate, developed through a collaboration between Lawrence Livermore…

Hidden Toxins Found in 90% of U.S. Preschoolers

A sweeping NIH-funded study tested the urine of 200 toddlers and found a startling mix of 96 chemicals—some of which aren’t even tracked by government health surveys. These toxins, from…

Martian “Spiderwebs” Revealed: Curiosity Captures Stunning 360° Panorama

Curiosity stitched 291 Mastcam photos into a color-balanced 360° panorama of Gale Crater’s “boxwork” ridges—spiderweb-like stone lattices hardened by ancient groundwater. Viewers can dive into an interactive video of the…

Don’t Miss Sky Show: Mars Glows, Venus Blazes, and an Eagle Soars

July’s skies offer a feast: Mars glows at dusk while Mercury peeks out briefly, Venus blazes before dawn, and Jupiter joins it for a photogenic pairing. Saturn lingers past midnight,…

Stars That Shouldn’t Shine Are Pointing Straight to Dark Matter’s Identity

Deep in the center of our galaxy, scientists believe a strange type of star may be quietly glowing—not from fusion like our Sun, but from the invisible fuel of dark…

Could a Common Blood Mutation Be the Key to Preventing Alzheimer’s?

Unexpected mutations in blood stem cells may help protect against Alzheimer’s disease. A new study published in the journal Cell Stem Cell suggests that certain genetic changes in blood stem…

Could Early Alzheimer’s Be Stopped? Study Suggests New Drug Target

Neurons that die early in Alzheimer’s help drive brain waste removal. Treating this process sooner could change outcomes. Researchers at the University of Queensland have uncovered a critical connection between…

Diabetes Breakthrough: Scientists Successfully 3D-Print Functional Human Islets

An international team of scientists has achieved a significant breakthrough in diabetes research by successfully 3D printing functional human islets using a new type of bioink. An international team of…

This Breakthrough Sponge Could Change How the World Gets Clean Water

A team of scientists has developed a groundbreaking sponge-like aerogel that can turn seawater into clean drinking water using only sunlight. Unlike earlier materials, this 3D-printed structure is filled with…

AI That Thinks Like Us: New Model Predicts Human Decisions With Startling Accuracy

A new AI model mimics human thinking with striking accuracy, even in unfamiliar scenarios. Researchers at Helmholtz Munich have created an advanced artificial intelligence system capable of mimicking human decision-making…

What Happened to Mars’ Water? A New Study Offers a Startling Answer

An analysis led by the University of Chicago of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover data may explain why the planet was likely a harsh desert for most of its recent…

Scientists Discover Unknown Organelle Inside Our Cells

A newly found organelle, the hemifusome, helps manage cellular recycling. It may play a role in inherited diseases and open paths to new therapies. Scientists have identified a previously unknown…

Hearing Aids Could Help You Live Longer and Feel Less Lonely

Hearing loss doesn’t just mute sound—it can muffle connection. A sweeping new study reveals that using hearing aids or cochlear implants not only improves communication but significantly reduces loneliness and…

Danish and Welsh botanists sifted through 400 studies, field-tested seed mixes, and uncovered a lineup of native and exotic blooms that both thrill human eyes and lure bees and hoverflies…

Scientists found that embryonic skin cells “whisper” through faint mechanical tugs, using the same force-sensing proteins that make our ears ultrasensitive. By syncing these micro-movements, the cells choreograph the embryo’s…

Scientists have finally uncovered a quantum counterpart to Carnot’s famed second law, showing that entanglement—once thought stubbornly irreversible—can be shuffled back and forth without loss if you plug in a…

Scientists have decoded the sea spider’s genome for the first time, revealing how its strangely shaped body—with organs in its legs and barely any abdomen—may be tied to a missing…

When you're mentally exhausted, your brain might be doing more behind the scenes than you think. In a new study using functional MRI, researchers uncovered two key brain regions that…

Kenyan fig trees can literally turn parts of themselves to stone, using microbes to convert internal crystals into limestone-like deposits that lock away carbon, sweeten surrounding soils, and still yield…

Ambroxol, long used for coughs in Europe, stabilized symptoms and brain-damage markers in Parkinson’s dementia patients over 12 months, whereas placebo patients worsened. Those with high-risk genes even saw cognitive…

