Archaeologists Unearth 1,500-Year-Old Figurine Depicting Mysterious Female Shaman in Japan
A 1,500-year-old clay figure excavated in Japan offers new insight into the religious life of the Kofun period, when Buddhism first arrived.
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Scientists demonstrate a new method of sustaining electrical currents in nuclear fusion experiments with the successful use of a “helicon current drive.”
A New Experiment Suggests Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Could Be More Hospitable to Life Than We Thought
By growing microorganisms in the lab, scientists have uncovered new support for the prospect that Saturn's moon Enceladus could harbor life.
Something Strange Is Happening Beneath a Dangerous Volcano Near Two Million People
Scientists find two magma reservoirs behaving differently beneath Masaya volcano, revealing clues about future eruption risks.
A New Breakthrough in Cellular Reprogramming Reverses 60 Years of Molecular Aging
In a breakthrough that could signal new advances in age reversal technologies, scientists in Germany report successful experiments where they turned back the biological clock in human cells by more than 60 years. The experiments, carried out by researchers at...
Psilocybin Can Rewire the Brain Even Without Triggering Hallucinations, New Research Reveals
Recent research reveals how psilocybin can help reestablish connections in the brain, offering new possibilities for treating depression.
Supercomputer Model “Lumina” Creates Massive Simulations of the Early Universe
Harvard Smithsonian researchers have unveiled "Lumina," one of the largest, most powerful simulations of the early universe ever created.
Scientists Create Mysterious Ball Lightning-Like Phenomenon in Laboratory Breakthrough
Scientists have produced electrical phenomena in the lab that could offer clues to how mysterious ball lightning forms in nature.
Lost for 80 Years, a Recovered Manuscript by Schrödinger Reveals a Surprising Quantum Physics Mystery
Lost for eight decades, an unpublished manuscript by Erwin Schrödinger reveals the scientist’s previously unknown quantum musings.
U.N. Warns Your Brain Data May Soon Be Used Against You
The United Nations has issued a warning about the potential misuse of neurotechnology, calling for limits on the rapidly advancing field.
I Spent Over a Decade Training Police Dogs. Here’s Why Genetically Engineering Them Is a Brilliant Idea.
As a former police K9 handler I explain how Warhound's genetics could improve working dog breeding, performance and animal welfare.
Scientists Once Warned of a Coming Ice Age—Now New Research Reveals What May Have Stopped It
Climate change has erased two millennia of progress toward a new global ice age, potentially validating controversial claims from the 1970s.
“A Pivotal Period in Human Prehistory”: 60,000-Year-Old Ochre Analysis Reveals Clues About Stone Age Technology
A protein analysis of 60,000-year-old ochre from an ancient human site in South Africa has revealed previously unknown animal exploitation.
Physicists Have Made an Antimatter Breakthrough That Could Challenge the Standard Model
Forcing a small piece of antimatter into a controlled quantum state may be essential to proving the Standard Model of particle physics.
On Hostile Alien Worlds, Water Unexpectedly Behaves Like a Bizarre Chemical Shapeshifter
Water behaves very strangely under extreme conditions beyond Earth, according to researchers at the University of Nevada.
A Mysterious Skeleton Found in an Ancient Sarcophagus May Have Finally Been Identified
A new analysis of a mysterious skeleton discovered in a Westminster Abbey sarcophagus in the 1800s has identified two likely candidates.
“We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know”: New Study Uncovers a Concerning “Blind Spot” in Modern Scientific Research
Some of the most important phenomena in the natural world remain unexplored, according to new research revealing a scientific "blind spot."
An Ancient Temple in Sudan Is Challenging What We Thought We Knew About Egypt’s Powerful Neighbor
Ceramics unearthed by archaeologists excavating a temple in modern Sudan offer new insights into the mysterious ancient Kushite world.
Scientists Reconstruct Massive 164-Foot Tsunami and Discover a Hidden Danger Threatening Lakes Worldwide
Scientists reconstruct a 164-foot lake tsunami and reveal how human activity may increase the danger to communities near lakes.
A Particle Long Considered an “Irrelevant Background Detail in Particle Physics” Could Now Help Solve the Mystery of Why We Exist
A hypothetical heavy neutrino may have altered conditions in the early universe, offering clues to the mystery of how and why we exist.
Scientists Are Preparing for a Tunguska-Sized Asteroid Threat in a New Planetary Defense Exercise
What would happen if an asteroid struck the Earth? We spoke with a NASA planetary scientist who is working to find out.
Ready to Move to Mars? This Martian Soil Map Ranks the Best Spots for Future Greenhouses
A University of Sydney Martian soil map covering 92% of the planet's surface ranks several thousand prime future Mars greenhouse locations.
13,800-Year-Old Alaskan ‘Base Camp’ Yields New Clues to Ancient Beringia Land Bridge Mystery
New analysis of a 13,800-year-old Alaskan Beringia site revealed clues connecting its mysterious inhabitants with Asia and the Americas.
Scientists Create a ‘Light-Powered Brain’ That Could Transform Future Communications
Scientists are exploring light in entirely new ways with the creation of a “light-powered brain,” capable of recognizing hidden information within patterns of light.
