Science

Mosquitos use it to suck blood. Researchers used it to ...

A mosquito proboscis repurposed as a 3-D printing nozzle can print filaments aro...

‘Black Religion in the Madhouse’ examines psychiatry an...

In the aftermath of slavery, white psychiatrists diagnosed Black people with “re...

Early Earth’s belly held onto its water

When the early Earth’s magma ocean crystallized 4.4 billion years ago, the deep ...

How these strange cells may explain the origin of compl...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plant...

Neandertals mastered fire-making tools 400,000 years ago

Archaeologists found flint, iron pyrite to strike it and sediments where a fire ...

From viruses to elephants, nature thrives on tiled patt...

A compilation of 100 examples of biological tilings shows how repeated natural m...

Bats might be the next bird flu wild card

Finding that vampire bats along Peru’s coast carried H5N1 antibodies raises conc...

Trucked-in honeybees may edge out bigger bumblebee fora...

The finding could guide beekeepers to keep hives out of most vulnerable areas of...

A look under the hood of DeepSeek’s AI models doesn’t p...

A peer-reviewed paper about Chinese startup DeepSeek's models explains their tra...

Some irritability is normal. Here’s when it’s not

Irritability is a normal response to frustrations, but it can sometimes signal a...

Huge relatives of white sharks lived earlier than thought

Lamniform sharks such as great whites and tiger sharks are famous for their size...

Drought may have doomed the ‘hobbits’ of Flores

Stalagmite data suggest Homo floresiensis faced prolonged drought that stressed ...

GLP-1 drugs failed to slow Alzheimer’s in two big clini...

Tantalizing results from small trials and anecdotes raised hopes that drugs like...

How male seahorses tap into their mothering side

By studying the genes responsible for the seahorse’s brood pouch, researchers un...

A CDC panel has struck down universal newborn hepatitis...

A reshaped vaccine committee voted to scale back newborn hepatitis B shots despi...

Big Neandertal noses weren’t made for cold

Tiny cameras threaded inside a Neandertal skull provide evidence that their big ...