Immersing stressed volunteers in a 360° virtual Douglas-fir forest complete with sights, sounds and scents boosted their mood, sharpened short-term memory and deepened their feeling of nature-connectedness—especially when all three…

A group of scientists studying pregnancy across six different mammals—from humans to marsupials—uncovered how certain cells at the mother-baby boundary have been working together for over 100 million years. By…

Scientists have pioneered a new way to monitor sodium levels in the blood—without drawing a single drop. By combining terahertz radiation and optoacoustic detection, they created a non-invasive system that…

Deep in Chile’s Atacama Desert, scientists studied a green crystal called atacamite—and discovered it can cool itself dramatically when placed in a magnetic field. Unlike a regular fridge, this effect…

Scientists at the University of Sydney have uncovered a malfunctioning version of the SOD1 protein that clumps inside brain cells and fuels Parkinson’s disease. In mouse models, restoring the protein’s…

In the frozen reaches of the planet—glaciers, mountaintops, and icy groundwater—scientists have uncovered strange light-sensitive molecules in tiny microbes. These “cryorhodopsins” can respond to light in ways that might let…

Scientists are on the trail of a mysterious five-particle structure that could challenge one of the biggest theories in physics: string theory. This rare particle—never seen before and predicted not…

Australian scientists have discovered a method to produce ammonia—an essential component in fertilizers—using only air and electricity. By mimicking lightning and channeling that energy through a small device, they’ve bypassed…

Mice taught to link smells with tastes, and later fear, revealed how the amygdala teams up with cortical regions to let the brain draw powerful indirect connections. Disabling this circuit…

Smarter people don’t just crunch numbers better—they actually see the future more clearly. Examining thousands of over-50s, Bath researchers found the brightest minds made life-expectancy forecasts more than twice as…

A promising path to fighting COVID and other coronaviruses may have been based on a serious mistake. Scientists had zeroed in on a part of the virus called the NiRAN…

Scientists have discovered that the bacteria behind Lyme disease and anaplasmosis have a sneaky way of surviving inside ticks—they hijack the tick’s own cell functions to steal cholesterol they need…

Tropical trees are dying faster than ever, and it's not just heat or drought to blame. Scientists have uncovered a surprising culprit: ordinary thunderstorms. These quick, fierce storms, powered by…

When Siberian volcanoes kicked off the Great Dying, the real climate villain turned out to be the rainforests themselves: once they collapsed, Earth’s biggest carbon sponge vanished, CO₂ rocketed, and…

A precious metal used everywhere from car exhaust systems to fuel cells, platinum is an incredibly efficient catalyst—but it's costly and carbon-intensive. Now, a serendipitous collaboration between scientists at ETH…

Anger isn’t just a fleeting emotion—it plays a deeper role in women’s mental and physical health during midlife. A groundbreaking study tracking over 500 women aged 35 to 55 reveals…

A cutting-edge gene therapy has significantly restored hearing in children and adults with congenital deafness, showing dramatic results just one month after a single injection. Researchers used a virus to…

Astronomers studying the remnant SNR 0509-67.5 have finally caught a white dwarf in the act of a rare “double-detonation” supernova, where an initial helium blast on the star’s surface triggers…

Scientists at UC Davis discovered a small genetic difference that could explain why humans are more prone to certain cancers than our primate cousins. The change affects a protein used…

Locked-down Hungarians who gained or lost pets saw almost no lasting shift in mood or loneliness, and new dog owners actually felt less calm and satisfied over time—hinting that the…

Illinois engineers fused ultrafast imaging with smart algorithms to peek at living brain chemistry, turning routine MRIs into metabolic microscopes. The system distinguishes healthy regions, grades tumors, and forecasts MS…

Citizen scientists using the Kilonova Seekers platform spotted a stellar flash 2,500 times brighter than before, allowing astronomers to identify the exploding cataclysmic variable GOTO0650 within hours. Swift community follow-up…

Japan’s Himawari weather satellites, designed to watch Earth, have quietly delivered a decade of infrared snapshots of Venus. By stitching 437 images together, scientists tracked daily thermal tides and shifting…

Wild orcas across four continents have repeatedly floated fish and other prey to astonished swimmers and boaters, hinting that the ocean’s top predator likes to make friends. Researchers cataloged 34…

