A new study has uncovered the role that a specific molecule in the brain plays in maintaining long-term memory. | Continue reading
An AI candidate running in the Wyoming mayoral race has been disabled by the company that developed the technology. But its creator says he has not given up. | Continue reading
A gargantuan "exhaust vent" may be channeling hot gas away from the Milky Way's supermassive black hole at millions of miles per hour — and filling up two enormous bubbles that tower over the galaxy. | Continue reading
New research suggests that colliding neutron stars can briefly "trap" ghostly particles called neutrinos, which could reveal new secrets about some of space's most extreme events. | Continue reading
A falling piece of space junk from the ISS crashed through two floors of a Florida family's house in March. The family has now asked NASA to pay for the damages. | Continue reading
The more than 30 tombs include family burials, including of children buried with their parents, in a hillside in Aswan, Egypt. | Continue reading
The CDC has issued a new health alert as global cases of dengue fever soar. | Continue reading
The starchy-looking moon Phobos, destined to crash into Mars' surface, has been revealed in new detail by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The 'space potato' image was recently shared on NASA's Instagram. | Continue reading
Experts from NASA and other international organizations recently simulated their response to a hypothetical asteroid impact scenario. The test was deemed a success. However, several media outlets have misreported the group's findings. | Continue reading
An ocean that opened up in what is now Mongolia 410 million years ago was created by a hot upwelling of rock known as a mantle plume. | Continue reading
Painted lady butterflies discovered in French Guiana — thousands of miles from their usual habitats — got there through a Herculean transoceanic flight. | Continue reading
'There is shift in behavior': Sharks in the Gulf of Mexico learn boats mean food | Continue reading
Scientists estimate that a person needs tens of thousands of extra calories to support a pregnancy — but there's no one-size-fits-all answer. | Continue reading
The world's oldest termite mounds have been collecting carbon from the atmosphere for thousands of years. | Continue reading
Being able to transplant kidneys using only local anesthetic could shorten patients' hospital stays and make the procedure accessible to more people, doctors say. | Continue reading
China's Chang'e-6 lunar module has returned from the moon's far side with samples in a historic mission. Its success is a key step toward understanding our planet's early history, and a milestone in the race with the U.S. to reach the moon's south pole. | Continue reading
Scientists perform necropsy on an ancient wolf pulled from Russian permafrost that may still have prey in its stomach. | Continue reading
A study in humans and lab animals suggests that an antimalarial drug might treat the root cause of PCOS symptoms. | Continue reading
The economical price and decent glass optics make the AmScope M150C a good microscope for students and young children. | Continue reading
Excessive brain growth in the womb has been directly tied to autism in toddlers in new research involving lab-grown "minibrains." | Continue reading
A combination of cultured cells and silicone could help robots appear more human in future thanks to realistic skin elasticity. And they can smile like us too. | Continue reading
Solar energy breakthrough sees scientists stabilize perovskite crystals for use in future solar panels, promising more efficient and sustainable green technology. | Continue reading
On June 27, the mountain-size asteroid 2011 UL21 will come within 5 million miles of Earth, making it one of the largest space rocks to come that close to our planet for 125 years. Here's how to watch the close encounter live, or see it with a telescope. | Continue reading
The Gaia space telescope has spotted the dim companions of eight bright stars, suggesting we can expect new glimpses of distant planets. | Continue reading
Archaeologists used X-rays to analyze the remains of a sandal unearthed near a Roman fort in Bavaria. | Continue reading
A medieval woman who was buried alongside 23 warrior monks in Spain was likely a warrior herself, a new study finds. | Continue reading
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have observed five extremely dense proto-globular clusters along a hair-thin arc of glittering stars. The discovery could help them understand how the earliest galaxies formed. | Continue reading
Ergonomic and easy to operate with professional functionality, the SWIFT SW380T is a pleasure to use. | Continue reading
Recent research into methods for spotting AI-generated video looks for specific markers not found in standard digital images. | Continue reading
The science of ruining your favorite shirt is more complicated than you might think. | Continue reading
A 2017 satellite image of the Sahara's Tanezrouft Basin shows the abstract beauty in ancient rock folds and colorful salt flats that have been sculpted in this terrifying region over millions of years. | Continue reading
Saturn pumps into space varying amounts of heat based on its seasons, which drives planet-wide storms, data from NASA's Cassini mission has revealed. | Continue reading
Lucy is popularly depicted as being hairy, but new evidence suggests she wasn't. The discovery prompts new questions about the history of nudity. | Continue reading
From the tiniest insects to the largest land animal on Earth, here are some of the most dangerous and deadly creatures in the world. | Continue reading
The sparkling galaxy NGC 1546 stars in Hubble's first new image since changing to its new "one-gyro mode," ending the telescope's roughly month-long break. | Continue reading
Some humans have always stood head and shoulders above their peers, but there's nothing mythological about these real-life human giants. | Continue reading
Astronomer Giovanni Cassini observed Jupiter's 'Permanent Spot' in 1665, but new research suggests it's a different vortex from today's Great Red Spot. | Continue reading
Archaeologists on the Channel Islands in the Mediterranean have found two coins from the Roman era. | Continue reading
Jaguarundis are weird little felines that are about the size of domestic cats, have long bodies with short legs and round, flattened heads. | Continue reading
One of the most desired gems in the world is believed to be cursed. But what is the Hope Diamond's history, value and worth? | Continue reading
A microbe can grow a neck that is 30 times as long as its body in just a few seconds. Origami folding explains how | Continue reading
If dinosaurs were reptiles, then why aren't birds cold blooded? | Continue reading
The James Webb telescope has spotted a peculiar group of baby stars firing enormous jets into space at nearly the exact same angle. The discovery could hold new insights into how stars are born. | Continue reading
The island of Rapa Nui, the most isolated inhabited landmass on Earth, is known for its massive Moai statues. | Continue reading
Easter Island never had a catastrophic population collapse, researchers propose in a new study that looks at archaeological rock gardens. | Continue reading
A new estimate suggests that AI could use up all of the internet’s text data within the next few years. The next recourse could be private information, a new study warns. | Continue reading
NASA and Boeing engineers are troubleshooting various faults in the Starliner spacecraft. But with only 45 days of docking time available, the window for return is closing. | Continue reading
A new species of piranha-like fish called pacu was recently found hiding in plain sight among several near-identical species in the Amazon River. Researchers have named it after Sauron from "The Lord of the Rings." | Continue reading