Science

These ancient Maya-era puppets may have been used in ri...

The puppets, unearthed in El Salvador, have movable heads, strange facial expres...

Dark coats may have helped the earliest mammals hide fr...

During the age of dinosaurs, early mammals probably lacked the stripes and spots...

These ancient Maya puppets may have been used in rituals

The puppets, unearthed in El Salvador, have movable heads, strange facial expres...

A new iron compound hints ‘primordial’ helium hides in ...

Earth’s core could contain helium from the early solar system. The noble gas tuc...

A quantum computing milestone is immediately challenged...

A quantum processor solved a problem in 20 minutes that would take a supercomput...

Western Europe’s oldest face adds new wrinkles to human...

Face bones unearthed in a cave suggest that members of our genus, Homo, reached ...

Parenthood may help the brain stay young

A study of nearly 38,000 adults shows that the number of kids correlates with co...

6 things to know about antidepressants

An abundance of data show that SSRIs, a class of drugs commonly used as antidepr...

Uranus emits more heat than previously thought

Uranus radiates more energy than it gets from the sun, two new studies find — ju...

As AI advances, the meaning of artificial general intel...

AI models are growing ever-more capable, accurate and impressive. The question o...

Some trees are coping with extreme heat surprisingly well

Rising temperatures could reduce trees’ ability to photosynthesize. Scientists a...

Brain implants don’t change a person’s sense of self. H...

In the fifth episode of The Deep End, volunteers describe what it’s like to live...

5 years after COVID-19 became a pandemic, are we ready ...

We’ve learned a lot about COVID-19 over the last five years, but big questions r...

It’s ‘personal.’ What the Stand Up for Science rally me...

Stand Up for Science rallies in Washington, D.C., and across the United States d...

Medical AI tools are growing, but are they being tested...

AI medical benchmark tests fall short because they don’t test efficiency on real...

Dolphins and humans team up to catch fish in Brazil

In Brazil, where humans and dolphins fish in tandem, cooperation both within and...