Female chimpanzees that forge strong, grooming-rich friendships with other females dramatically boost their infants’ odds of making it past the perilous first year—no kin required. Three decades of Gombe observations…

Macquarie University researchers reveal that chlorothalonil, still commonly sprayed on American and Australian produce, cripples insect fertility by more than a third at residue levels typically found on food. The…

Over a thousand students revealed a striking link between lactose intolerance and nightmare-filled nights, hinting that midnight stomach turmoil from dairy can invade dreams. Researchers suggest simple diet tweaks especially…

Researchers reviewing nearly 300 top-tier ADHD drug trials found that half skipped the rigorous, expert-led evaluations needed to rule out other conditions like depression or schizophrenia. With diagnoses often made…

A sweeping review of more than a century’s research upends the popular notion that left-handers are naturally more creative. Cornell psychologist Daniel Casasanto’s team sifted nearly a thousand studies, ultimately…

Scientists have achieved an unprecedented look into how the human immune system attacks a transplanted pig kidney, using spatial molecular imaging to map immune activity down to the cellular level.…

Scientists have uncovered a surprising sugar-related mechanism inside brain cells that could transform how we fight Alzheimer’s and other dementias. It turns out neurons don’t just store sugar for fuel—they…

Leprosy’s tale stretches from 5,000-year-old skeletons in Eurasia to a startling 4,000-year-old case in Chile, revealing that the rare strain Mycobacterium lepromatosis haunted the Americas millennia before Europeans arrived. Armed…

In a stellar nursery 460 light-years away, astronomers sharpened old ALMA data and spotted crisp rings and spirals swirling around 27 infant stars—evidence that planets start taking shape just a…

Wildfires are becoming more intense and dangerous, but a new Stanford-led study offers hope: prescribed burns—intentionally set, controlled fires—can significantly lessen their impact. By analyzing satellite data and smoke emissions,…

Footprints found in the ancient lakebeds of White Sands may prove that humans lived in North America 23,000 years ago — much earlier than previously believed. A new study using…

India’s complex ancestry—intertwined with Iranian farmers, Steppe herders, and local hunter-gatherers—has now been decoded through genomic data from 2,762 people. The study uncovers surprising levels of Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA,…

Deleting a gene called PTEN in certain brain cells disrupts the brain’s fear circuitry and triggers anxiety-like behavior in mice — key traits seen in autism. Researchers mapped how this…

USC researchers have found a promising new brain scan marker that could better detect Alzheimer’s risk — but only for some. The tau-based benchmark works in Hispanic and White populations…

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists spotted thin and thick disks in galaxies as far back as 10 billion years ago—something never seen before. These observations reveal that galaxies…

A newly discovered radio halo, 10 billion light-years away, reveals that galaxy clusters in the early universe were already steeped in high-energy particles. The finding hints at ancient black hole…

Parts of New Orleans are sinking at alarming rates — including some of the very floodwalls built to protect it. A new satellite-based study finds that some areas are losing…

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new way that urea—an essential building block for life—could have formed on the early Earth. Instead of requiring high temperatures or complex catalysts, this process…

A surprising discovery from a tiny grain of asteroid Ryugu has rocked scientists' understanding of how our Solar System evolved. Researchers found djerfisherite—a mineral typically born in scorching, chemically reduced…

Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have captured new images of 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar object ever observed. The post VLT Captures New Images of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS appeared…

Paleontologists have unearthed the fossilized jawbone of a new pterosaur species alongside hundreds of other fossils -- including one of the world’s oldest turtles -- at a remote bonebed in…

Dark dwarfs are hypothetical dark matter-powered objects that formed from the cooling of brown dwarfs, according to a team of astronomers from Durham University, the University of Hawai’i and the…

Paleontologists have described a new species of the ankylosaurid dinosaur genus Zhongyuansaurus using a specimen found in China’s Henan province. The post New Species of Armored Dinosaur Identified in China…

Researchers from University College London and the University of Cambridge have found that computer simulations of low-density amorphous ice best matched measurements from previous experiments if the ice was not…

NASA’s Lucy mission continues to analyze images collected during the spacecraft’s April 20, 2025 encounter with the carbonaceous asteroid Donaldjohanson. The post Lucy Provides Full View of Main-Belt Asteroid Donaldjohanson…