Climate Change Is Altering the Atmosphere in Ways That Could Make Military Radar See Farther—or Go Blind
Climate change is altering ocean conditions, making radar signals travel farther or creating dangerous blind spots for warships.
“We Are Certainly Proving Out Technologies for the Future”: Voyager’s Griffin-1 Mission Cleared for 2026 Launch
Voyager Technologies says its Griffin-1 Moon lander mission has passed its acceptance tests and is preparing to launch sometime this year.
A Bronze Age Sword Lies at the Center of a Mystery Beneath an Italian Lake
Underwater archaeologists recently recovered a 3,000-year-old bronze sword from Lake Mezzano in central Italy.
James Webb Space Telescope Data Helps Reveal the True Shape of a Distant Exoplanet for the First Time
For the first time, scientists have mapped the true shape of a distant exoplanet orbiting a star 1,000 light-years away.
Scientists Build a Sensor That Can Test Individual Molecules for a Potential Signature of Life
Scientists build a new sensor that tests individual molecules for potential signs of extraterrestrial life in meteorites and soil.
“More Dune Than Avatar”: Scientists Say These Nearby Exoplanets Could Be Home to Alien Life
A study of 29 "nearby" rocky exoplanets found that most could support only microbial life, while others may host Dune-style "sandworms."
Scientists Discover Strange Magnetic Reversal Hidden in Turbulent Space Plasma
A new phenomenon discovered in plasma could have a major effect on the turbulence driving volatile and dangerous space weather.
Scientists Discover a Mysterious Microbe That Challenges Our Understanding of Life
Researchers have identified a microscopic organism with the smallest genome reported for any member of its domain, yet its genetic material retains the core machinery for DNA replication and protein production.
Scientists Achieve Major Breakthrough with World’s First Working Nuclear Clocks
For the first time, researchers from two teams report the successful operation of nuclear clocks, a major breakthrough in physics.
LSD Microdosing Experiments Reveal a Completely Different Cognitive Effect on Half the Population
LSD microdosing experiments show that men and women may have completely different reactions to the drug's rumored cognitive improvements.
AI Can Be Aware, But Humans Draw the Line at Consciousness, New Study Finds
People are willing to describe AI as aware of its surroundings, but remain reluctant to consider it conscious, new research shows.
Mysterious Ring Discovered Beneath the Sea May Reveal Who Controlled One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
A rare ring found in a sunken Egyptian palace depicts the Lighthouse of Alexandria and hints at who managed the ancient wonder.
“Invisible” Tattoos That Appear & Dissapper on Command Combine Modern Technology with a 5,000-Year-Old Art Form
Engineers have invented full color, light-activated invisible tattoos that can be turned on and off with UV and LED light wavelengths.
Rare 60,000-Year-Old Discovery Reveals a Hidden Dimension of Neanderthal Technology
Archaeologists have uncovered remarkable new evidence of the woodworking abilities displayed by Neanderthals.
Scientists Create a Real-Life “Lightsaber” That Can Transmit Radio Waves
Researchers have created a laser that uses concentrated beams of plasma to generate a glowing “lightsaber” that can transmit radio signals.
Strange Electronic Patterns Caused by These Unusual Superconductors Could Lead to Better Quantum Computers
An unusual class of superconducting materials is helping shed light on the links between magnetic vortices and "exotic" electronic states.
Flying Through a Magnetic Switchback, the ESA’s Solar Orbiter Provides Crucial New Space Weather Data
Flying through a magnetic switchback in the Sun’s magnetic field, the Solar Orbiter collected important new data on dangerous space weather.
“We Can Finally Observe Schrödinger’s Cat in Real Life”: Breakthrough Uses Quantum Spin to Move a Levitating Diamond
Scientists use quantum spin to move a levitating diamond, offering new insights into the boundary between quantum mechanics and classical physics.
A 1,100-Mile-Long Cloud on Mars is Defying Physics—This Unexpected Discovery May Reveal Why
Mars’s most unusual cloud got even stranger when researchers combined data from the ESA Mars Express orbiter mission with a new meteorological model and discovered some very strange physics.
Astronomers Find Evidence of a “Phoenix Planet” Born From the Remains of Its Dead Star
A second-generation planet, composed of the remains of a dead star, has been discovered orbiting a white dwarf for the first time.
An Ancient Crocodile Was Discovered in Egyptian Rocks Linked to the Great Sphinx—and It Has a Curious Connection to Giza’s Ancient Guardian
A new genus of ancient crocodile has been discovered in Egypt, excavated from the same rocks used to build the Great Sphinx.
Scientists Report First Direct Observation of Electrons’ Strange Quantum Geometry
Scientists have observed a strange quantum property of electrons for the first time, according to recently published research.
In the Quest for Life Beyond Earth, a Nanotech Breakthrough Could Supercharge the Search Using Electrical Sensing
Scientists may soon have a formidable new tool to help spot any potential signs of alien biology on distant worlds.
Scientists Studied Decades of Magic Tricks—and Revealed Something Strange About How the Brain Sees Reality
Magic tricks reveal how the brain forms reality, as a review of 55 studies explores gaps in attention, perception and awareness.
Physicists Have Made a Microscopic Discovery That May Hold the Key to Building Better Quantum Computers
New research is revealing the tiny problems that could be limiting the development of reliable and scalable quantum computers.