Science

Some people don’t have a mind’s eye. Scientists want to...

The senses of sight and sound are usually mingled in the brain, but not for peop...

Readers ask about self-correcting quantum computers, oo...

Readers wondered if mayo qualifies as a non-Newtonian fluid, and X user @Lightni...

50 years on, Lucy still sparks our curiosity

Editor in chief Nancy Shute recounts the 50-year anniversary of the hominid's di...

A twisted protein sheds light on chronic wasting diseas...

The detailed structure of a misfolded protein from a diseased deer could help ex...

Uranus may have looked weird when NASA’s Voyager 2 flew by

A solar wind event days before the NASA probe flyby in 1986 may have compressed ...

A common drug may help treat a rare genetic disease

Ibuprofen counters problems caused by mutations in the MAN1B1 gene, fruit fly te...

The virus behind an outbreak in Brazil can spread from ...

Transmission of Oropouche virus to the womb has been confirmed in two stillbirth...

Accelerated muons bring next-gen particle colliders clo...

Muon colliders could slam the subatomic particles together in hopes of unlocking...

The ‘midlife crisis’ is too simple a story, scientists say

Some scientists want to shift focus to the teen mental health crisis. But the co...

A phone app could help people have lucid dreams

New experiments show that an app developed by researchers can boost snoozing use...

A zombie star’s spiky filaments shed light on a 12th ce...

A 3-D map of the strange remains of a supernova seen in 1181 traces the odd tend...

Readers discuss cloud formation, Stonehenge and Earth’s...

Icy moves Stonehenge’s central stone, known as the Altar Stone, may have had Sco...

Rethinking archaeology and place

Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses efforts of Indigenous people in British Co...

Limiting sugar in infancy reduces the risk of diabetes ...

Children who experienced sugar rationing during World War II were less likely to...

A single enzyme can alter the vibrant colors in parrot ...

Tweaking the chemical composition of a parrot-specific pigment can shift feather...

Backyard explorers discovered 15 new examples of glowin...

New finds in the Finding Fluorescence site include a Japanese beetle with a glow...