Scientists are finding ever-earlier examples of artistic expression in the archaeological record that reshape what we know about the abilities of Neanderthals and other archaic humans | Continue reading
This banner year for elections worldwide may witness the arrival of advertising tailored to your personality | Continue reading
Engaging the fine motor system to produce letters by hand has positive effects on learning and memory | Continue reading
For children living near U.S. highways, a transition to zero-emission electric vehicles will mean reduced exposure to dangerous exhaust | Continue reading
A long-awaited study of people with ME/CFS revealed differences in their immune and nervous system. The findings may offer clues about long COVID | Continue reading
A lunar lander nicknamed Odie carries 125 small moon sculptures by artist Jeff Koons that could become the first authorized artwork on the moon | Continue reading
Chicago has joined several other cities and states in suing oil companies. The effort seeks to hold fossil fuel producers financially accountable for the effects of climate change | Continue reading
Virtual-reality could assist researchers in decoding how emotions spur a decision to commit a crime | Continue reading
New drugs called antibody-drug conjugates help patients with cancers that used to be beyond treatment | Continue reading
The effort to give robots AI brains is revealing big practical challenges—and bigger ethical concerns | Continue reading
This emotion can push people to overcome obstacles, though results are best when people keep their long-term aims in mind | Continue reading
Stimulating the sleeping brain may ease suffering from memory loss, stroke or mental health problems | Continue reading
A new technique to make electronic fibers could help solve wearable technology’s flexibility problem | Continue reading
How artist and astrophysicist Nia Amara makes 3-D prints of the birth of stars | Continue reading
Chimpanzee “helicopter moms” often protect their offspring from bullies, but bonobo moms are more hands-off | Continue reading
The release of Apple’s mixed-reality headset raises questions about hours spent in a virtual replacement of our world | Continue reading
New research into the “stasis paradox” challenges the rules of evolution | Continue reading
Three-dimensional printouts of stellar nurseries are helping to reveal how stars are born | Continue reading
Archaeologists have discovered what may be Europe’s oldest human-made megastructure, submerged below the Baltic Sea and dubbed the Blinkerwall | Continue reading
En Colombia han ardido más de 500 incendios, incluso en sus delicados y únicos humedales del altiplano, uno de los ecosistemas de más rápida evolución de la Tierra | Continue reading
The quasar, as bright as 500 trillion suns, has evaded astronomers for over 40 years because of its incredible luminosity | Continue reading
The origin of the decimal point, a powerful calculation tool, has been traced back to a mathematician who lived during the Italian Renaissance | Continue reading
Signs reminding pet owners to “curb" their dog and scoop their pet’s poop have been joined in some places by posted warnings that pet waste can spread disease | Continue reading
New research reveals the origins of stars, sleep-based treatments and the planet’s limits | Continue reading
The upcoming total solar eclipse and a pair of new sun probes are revolutionizing scientists’ understanding of our closest star | Continue reading
Delayed umbilical cord snipping is worth the wait for preemies | Continue reading
Linguists and archaeologists have argued for decades about where and when the first Indo-European languages were spoken and what kind of lives those first speakers led | Continue reading
People struggling with addiction cite untreated withdrawal, pain, discrimination and stringent policies as reasons for leaving hospitals against medical advice. We need to take their complaints seriously | Continue reading
Charlotte, a stingray in a small North Carolina aquarium, is taking a DIY approach to reproduction | Continue reading
A simple solution to gerrymandering crumbles when confronted with math’s ‘ham sandwich theorem’ | Continue reading
Insurance policies for natural resources are aiding conservation around the world | Continue reading
More than 500 fires have burned across Colombia, including in its delicate and unique highland wetlands, one of the fastest evolving ecosystems on Earth | Continue reading
Rod-shaped fragments of RNA called “obelisks” were discovered in gut and mouth bacteria for the first time | Continue reading
With chemical spills and other accidents a common occurrence, it’s becoming more expensive to maintain the status quo than to make chemistry safer | Continue reading
Fragments from Asteroid 2024 BX1 have proven to be a rare meteorite type that helps reveal the early solar system's building blocks | Continue reading
The fungal pathogen that causes valley fever is thriving in the American West—and intensifying atmospheric rivers could be to blame | Continue reading
Physicists found that the music of Johann Sebastian Bach contains mathematical patterns that help convey information | Continue reading
TikTok’s “sleepy girl mocktails” remind us how important magnesium is for sleep and health | Continue reading
Despite being some six billion kilometers away, the sun from Pluto would be a dazzling sight to behold—carefully, that is | Continue reading
Tech billionaires are funding research into controversial methods for cooling the planet | Continue reading
Researchers find that medication abortion provided at home with a Zoom or text link to a medical provider is extremely safe and effective | Continue reading
Odysseus, a lunar lander built by the aerospace company Intuitive Machines, launched atop a SpaceX rocket on a mission to the moon's south pole | Continue reading
From the discovery of new elements to the testing of novel theories of gravity, total solar eclipses have helped spark scientific progress for centuries | Continue reading
New materials would help the cars of the future survive cold snaps and other climate disruptions | Continue reading
U.S. elected officials must protect public health and the foundations of our democracy by limiting the intrusion of guns into politics | Continue reading
Even if you’re not in the path of totality, the solar eclipse on April 8 will offer a show to nearly everyone across North and Central America | Continue reading
Far too often, city planning is approached as an engineering problem, instead of connecting people with the land | Continue reading
Amid a mounting mental health crisis among farmers, experts are working to make help more accessible | Continue reading