Scientists Discover a 99-Million-Year-Old Insect With a Bizarre Feature Never Seen in Living Species
Like a bendy straw, an ancient insect’s folded mouthparts may have flexed …
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A Major Drug Breakthrough Could Change How Ozempic and Wegovy Work
New compounds have overcome a longstanding challenge by directly targeting β-arrestins…
A Cave Full of Ancient Human Remains Has a Strange Secret: Where Are All the Males?
Ancient tooth proteins raise the possibility that Homo naledi, an extinct human relati…
Scientists Discover a $10 Flood Protection Trick That Works Better Than Sandbags
Stacking heavy sandbags against a doorway is a familiar response to flooding, but labo…
Cannabis May Be Sabotaging Your Sleep Without You Even Knowing It, Study Finds
Nearly 35 years of observational data link greater lifetime cannabis use to poorer sle…
Scientists Discover a Potential Early Warning Sign of Alzheimer’s in Adults As Young as 45
Researchers have identified a potential early warning sign of Alzheimer’s disease in m…
40 Years of Superconductor Science Just Got Turned Upside Down by a Stunning Discovery
A material that carries electricity without resistance may be held back by its own str…
Scientists Discover a Hidden Electrical Signal in the Heart That Could Predict Sudden Death
Researchers have discovered a previously unrecognized electrical signal in the heart t…
Reddit Users Are Experimenting With an Unapproved Weight-Loss Drug. AI Found Something Surprising
An AI analysis of nearly 150,000 Reddit posts and comments offers the first systematic…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Unveils a Spectacular New View of Mars at Dawn
Curiosity’s latest panorama sharpens the view of a Martian rock layer that looks out o…
Scientists Turn Ordinary Plastic Into Billions of Tiny Diamonds Using Powerful Lasers
Diamonds recovered from plastic contain roughly 3,000 atoms each and could be modified…
Chernobyl’s Radioactive Debris Is Defying Scientists’ Expectations 40 Years Later
Some of Chernobyl’s radioactive debris is more resilient than scientists expected, off…
Something Unexpected Is Happening to Antarctica’s Collapsing Ice Cliffs
Satellite observations show Antarctic ice cliffs stabilizing after unexpectedly rapid …
Scientists Discover a 99-Million-Year-Old Insect With a Bizarre Feature Never Seen in Living Species
Like a bendy straw, an ancient insect’s folded mouthparts may have flexed without coll…
Hurricane Simon Roars Below as Strange Waves Ripple Across the Sky
NASA captured strange, rarely seen atmospheric waves rippling high above Hurricane Sim…
Scientists Discover a 100-Million-Year-Old Volcanic System Hidden Beneath Iran
A 100-million-year-old volcanic arc in Iran holds clues to the history of a vanished o…
NASA Captures a Strange Formation on Earth With a Surprising Lunar Connection
A NASA astronaut captured a stunning 600-million-year-old rock formation in Madagascar…
Scientists Discover a Surprising Shortcut to Nuclear Fusion
Scientists may have found a surprising shortcut to nuclear fusion that could dramatica…
MIT Astronomers Catch a Star Slowly Eating Its Companion 300 Light-Years Away
Astronomers have discovered a star slowly eating its companion in an extraordinary cos…
Eating Blueberries Linked to Subtle Gut Changes and Signs of Mood Improvement
A small trial in older adults uncovered subtle gut changes and hints of mood improveme…
The Secret Heart Benefit of a Common Diabetes Drug
Researchers discovered that a diabetes medication altered how certain immune cells fun…
A Missing Molecule May Explain Why Muscles Weaken With Age
Restoring just part of a depleted mitochondrial fat began reversing muscle wasting in …
Scientists Tested Diet Drinks for 2 Years. The Results May Surprise You
Water had no clear weight-loss advantage over diet drinks in a two-year trial, with bo…
Wolves Were Supposed To Save Yellowstone. Scientists Say the Real Story Is Very Different
Yellowstone’s wolves helped reduce elk numbers, but tree recovery remained limited, ch…
Something Strange Is Happening Beneath Nicaragua’s Masaya Volcano
Satellite measurements of Nicaragua’s Masaya volcano suggest magma is entering one res…
Ayush Ministry issues standard treatment guidelines for dermatological disorders
Guidelines cover psoriasis, dermatitis, vitiligo and other dermatological conditions a…
Inflammation May Awaken Dormant Cancer Cells Years After Treatment
The body’s response to inflammation may disturb cancer cells that have been lying sile…
Scientists Predicted Humanity Would End on November 13, 2026. Should We Be Worried?
