Science

DNA reveals Neandertals traveled thousands of kilometer...

DNA and stone tool comparisons suggest Eastern European Neandertals trekked 3,00...

These simple knife tricks stop onion tears instantly

With a high-speed camera and a tiny guillotine, scientists showed that chopping ...

Australia’s tropical forests now emit CO₂, clouding the...

These tropical forest CO₂ emissions may warn of similar shifts in other regions,...

A conference just tested AI agents’ ability to do science

AI promises to speed up scientific analysis and writing. However, AI agents stru...

Napoleon’s retreating army may have been plagued by the...

DNA from Napoleonic soldiers’ teeth uncovered two fever-causing bacteria that ma...

Brain cancer can dissolve parts of the skull

Glioblastoma doesn't just affect the brain. It also erodes bones in the skull an...

Dinosaurs were thriving before the asteroid hit, new an...

New dating of New Mexico rocks suggest diverse dinosaurs thrived there just befo...

Subway mosquitoes evolved millennia ago in ancient Medi...

A variety of subway-dwelling mosquito seems like a modern artifact. But genomic ...

Coffee beans pooped out by civets really are tastier. H...

Pricey civet coffee gets its cred from its journey through the mammal’s gut, whi...

Which venomous snakes strike the fastest?

Vipers have the fastest strikes, but snakes from other families can give some sl...

Scientists and fishers have teamed up to find a way to ...

Thousands of at-risk manta and devil rays become accidental bycatch in tuna fish...

Quantum ‘echoes’ reveal the potential of Google’s quant...

Google says its quantum computer achieved a verifiable calculation that classic ...

Most women get uterine fibroids. This researcher wants ...

Biomedical engineer Erika Moore investigates diseases that disproportionately af...

An ancient bone recasts how Indigenous Australians trea...

A new look at cuts on a giant kangaroo bone reveal First Peoples as fossil colle...

A tiny, levitated glass sphere behaves like the hottest...

At an effective temperature of 13 million kelvins, the jiggling glass sphere cou...

COVID-related smell loss may last years

Using a scratch-and-sniff test, researchers discovered that smell loss after COV...