The Metal That Shrinks When Heated Could Help NASA Find Alien Life
In the vast stillness of deep space, even the smallest movements matter. NASA’s upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory—a next-generation space telescope ...
Astronomers Capture the Deepest Radio Glimpse of Pandora’s Cluster
Far beyond the reach of any telescope in your backyard, some four billion light years away, lies one of the ...
Scientists Discover Snails Can Feel Anxiety and Even Respond to Medication
It’s not the kind of creature most people think of when discussing fear. The great pond snail, Lymnaea stagnalis, glides ...
Chimpanzee Friendships Help Mothers Keep Their Babies Alive
In the shaded canopy of Tanzania’s Gombe National Park, where vines tangle and sunlight dances across the forest floor, a ...
Orcas Are Giving Humans Gifts and Scientists Think It’s On Purpose
In the vastness of the world's oceans, where humans are often mere spectators to the deep blue mysteries below, a ...
Scientists Solve 40-Year Quantum Mystery with Energy-Loss-Free Breakthrough
In a sunlit lab at the University of Wollongong, where the boundaries of physics are constantly being rewritten, a team ...
Scientists Discover Quantum Material That Could Replace Silicon Forever
In a quiet lab at Northeastern University, something extraordinary happened—something that could redefine the speed limits of electronics as we ...
Antarctica’s Sea Ice Is Disappearing Faster Than Anyone Predicted
The frozen frontier at the bottom of the world is changing—and fast. In a discovery that is sending shockwaves through ...
Too Much Dairy Could Be Fueling Your Nightmares
If you’ve ever blamed a late-night slice of pizza or a bowl of ice cream for your restless sleep or ...
Scientists Discover Fleeting Atom That Defies Nuclear Expectations
In the deep vaults of the universe's building blocks, where protons and neutrons crowd together in volatile clusters, a quiet ...
New Study Reveals Pets Might Not Be the Cure for Loneliness
When the world shuttered its doors in 2020, leaving streets empty and hearts heavy, countless people turned to a timeless ...
Scientists Make Brain Drugs Visible with Molecular Clicks That Could Change Neurology
In a laboratory half a world apart from one another, scientists in the United States and Sweden are working on ...
Animals in the Mountains Are Losing Their Sense of Smell
High up in the thin, crisp air where mountains scrape the sky, animals have evolved countless extraordinary tricks to survive. ...
Astronomers Discover Ghostly Stars Tracing Dark Matter in Violent Cosmic Collision
In a distant corner of the universe, two colossal clusters of galaxies slammed into each other billions of years ago ...
Early Humans Used Ochre as Precision Tools 70,000 Years Ago
Beneath the coastal cliffs of South Africa, inside the dark, humid corridors of Blombos Cave, a 70,000-year-old secret was hiding ...
Archaeologists Uncover 3,000-Year-Old Burials Beneath Trelai Park
Every day, laughter echoes across Trelai Park in Cardiff. Children kick footballs across green grass, dogs sprint after frisbees, and ...
Enceladus’s Hidden Ocean May Be Even Stranger—And More Life-Friendly—Than We Thought
Far beyond the warmth of Earth, orbiting a planet adorned in rings, lies a moon barely 500 kilometers across—yet packed ...
Ancient DNA Reveals Leprosy Struck the Americas 4,000 Years Ago
For much of human history, Hansen’s Disease—commonly known as leprosy—has been one of the most feared and misunderstood illnesses. It ...
Astronomers Detect Baby Stars Hidden in a Distant Cosmic Cloud
In a dark, quiet corner of the southern sky, 620 light-years from Earth, a vast molecular cloud silently churns with ...
Venus Accidentally Photobombs Earth Satellite and Reveals a Decade of Weather Data
It started with something unexpected—an accidental guest in the background of images meant only for Earth. While scanning through routine ...