Science

Extreme Indian Heat Wave: NASA’s ECOSTRESS Detects Blistering “Heat Islands”

Outbursts of magnetar SGR J1935+2154 investigated in detail

Study shows how diet has transformed the ancient dog into a family pet

For plant-based proteins, soy is a smart choice

Remarkably strong pairing of charge carriers in bilayer antiferromagnetic Mott insulators

Ultrahigh piezoelectric performance demonstrated in ceramic materials

Enzyme breaks down PET plastic in record time

A hybrid open-top light-sheet microscope for versatile multi-scale imaging

Scientists develop a material for use in radiation-tolerant devices

Sibling interactions impact child well-being in Latinx children

Internet-based precision irrigation system shows promise for fresh-market tomato

How orangutan mothers communicate with their offspring

How Complex Is a Knot? New Proof Reveals Ranking System That Works

Gene therapy is already saving lives and could revolutionise cystic fibrosis and Huntington’s treatment

Can quantum science supercharge genetics?

Bad vibes at work? Your company probably needs reculturing

Jim Al-Khalili

Australia is failing at math and needs to find a new formula to arrest the decline

Quantum key distribution network accurately measures ground vibration

NASA Perseverance is finally ready to look for alien life on Mars

Why They Don’t Make Grade B Maple Syrup Anymore [Video]

Study explores concentrations of microplastics in the Rhine floodplains near Langel in Cologne

Organic farming or flower strips - which is better for bees?

New material can 'capture toxic pollutants from air'

Insights to better characterize the nuclear physics and extreme environments of cosmic explosions

Alzheimer’s Disease and Daytime Napping Linked in New Research

5 Warning Signs You’re Not Getting Enough Magnesium

Steroids After COVID-19 Recovery May Cut “Long COVID” Risk of Death by Up to 51%

Days Are Numbered: Power Levels Diminishing for NASA’s Marsquake Hunting InSight Lander

NASA's Mars lander set for dusty demise as power dwindles

Unruh Effect: Experts Continue Searching the 'Quantum Glow' by Developing Photon-Based Stimulation

Boeing Starliner Nears Launch As ISS Astronauts Work on Space Botany and Human Research

Preventing Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension – An Incurable Disease

Four key measures of climate change set records in 2021

NASA Mars InSight Lander ’To End’ Mission For Good As It Is Losing Power; What's Next?

A component for brain-inspired computing

Treatment for commonest form of blindness moves a step closer

Viral infections during pregnancy affect maternal care behaviour

Researchers design ’socially aware’ robots that can anticipate - and safely avoid - people on the move

On the trail of urinary tract infections

Why people trust or distrust experts when it comes to critical issues

Pharmacists at Higher Risk of Suicide than General Population

Seafloor animal cued to settle, transformed by a bacterial compound

Method used to track ants underground could revolutionize how we measure snow depth from space

Are microplastics pervasive in Nigerian drinking water?

Can introducing a central bank digital currency improve social welfare?

Climate change will force big shift in timing, amount of snowmelt across Colorado River Basin

NASA Astronaut Captures Stunning Super Flower Blood Moon Eclipse Photo From International Space Station

To lower divorce rate among poor Americans: Raise the minimum wage

New agreement uses big data to improve WA health care

SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic's Reusable Rocket Technology Worsens Pollution in the Atmosphere, Study Claims

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 Shows Harmful Effects on the Environment

A fossil tooth places enigmatic ancient humans in Southeast Asia

Did the Milky Way lose its black hole?

Atmospheric Pollution Worsens Due To Rocket Propulsion Emissions—Even With Reusable Spacecraft

Wrong, Elon Musk: the big problem with free speech on platforms isn’t censorship. It’s the algorithms

Living better with algorithms

United States' ocean conservation efforts have major gaps, analysis shows

A Fundamental New Law Unchains Fusion Energy

Improvement on Artemis 1 Lunar Program Continues, Air Liquide Reworks Issues on Wet Dress Rehearsals

See dazzling photos of our last total lunar eclipse until 2025

Stimulating Brain Circuits Promotes Neuron Growth in Adulthood, Improving Cognition and Mood

Solving the Baffling Mysteries of Invisible Frost and Dust Avalanches on Mars

Sam Gilberg

Gene editing could reverse anxiety and alcohol-use disorder

Volume of Choroid Plexus in Brain Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease

