Scientists have designed special immune cells that protect transplanted pancreatic cells from attack in mice. | Continue reading
An artist's illustration of primordial black holes. | Continue reading
The hydrogen fuel tank of a Toyota vehicle on display. | Continue reading
Common colds and the flu differ in many ways, including their causes, some of their symptoms and their treatments. | Continue reading
Running massive AI models locally on smartphones or laptops may be possible after a new compression algorithm trims down their size — meaning your data never leaves your device. The catch is that it might drain your battery in an hour. | Continue reading
An extremely rare gold coin featuring Brutus, who helped spearhead Julius Caesar's assassination, is up for auction in December. | Continue reading
Patients with acromegaly make too much growth hormone, which causes them to grow disproportionately large bones, organs and tissues. | Continue reading
The Geminid meteor shower is upon us. Up to 120 "shooting stars" per hour will rain down on Earth during the shower's peak on Dec. 13 and 14, but a near-full moon may hamper viewing. | Continue reading
Radioisotopes in the bones of an 18-month-old boy who lived almost 13,000 years ago indicate that his mother ate mostly mammoths. | Continue reading
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Asteroid C0WEPC5 entered Earth's atmosphere at 1:15 a.m. local time on Dec. 4 over northeastern Siberia. | Continue reading
Between 67 and 143 people in the DRC have died of an unknown, flu-like disease, officials have said. | Continue reading
At least 15 human skulls at a Neolithic site in Italy may represent the group's collective ancestors, although archaeologists aren't certain. | Continue reading
Space weather experts warn that solar activity will persist or even increase after solar maximum has ended and we enter a phase of the solar cycle dubbed the "battle zone." | Continue reading
New brain scans have shown that neurons in several regions of the brain become significantly more active across birth. | Continue reading
A "bizarre" E-shaped aurora was recently photographed dancing in the sky above Alaska. The unusual light show was caused by rare black auroras, a.k.a. anti-auroras, which catapult charged particles from the sun back out of Earth's atmosphere and into space. | Continue reading
A polar bear stands on floating sea ice in the Arctic. The bears rely on sea ice to move throughout their hunting grounds. | Continue reading
If this colossal solar storm hit our technologically advanced world the effects would have been devastating. | Continue reading
A chance discovery by researchers could drastically lower the energy needed for next-generation memory technologies. | Continue reading
A bacterial infection that rarely occurs in the United States hit a woman in Maryland after she cleaned her home aquarium. | Continue reading
The secretary bird photograph was among the winners of the 2024 Royal Society Publishing Photography Prize. | Continue reading
Newly analyzed 5,000-year-old clay bowls unearthed in Iraq may be evidence of early government-like rule, a new study finds. | Continue reading
James Webb Space Telescope image of the stellar nursery N79 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. | Continue reading
Researchers stimulated the vagus nerve in healthy volunteers and showed it triggered blood clot formation, which they say could be used to prevent blood loss after surgery. | Continue reading
Researchers say the finds are from aristocratic burials between the fourth and sixth centuries. | Continue reading
An office worker in Beijing developed a parasitic infection that caused worms to grow under her right eyelid. | Continue reading
The stadium-sized asteroid 2020 XR is due to make its closest approach to Earth on record early on Dec. 4, and the encounter will be livestreamed for everyone to see. | Continue reading
Excess energy from wireless 6G networks could be harvested by a copper coil and the human body. | Continue reading
A 2014 satellite photo of the Sivash region shows off the kaleidoscopic colors of a series of shallow, hypersaline lagoons — each filled with a different kind of algae. | Continue reading
Scientists have been searching for evidence of extraterrestrial life for decades. So, where are all the aliens? Here are 12 intriguing theories ... | Continue reading
A favorite among nature enthusiasts, the Celestron Nature DX ED 12x50 is reduced at Amazon for Cyber Monday — but you'll need to be quick to avoid missing out! | Continue reading
Researchers have named a new species in the Homo genus. What do we know about these "big headed" people? | Continue reading
We've not often seen big discounts on the gorgeously designed Molekule Air Mini+ so this one had us breathing heavily in that newly-purified air. | Continue reading
The Dell Inspiron 16 Plus, fitted with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 GPU and the latest Intel Core Ultra 7 CPU, can be yours for $1,100 this Cyber Monday. | Continue reading
Electrodes can now be printed onto the scalp to measure brain activity. | Continue reading
Save $60 on an array of fantastic documentaries, movies, and entertainment at Peacock. | Continue reading
The temple is located close to Luxor and was possibly dedicated to the lion-headed goddess Repit. | Continue reading
A small clay tablet from the site of Kish in Iraq reveals a student calculated the area of a triangle incorrectly 4,000 years ago. | Continue reading
Archaeologists in Denmark have recovered dozens of lances, spears, swords and knives along with a set of chainmail from an Iron Age chieftain's house. | Continue reading
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We already loved this compact, efficient little bargain — And now the ProBreeze Mini Dehumidifier is reduced to under £40 for Cyber Monday, we just love it even more | Continue reading
This Cyber Monday you can save $250 on the full package with Hydrow Wave — a connected, immersive rowing machine with live workouts coached by big names in rowing. | Continue reading
Using Einstein's theory of general relativity, physicists found that clocks on the moon would run 56 microseconds faster than clocks on Earth. That finding will help future lunar missions navigate. | Continue reading
Canada will soon roll a rover onto the moon, and you can help name the pioneering machine. | Continue reading
A new AI model can mask a personal image without destroying its quality, which will help to protect your privacy. | Continue reading
This week, the James Webb Space Telescope zooms in on the iconic Sombrero Galaxy, revealing the first-ever mid-infrared observations of the hat-shaped wonder. | Continue reading
Poppy seeds come from the same plant that's used to make opium and morphine. So can they get you high? | Continue reading
Large-scale disruptions to life may ultimately increase ecological complexity over geologic timescales, though the risk of extinction always looms. | Continue reading