42 Lost Pages from a Critically Important 6th-Century Manuscript Have Been Recovered—Here’s What They Reveal
Scientists have restored the lost portions of a manuscript widely considered one of the most critically important early New Testament works.
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Deep Below Antarctica, Mysterious Radio Signals From the Icy Depths Point to Evidence of a Rare Phenomenon
A detector deep beneath the frozen southern continent has obtained first evidence of a rare cosmic phenomenon.
Mystery of Time Deepens as “Strange Physics” Study Reveals New Links to Gravity and the Quantum World
New research suggests time could hold the key to resolving mysteries of gravity, quantum mechanics, and other phenomena in modern physics.
Scientists Are Decoding These Towering Solar Structures That Can Disrupt Earth’s Technology
Solar prominences are massive chunks of plasma floating above the Sun’s surface, which can cause dangerous solar eruptions.
Your Dreams May Shape How You Feel the Next Day More Than You Realize
Recent research indicates that the content of your dreams, including the unsettling moments, may influence your emotional well-being more than previously understood.
These Weird Medieval Artifacts Are Helping Archaeologists Unearth the Hidden World of Human Senses in the Middle Ages
New research reveals how curious medieval artifacts are helping uncover the hidden world of sensory experiences in the Middle Ages.
Colossal Octopus Fossils Suggest a 60-Foot “Kraken” Once Ruled the Oceans
Giant 19-meter-long kraken-like octopuses may have been the apex predators in the Late Cretaceous-era oceans, according to new research.
U.S. Moves Marijuana to Schedule III, Reshaping Research and the Cannabis Economy
The United States federal government reclassified state-licensed medical marijuana on Thursday, ending decades of policy that placed the drug in the same category as heroin and had long restricted its use in scientific research.
MIT Experiments Show Plant Seeds Can “Hear” the Sound of Rain—And They Don’t Find It Calming
MIT engineers reveal plant seeds can "hear" the sound of rain, which awakens them from a dormant state and prompts them to begin growing.
Cocaine Pollution Alters Wild Salmon Behavior, New Study Finds
Cocaine pollution in freshwater lakes is altering wild salmon behavior, according to alarming new research.
Strange Water on 3I/ATLAS Hints at the Alien Conditions of Its Birth in a Frigid, Low-Radiation Region
New research reveals that the mysterious interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS comes from a very cold alien environment, new research reveals.
Astronomers Just Used ‘Galactic Archaeology’ to Map the Milky Way’s Star-Forming Disc, Ushering a “New Era of Discovery”
The Milky Way galaxy’s fuzzy star-forming edge has finally been mapped, as researchers identify the major region of stellar birth.
Scientists Discover Path to ‘Extreme Light Intensities’ That Could Enable Ultra-Powerful Laser Weapons and Advanced Tech
Experiments reveal a new path to extreme light intensities used in combat lasers, nuclear fusion, and studies probing the laws of physics.
SETI Institute Launches Discovery and Futures Lab to Explore Humanity’s Response to Life Beyond Earth
The SETI Institute’s new Discovery and Futures Lab is expanding the search for life beyond Earth, uniting science, ethics, and society to prepare for potential contact.
Scientists Use Modern Technology to Unravel the Origin of the ‘Baptism of Christ’
Modern machine learning tools have determined that the Spanish Renaissance painting, the Baptism of Christ, was the sole work of El Greco.
“Icarus is Building the Robotic Labor Force for Space”: Voyager Technologies is Sending a Next-Generation Zero Gravity Robot on a ‘Joyride’ to Space
Space launch company Voyager Technologies has agreed to test the Icarus Robotics zero-gravity robot 'Joy' on the International Space Station.
Researchers Say Genetics Plays Larger Role in Longevity Than Thought
Researchers found that genetics may account for about half of the variation in human lifespan, which is at least twice as much as previous estimates and, in some cases, much higher.
Scientists Reveal Organic Matter “Preserved on Mars for 3.5 Billion Years” in First-of-Its-Kind Study
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has found chemicals linked to the rise of life on Earth, in a first-of-its-kind experiment on the Red Planet.
Max Planck Institute of Extraterrestrial Physics Makes an ‘Illuminating’ Discovery About the Solar System’s X-Ray ‘Glow’
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics have successfully isolated the Solar System's ubiquitous X-ray glow.
A Cave in Israel Is Rewriting What We Thought We Knew About Neanderthals and Early Humans
Archaeologists have found evidence that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens not only lived side by side during the mid-Middle Paleolithic era, but may have also influenced each other's ways of life.
Scientists Identify Appetite-Suppressing Peptide That Works Outside Known Weight-Loss Pathways
A team at Stanford Medicine has now identified a naturally occurring molecule that suppresses appetite and promotes fat loss in animal studies, without many of the side effects linked to semaglutide, the main ingredient in Ozempic.
Large Hadron Collider Experiments Hint at ‘Undiscovered Physics’ That Could Soon Overturn the Standard Model, Physicists Say
Physicists working with the famous Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, say recent experiments could point to undiscovered physics that challenge the Standard Model.
Just Two Centuries From Now, This Newly Discovered Exoplanet System Will look Vastly Different—Here’s Why
The dynamic exoplanet system TOI-201 is changing so rapidly that astronomers say it may look extremely different to us in two centuries.
Researchers Develop Framework to Explain Chronic Nightmares in Children
Published in Frontiers in Sleep, the research presents the DARC-NESS model, which offers a new approach to understanding why nightmares persist in children and how therapy can be designed to break this cycle.
5-Million-Year-Old Mystery of the Colorado River’s Disappearance Has Finally Been Solved
Over 5 million years ago, the Colorado River disappeared from the geological record, but now geologists have finally solved the mystery.