Pollution's fatal threat gains urgency after 9 million died in one year

FDA obliterates formula maker’s defense of contamination linked to baby deaths

Choroid Plexus Volume Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease

Psychopaths Remain Just as Bad, or Worse, as They Age

Concussion Symptoms in Children May Have Multiple Underlying Causes

Statins May Provide Protection Against Depression

Team develops automated platform for plasmid production

NASA's InSight still hunting marsquakes as power levels diminish

New protein structures to aid rational drug design

Child's tooth could offer clues to ancient human relative

Reducing Protein in Diet Improves Health and Extends Lifespan

Image: Hubble reveals a river of star formation

Spectacular ceiling frescoes discovered in the Temple of Khnum at Esna

New algorithm approach paves the way for larger, more complex metalenses

Marine ecologists warn of coral extinction by the end of the century

Researchers glean new insights on skin aging from naked mole-rats

National Zoning Atlas aims to make America's patchwork of codes accessible and comprehensible

Up to 50% of all people are infected with this scary parasite, study says

New astronauts have changes in their brains after their first long-duration mission

Best Audio-Technica over-ear headphones

NASA’s EMIT Mission Will Map Tiny Dust Particles To Study Big Climate Impacts

This 715-song playlist is scientifically verified to give you the chills, thanks to “frisson”

Organic polymeric scintillators excite the X-ray community

NASA's InSight lander: The lonely fate of a robot on Mars

New metasurface-based device creates different images depending on light and environmental conditions

Can artificial intelligence overcome the challenges of the health care system?

Self-fulfilling rankings boost agencies' power, influence

mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines – Like Pfizer and Moderna – Work Better Against Variants of Concern

First animals developed complex ecosystems before the Cambrian explosion

NASA reveals launch dates for Artemis I through the first half of 2023

Aerodynamics of perching birds could inform aircraft design

Study gives animal testing alternatives a confidence boost

Friendly fungi announce themselves to their hosts

Vine removal technique foils devastating grape disease

Scientists find new and mysterious DDT chemicals accumulating in California condors

Melatonin and Insomnia: What Science Says About the Use of Melatonin Supplements

Exotic animals and their strange relationship with ancient Greeks and Romans

A new law unchains fusion energy

Previously unknown dolphin species were present in ancient Swiss ocean

China's terrestrial carbon sequestration in 2060 could offset 13% to 18% of energy-related peak carbon dioxide emissions

New technology dramatically increases the recovery rate of precious metals from waste

Wayward sea lion is back—this time found in a San Diego storm drain

Climate change is heating up Florida. That could bring more wildfires, new report warns

Evidence of slash-and-burn cultivation during the Mesolithic

Immune cell characteristics mapped across multiple tissues

How three mutations work together to spur new SARS-CoV-2 variants

Kids 5 to 11 get FDA OK for COVID-19 booster doses

New findings on the global cooling of 1627 BC

Positive for the environment and for the grower: The benefits of introducing herbaceous crops among mandarin trees

Prices Paid to Hospitals by Private Insurers Were 224% of What Medicare Would Pay in 2020

How social media posts could affect credit scores

Student expenditures decrease at some colleges that receive promise scholarship funds

Highway links benefit businesses, unless they are based outside cities

Novel meteorological mechanisms behind severe drought in southwestern China during spring 2021

Listen to the eerie sounds of our galaxy’s black hole

Monkeypox: Expert fears UK outbreak marks first recorded cases of the disease being sexually transmitted

Prioritizing environmental justice while capturing carbon from the air

Helping rain stay where it lands

Remote classes affected students and teachers differently worldwide

Farm vehicles are now heavier than most dinosaurs: Why that's a problem

Eleanor Freund receives Jeanne Guillemin Prize

The spider that looks like bird poo – and other tricks animals deploy to survive

Rocket engine exhaust pollution extends high into Earth's atmosphere

Study identifies first cellular 'chaperone' for zinc

New silicon nanowires can really take the heat

Zero-trust architecture may hold the answer to cybersecurity insider threats

New insights on link between genetic mutations and biological evolution

A new mathematical model of cellular movement

Chimpanzees found to combine calls to form numerous vocal sequences

An intelligent quantum sensor that simultaneously detects the intensity, polarization and wavelength of light

Student robot competition honors the legacy of the late beloved professor, Woodie Flowers

Tungsten isotopes in seawater provide insights into the co-evolution of Earth's mantle and continents

Magnetic nanoparticles in biological vehicles individually characterized for the first time

Desktop Air Curtain System Developed That Prevents Spread of COVID-19

Identification of kick velocity large enough for individual gravitational wave event following binary black hole merger

Study offers clues to understanding the infection mechanisms of a lethal fungus affecting more than 100 crops

Where were Herod the Great's royal alabaster bathtubs quarried?