In a paper published online in the Journal of Comparative Psychology, marine biologists report on 34 interactions spanning two decades in which killer whales (Orcinus orca) in the wild attempted…

Abell 209 is a massive galaxy cluster located about 2.8 billion light-years away in the constellation of Cetus. The post Hubble Spots More Than Hundred Galaxies in Abell 209 appeared…

3I/ATLAS is only the third object of its kind ever observed, following the interstellar asteroid 1I/ʻOumuamua in 2017 and the interstellar comet 2I/Borisov in 2019. The post Astronomers Track Interstellar…

Herpetologists have described three new species of the frog genus Pristimantis from the rugged, misty highlands of northwestern Peru. The post Herpetologists Discover Three New Species of Frogs in Peru…

Archaeologists have unearthed an assemblage of 35 wooden tools -- digging sticks and small, complete, hand-held pointed tools -- at the Early Paleolithic site of Gantangqing in southwestern China. The…

As part of the CRISTAL (CII Resolved ISM in STar-forming galaxies with ALMA) survey, astronomers peered back to when the Universe was only about one billion years old. The post…

After the interstellar asteroid 1I/ʻOumuamua and the interstellar comet 2I/Borisov, 3I/ATLAS is the third object and the second comet from outside the Solar System confirmed. The post Astronomers Discover Third-Ever…

The hot-Jupiter exoplanet HIP 67522b orbits its parent star, HIP 67522, so tightly that it appears to cause frequent flares from the star’s surface, heating and inflating the planet’s atmosphere,…

An international team of scientists has sequenced the whole genome from an adult male Egyptian who lived between over 4,500 years ago -- a few centuries after Egyptian unification, bridging…

Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have imaged SNR 0509-67.5, a very young (300-350 years old) remnant of Type Ia supernova, and spotted patterns that confirm its star suffered…

New research led by University of California, Riverside’s Professor Meng Chen shows that plants rely on multiple heat-sensing systems and that sugar -- produced in sunlight -- plays a central…

In a new study, researchers questioned 1,082 students at MacEwan University about the quality of their sleep, their eating habits, and any perceived link between the two, and found a…

Using the Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) aboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have captured a stunning infrared image of central part of Messier 82, an edge-on starburst galaxy located…

Using an innovative digital fossil-mining approach, paleontologists analyzed more than 250 fossil beaks from 40 ancient squid species. The post Study: Squids Originated and Rapidly Radiated by 100 Million Years…

Russia is attacking Ukraine with Shahed-136-type drones every night now. Ukraine has put up additional air defences in

Nuclear bomb is a weapon that employs the energy from a nuclear reaction. Resulting radiation and the fallout

Russia’s main air-defence systems are S-300 and S-400. Those are expensive missile systems, capable of engaging all kinds

More accurately predicting periods of increased hurricane activity weeks in advance may become possible due to new research

Researchers at ETH Zurich and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems have developed a robotic leg with

AstraZeneca has entered into a collaboration with biotech firm Immunai Inc., investing $18 million to utilize Immunai’s advanced

Astronomy has always relied on light to convey information about the universe. But capturing photons — such as

Meta Platforms, formerly Facebook, showcased its new augmented reality (AR) glasses prototype, Orion, during its annual Connect conference.

Nebius Group, an Amsterdam-based tech company born from the division of assets previously owned by Russian technology giant

In the desert of Texas, an innovative construction project is unfolding—one that uses a crane-sized 3D printer to

PayPal Holdings announced a major development on Wednesday, allowing U.S. merchants to buy, hold, and sell cryptocurrency directly

Russia has covertly established a weapons program in China to create long-range attack drones for use in the

The Sukhoi Su-57 is a Russian fifth-generation fighter jet, built as a response to the American F-22 Raptor.

Alphabet’s Google is partnering with Volkswagen to provide cutting-edge artificial intelligence capabilities for an in-app assistant designed specifically

Stability AI, an emerging leader in artificial intelligence, announced on Tuesday that renowned filmmaker James Cameron, director of

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian denies reports that Iran has transferred a large quantity of Fath 360 short-range ballistic

Russia has emerged as the primary foreign actor using artificial intelligence (AI) to sway the U.S. presidential election,

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has announced plans to launch approximately five uncrewed Starship missions to Mars within the