6,000 Cubic Kilometers of Magma Hiding Beneath Tuscany Revealed with New Ambient Noise Tomography Technique
Beneath Tuscany lies 6,000 cubic kilometers of hot magma, according to new European research using a remote-sensing technique.
Five Psychedelics, One Pattern: Largest Brain Imaging Study of Psychedelics To Date Reveals a Surprising Neural Signature
The largest brain imaging analysis of psychedelics to date, recently published in Nature Medicine, has identified two patterns of brain activity that appear across five different drugs.
DARPA’s ‘Pulling Guard’ Program Could Solve the Strait of Hormuz Crisis—But Not Until 2029
DARPA’s Pulling Guard program aims to protect ships from swarm attacks, but it may arrive too late for the Hormuz crisis.
10,000 Years of Human Evolution Reveals Natural Selection is Accelerating, Recent Human Genome Study Reveals
The human genome of West Eurasia has been far more affected by natural selection in the last 10,000 years than previously suspected.
9,000-Year-Old Structures Deep Beneath the Great Lakes Reveal Archaeological Evidence of an Ancient “Lost World”
Curious sunken features beneath the Great Lakes are helping to reveal clues to a lost chapter in the prehistory of the ancient Americas.
Clean Energy Breakthrough: Bottled Lightning Produces Methanol in New “Bubble Reactor”
Lightning in a bottle, in a literal sense, may be the key to new, clean energy by reducing carbon emissions in methanol production.
Starquakes Reveal Several Billion-Year-Old “Fossil Fields” of Ancient Stellar Magnetism
Starquake data is revealing ancient “fossil fields” responsible for stellar magnetism from birth through a star's final end.
Scientists Create Light Inside the Human Body Using Waves of Ultrasound
Stanford scientists have used nanoparticles and an ultrasound 'hat' to generate non-invasive, therapeutic light inside the human body
Tibetan Buddhism and the Science of Death: New Perspectives on Consciousness and End-of-Life Care
At the 15th 'Behind and Beyond the Brain' Symposium, hosted by the Bial Foundation, experts in the fields of neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy gathered for three days to examine the science of end-of-life experiences.
“Learning Gives Our Metamaterials the Ability to Evolve”: Scientists Invent Intelligent Materials That Learn, Change Shape, and Move on Their Own
Scientists have invented intelligent metamaterials that can learn, remember, change shapes, and move on their own without external control
8,000-Year-Old Discoveries at Turkey’s Enigmatic Çatalhöyük Site Reveal “More than Just Blood Relations” Driving Ancient Kinship
Investigating questions of kinship, archaeologists discovered that treating non-blood relatives as family goes back to the ancient past.
Ukraine Says It Captured a Russian Position Using Only Unmanned Systems—A Glimpse of Future Warfare
Ukraine claims it captured a Russian position using only unmanned systems, signaling a major shift in the future of warfare.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Has Detected an Unusual Signal from the Early Universe—Could It Be Home to the First Stars?
The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered evidence of what could be the universe's first stars encircling an enigmatic cosmic companion.
New Measurement Deepens the Mystery of “Hubble Tension,” Suggesting Physics We Don’t Understand
New measurement deepens Hubble Tension, suggesting the Universe may be expanding faster and hinting at unknown physics.
A Geometric Riddle Has Perplexed Mathematicians for More Than a Century—These Researchers Just Solved It
One of differential geometry’s most challenging problems has finally been solved after 150 years, with a closed surface Bonnet pair.
No Drugs Required: Brain Scans Reveal the People Who Can Enter a Self-Induced Trance
Researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to scan the brain of a woman who can enter a psychedelic-like trance state on her own, without drugs.
800 Years Ago, Ancient Japanese Astronomers Recorded a Massive Solar Storm—and Modern Space Weather Technology Just Confirmed It
Ancient Japanese writings are guiding cutting-edge technology as researchers investigate medieval solar storms.
Earth’s ‘Missing’ Lead Has Puzzled Scientists for Decades—New Research Could Finally Solve This Ancient Chemical Mystery
A massive amount of lead missing from the Earth’s crust may be hidden by the planet’s mantle's immense crushing power.
A Never-Before-Seen Radio Telescope Detection of Twin Particle Jets Reveals a Titanic Collision in the Making
Two large particle jets in the core of a distant galaxy likely represent two black holes in their final phase before merging.
Robot Dogs on Mars? New Study Shows Semi-Autonomous Machines Could Transform Planetary Exploration
Robot dog ANYmal could transform Mars and Moon exploration, enabling faster, semi-autonomous missions across extreme terrain.
“The Animal Cannot be Confidently Assigned to Any Known Phylum”: Scientists Exploring Deep Ocean Trenches Discover ‘Baffling’ Mystery Organism
A deep-ocean trench expedition discovered a unique, floating mystery organism that has left taxonomy experts 'baffled.'
Scientists Document Unprecedented Chimpanzee “Civil War”—And It May Reveal the Roots of Human Conflict
Rare chimpanzee “civil war” reveals how social bonds collapse into violence, offering new insight into human conflict origins.
Massive ‘Tycho’ Space Station 10X Larger Than the ISS Wins Inaugural Aurelia Prize
Massive Tycho space station habitat that is 10x larger than the ISS wins the inaugural Aurelia Prize in Design for Space Urbanism.
Elusive Dark Matter Might Consist of More Than One Kind of Particle, Controversial New Theory Argues
The search for dark matter may be more complex than assumed, as contradictory clues may point to two forms of the theoretical substance.
New “Smart” Cancer Treatment Mitigates Harmful Side Effects, Marking “An Important Step Forward in the Evolution of Medicine”
A new synthetic DNA-powered “smart” cancer treatment allows drugs to carefully target harmful cancer cells without damaging healthy tissue.