Arabidopsis thaliana shoots regenerate better in balmy conditions

Diseased dolphins at risk of starvation use muscles as energy source to survive

Effects of litter quality, fauna and environments on litter decomposition in forest ecosystems

Complete chloroplast genome of Coleanthus subtilis, a protected rare species

Phage therapy: A model to predict its efficacy against pathogenic bacteria

Scientists nail down 'destination' for protein that delivers zinc

Increases in planting density tend to decrease water use efficiency in rubber trees

A probabilistic model for classifying temporary rivers

Magnetic resonance makes the invisible visible

Found: Largest known Native American cave art, hidden in plain sight

MIT Sloan students learn about civil rights history with a tour of the Deep South

Using bacteria to accelerate CO2 capture in oceans

How to Write Software With Mathematical Perfection

Beyond flora and fauna: Why it's time to include fungi in global conservation goals

In Midwestern schools, LGBTQ teachers face discrimination, hate and their own fears

Why Indigenous communities need a seat at the table on climate

Ecological functions of streams and rivers severely affected globally

Japan Develops Fluorine-Based Nanomembrane for Quick, Efficient Water Desalination

Polarized Instagrammers fueled media coverage of NFL athlete activism

CRISPR Gene Editing Now Possible in Cockroaches

More math testing could be good for primary schoolchildren, if done in the right way

Fewer donors say they're willing to give to a charity when it supports immigrants, especially if they're undocumented

Analysis of ancient incense found at Famen Royal Temple reflects importance of incense trade along the Silk Road

Solar flares: What are they and how do they affect Earth?

Band crossover and magnetic phase diagram of superconducting Ba2CuO4-δ

Modeling suggests loss of biocrusts by 2070 could result in increase of 15% more dust emissions

Mysterious nuclear transient AT2019pev inspected in X-rays

Method to cultivate microbial communities in a permanently stable manner

Catalan collaboration helps end ’diagnostic odyssey’ for rare disease patients

Environmentally friendly insecticide selectively targets cotton pest

Going beyond Mother Nature's molecules to target radioactive metals

Skullcandy Mod true wireless earbuds review

New Clues to Understanding the Mysterious Origin of Supernovae

NASA Curiosity Rover Finds Odd Doorway on Mars But Geologists Crush Conspiracy Theorists' Hope It Could Lead to Extraterrestrial Life

Scientists Discover a Key Reason Why Running Boosts Brain Health

Sandstorm blankets Saudi capital in grey haze

This Gene Mutation Breaks the Immune System. Why Has It Survived?

First Direct Visual Evidence That the Object in the Center of the Milky Way Is Indeed a Black Hole

Growing National Security Threat: Obesity Threatens US Military Readiness

Deep ocean warming as climate changes

Sonic Hedgehog to the Rescue: Impressive Regeneration To Repair Large Bone Injuries

Temperature Records and Chemical “Tracers” Show Deep Ocean Warming As Climate Changes

Research recommends extending California's prescribed burning season

Validation brings new predictive capability to global megafire smoke impacts

Buildup of solar heat likely contributes to Mars' dust storms, researchers find

What is astronomical twilight?

Peek-a-Boo Moon: Astronaut on Space Station Captures Spectacular Photos of the Lunar Eclipse

Researcher Koen Byttebier writes book on Covid-19 and capitalism

Change of temperature causes whole body reprogramming

Different subtypes defined in small cell lung cancer

Nanobiotics: Model predicts how nanoparticles interact with proteins

NASA, Lockheed Martin's Supersonic X-59 Aircraft About To Fly Soon After Completing Several Tests [LOOK]

Hubble Spies an Exquisite Hidden Galaxy

NASA to GIve Updates on InSight Mission After Lander Continues to Struggle From Mars Dust

What Is Dead Pool? It Sounds Ominous. And It Is.