Science

Gut microbes may flush ‘forever chemicals’ from the body

Experiments in mice show that some gut bacteria can absorb toxic PFAS chemicals,...

A newly discovered interstellar object might predate th...

3I/ATLAS might be over 7 billion years old, a new study reports, which would mak...

New Horizons visited Pluto 10 years ago. We’re still le...

Over the past decade, researchers have been puzzling through Pluto’s mysteries. ...

Greenland sled dog DNA is a window into the Arctic’s ar...

A genomic analysis of Greenland’s Qimmeq dogs suggest they and their human partn...

Trees can’t get up and walk away, but forests can

In fantasy worlds, trees like the Lord of the Rings’ Ents are agile and mobile. ...

As bird flu evolves, keeping it out of farm flocks is g...

New versions of the H5N1 virus are increasingly adept at spreading. Suggestions ...

An ancient Earth impact could help in the search for Ma...

Strange cone-shaped rocks led scientists to the hidden remains of one of Earth’s...

Deep-sea mining could start soon — before we understand...

The U.S. push to mine international waters for metals defies global efforts to c...

Why these zombie caterpillars can’t stop eating 

Sneaky chemistry by a real-life “Last of Us” Cordyceps fungus mind controls its...

These 5 nutrients might be lacking in your diet

U.S. diets should include more of vitamins D and E, fiber, calcium and magnesium...

Scientists 3-D printed a tiny elephant inside a cell

The first structures ever 3-D printed inside living cells point to applications ...

NASA images may help track sewage in coastal waters

Sewage-contaminated water absorbs certain wavelengths of light, leaving a signat...

A drowned landscape held clues to the lives of ancient ...

The remains of extinct Homo erectus dredged from the seabed off Java, along with...

Chronic low back pain may be less likely if you walk – ...

Adults who walked more than 100 minutes per day were less likely to have chronic...

Nearly half of the universe’s ordinary matter was uncha...

Two studies fill in gaps about the cosmos’s ordinary matter. One maps it all, ev...

A third visitor from another star is hurtling through t...

Scientists have found a new interstellar object whizzing toward the sun.