Science

Three U.S tick species may cause a mysterious red meat ...

Two cases of alpha-gal syndrome suggest that the lone star tick isn’t the only s...

A drug for heavy metal poisoning may double as a snakeb...

An initial clinical trial in Kenya found no safety concerns, a first step toward...

Tech billionaires’ vision of an AI-dominated future is ...

Adam Becker’s new book, More Everything Forever, investigates the dangers of a b...

Federal cuts put help for mental health and drug addict...

SAMHSA’s work is crucial to suicide and drug overdose prevention and mental heal...

Could Spinosaurus swim? The fierce dinosaur ignites debate

Researchers are still divided about whether Spinosaurus was a swimmer or a wader...

Spotting climate misinformation with AI requires expert...

When classifying climate misinformation, general-purpose large language models l...

‘Pseudoscience’ digs into the allure and dangers of bel...

In their new book, Lydia Kang and Nate Pedersen survey flat Earth theory, fake m...

Bats wearing tiny mics reveal how the fliers avoid rush...

As thousands of bats launch nightly hunting, the cacophony of a dense crowd shou...

An overlooked organ may help the ovary function

No longer considered functionless, the “rediscovered” rete ovarii may be crucial...

Snakes are often the villains. A new book gives them a ...

From demon to danger noodle, human ideas about snakes can be as contradictory as...

Scotland’s Isle of Skye was once a dinosaur promenade

New dinosaur fossil tracks on the Isle of Skye reveal that the once-balmy enviro...

Neutrinos’ maximum possible mass shrinks further

The KATRIN experiment in Germany nearly halved the maximum possible mass for neu...

Denisovans inhabited Taiwan, new fossil evidence suggests

An expanding geographic range for these close Neandertal relatives leaves Deniso...

The story of dire wolves goes beyond de-extinction

Some question whether the pups are really dire wolves, or just genetically tweak...

A shadowy market for weight-loss drugs has emerged online

People are buying semaglutide and tirzepatide, the key ingredients in Ozempic an...

Memory manipulation is the stuff of sci-fi. Someday it ...

Experiments point to how scientists can strengthen or weaken memories, which may...