For decades, a doomsday equation predicted population growth better than most experts,…
Scientists Create a Nuclear Clock So Precise It Barely Loses a Second in 30 Million Years
A self-stabilizing nuclear clock has achieved precision equivalent to roughly one seco…
Scientists Discover Groundbreaking Clues to Tissue Regrowth and “Immortality” in the Ocean
Sea cucumber tissue kept growing for more than three years after removal, surviving in…
Your Gut Bacteria May Reveal How Cancer Treatment Will Affect You
Gut bacteria may hold clues to cancer survival and chemotherapy side effects before tr…
This Simple Once-a-Week Exercise Could Help Keep Blood Pressure Lower
A weekly wall-squat session may help keep blood pressure gains from slipping away. A s…
Scientists Restore Limited Vision in Blind Patients Using Gene Therapy and Special Goggles
Scientists have demonstrated a promising new approach to restoring limited vision in p…
Scientists Discover a Hidden Hydrogen Pathway That Could Transform CO2 Into Valuable Fuel
Scientists have uncovered an unexpected pathway for hydrogen transfer during catalytic…
Why Too Much Cannabis Can Flip an Anxiety Switch in the Brain
For the first time, researchers have identified brain cells that help drive anxiety in…
Biofluorescence Discovered in Fire Salamanders for the First Time
Researchers have discovered that fire salamanders can produce a striking cyan-green fl…
A Giant Diplodocus Just Turned Up Where Scientists Never Expected
A dinosaur long thought to belong exclusively to North America has turned up in Spain,…
Scientists Decode a 12,000-Year-Old Mystery Hidden in Ancient Spear Points
An analysis of roughly 500 spear points suggests that inherited knowledge of stone dep…
Rare Mutation May Shield the Brain From Alzheimer’s Damage
A rare mutation may keep a major Alzheimer’s risk gene from damaging the brain’s prote…
Scientists Discover “Pac-Man Enzyme” That Eats Plastic
A newly identified bacterial enzyme can break down certain polyesters and penicillin, …
Study Finds Exercise May Be a Surprisingly Powerful Treatment for Pain
Exercise may be a more powerful tool for pain relief than many people realize, accordi…
A Simple Change in Meal Timing Is Linked to Unexpected Changes in Huntington’s Disease
Time-restricted eating proved feasible for people with early Huntington’s disease and …
Scientists Extend Lifespan by More Than 25% by Switching On a Cellular Energy Sensor
Direct activation of the cellular energy sensor AMPK extended lifespan in three distan…
Could Vitamin C Help Stop Leukemia Before It Starts?
Researchers are investigating whether restoring vitamin C levels can influence the bio…
AI May Seem Human-Like, but That Doesn’t Mean People Think It’s Conscious
A new study suggests that people do not equate human-like AI behavior with human-like …
Cancer’s “Obesity Paradox” May Have a Surprising Explanation
A study links diet and the gut microbiome to responses to immune checkpoint therapy, o…
MIT’s Paper-Thin Swimming Robot Is Powered by Living Muscle
MIT engineers created a paper-thin swimming robot that uses light-controlled living mu…
Scientists Found a Hairy-Legged Sea Spider With a Nightmare Mouth
Two newly described Salish Sea spiders reveal bizarre grooming and parasite-filled lif…
Supercomputer Simulations Reveal How the First Stars Changed the Universe
A new generation of simulations is uncovering how starlight, gas, and chemistry intera…
Ghost Particles May Decide Whether a Dying Star Explodes or Becomes a Black Hole
The fate of a dying massive star may depend on more than its mass and internal structu…
A Surprising Brain Signal Could Explain Why Eating Less Protein Extends Lifespan
A new paper suggests that limiting protein intake triggers a coordinated response thro…
A Few Picoseconds Reveal Superconductivity’s Hidden Breaking Point
Ultrafast current pulses let scientists push superconductors beyond their usual experi…
Hurricane Simon Roars Below as Strange Waves Ripple Across the Sky
NASA captured strange, rarely seen atmospheric waves rippling high above H…
Reddit Users Are Experimenting With an Unapproved Weight-Loss Drug. AI Found Something Surprising
An AI analysis of nearly 150,000 Reddit posts and comments offers the firs…
Scientists Discover a 99-Million-Year-Old Insect With a Bizarre Feature Never Seen in Living Species
Like a bendy straw, an ancient insect’s folded mouthparts may have flexed …
Hurricane Simon Roars Below as Strange Waves Ripple Across the Sky
NASA captured strange, rarely seen atmospheric waves rippling high above H…