Science

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.

Climate change could separate vanilla plants and their ...

The vanilla species grown for its flavoring is finicky. Genes from its wild rela...

Vaccine policy in the U.S. is entering uncharted territory

A key advisory group vows to base decisions on evidence, boost confidence in vac...

A 3-D printed, plastic beaker could help algae grow on ...

Algae grown under Mars-like conditions could make bioplastic building materials ...

How much energy does your AI prompt use? It depends

AI models such as ChatGPT consume serious power. Experts break down where that e...

A new diabetes treatment could free people from insulin...

In a small cell therapy trial, 10 out of 12 people with type 1 diabetes no longe...

A rare chance to see two exploding stars is happening i...

Exploding stars V462 Lupi and V572 Velorum are best seen from the Southern Hemis...

Popular weight-loss drugs may ease migraines too

A GLP-1 drug led to fewer days with headaches, a small pilot study of migraine s...

A new ‘eye’ may radically change how robots see

The system contains a sensor, chip and tiny AI model inspired by biological eyes...

This painless nanoneedle patch might one day replace ce...

Using millions of tiny needles, the patch samples molecular data from inside cel...

See how the herpesvirus reshapes our cells’ DNA in just...

New imaging tools reveal how within an hour of infection, the virus begins to al...

Harmful heat doesn’t always come in waves

Even without reaching heat wave levels, sustained high temperatures may contribu...

Mysterious ‘little red dot’ galaxies have a possible or...

Compact ruddy galaxies seen by the James Webb telescope confound astronomers. Ha...

A barrage of radiation couldn’t kill this hardy life-form

A type of lichen was able to survive extreme UV radiation in the lab, suggesting...

‘Magic’ states empower error-resistant quantum computing

Special quantum states allow computers to perform the most difficult class of qu...