Category: Science and Research

Ant pupae that are fatally sick don’t hide their condition; instead, they release a special…

College life creates a perfect storm for overeating, as students consume more calories when surrounded…

A surprising link between constipation and kidney decline led researchers to test lubiprostone, revealing that…

A surprisingly mature spiral galaxy named Alaknanda has been spotted just 1.5 billion years after…

Sweat carries a rich mix of biomarkers that advanced wearables can now track in real…

Researchers have solved the decades-old mystery behind how a common pregnancy drug lowers blood pressure….

Scientists have discovered that a single gene, GRIN2A, can directly cause mental illness—something previously thought…

Some white dwarfs in rapid binary orbits are far hotter and larger than theory predicts….

As the last Ice Age waned and the Holocene dawned, deep-ocean circulation around Antarctica underwent…

Younger women are being diagnosed with breast cancer more often than screening guidelines anticipate. Many…

A high-speed “zap-and-freeze” method is giving scientists their clearest view yet of how brain cells…

A large study of brain scans shows that our neural wiring evolves through five major…

Two decades of satellite and GPS data show the Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf slowly losing…

Researchers exploring Bolivia’s Great Tectonic Lakes discovered a landscape transformed over centuries by sophisticated engineering…

A high-resolution 3D model of Rano Raraku shows that the moai were created in many…

MIT scientists found that what we see is strongly influenced by how alert or active…

Scientists have uncovered a stepwise system that guides how the brain sorts and stabilizes lasting…

Researchers have found that ongoing thyroid hormone imbalance in pregnancy may be linked to higher…

Researchers studying thousands of canine genomes discovered that wolf DNA is still present in most…

Nearly a century after astronomers first proposed dark matter to explain the strange motions of…

Millions face Medicare decisions each year, but many don’t take advantage of tools that can…

Researchers analyzed data from over six million people to see how close residents lived to…

Researchers found that repeated head impacts can disrupt a key system that helps the brain…

A large-scale Brazilian study found dangerous levels of toxic metals in popular children’s toys, with…

A major review across 73 countries finds that access to antiseizure medications is rising, but…

Researchers have directly observed Floquet effects in graphene for the first time, settling a long-running…

Researchers have finally assigned a strange 3.4-million-year-old foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda, confirming that Lucy’s species…

Princeton researchers found that the brain excels at learning because it reuses modular “cognitive blocks”…

Data from over 47,000 dogs reveal that CBD is most often used in older pets…

Researchers discovered why bird flu can survive temperatures that stop human flu in its tracks….

Long-term inhalation of toxic air appears to dull the protective power of regular workouts, according…