The 2026 Fields Medal, one of the world’s most prestigious mathematics prizes, has just been awarded to four pioneering young researchers — including mathematician Hong […]
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'We're trying this out of frustration': Marmots star in OnlyFans account as researchers desperately look for ways to raise funds amid US budget cuts
A team of UCLA scientists has resorted to posting content on OnlyFans to raise money for research amid huge federal funding cuts to U.S. science. […]
'Extremely rare' Roman military camp found in Slovakia holds hastily buried remains of Marcus Aurelius' soldiers — with some dumped in wells
Archaeologists in Slovakia have uncovered a large Roman military camp likely used by Marcus Aurelius‘ troops during conflicts with Germanic tribes in the late second […]
'They didn't question it': Why doctors prescribe too many antibiotics
‘A silent pandemic’: How Japan is curbing antibiotic resistance, $5 at a time This is the third story in a series about antibiotic use in […]
Science word of the day: Abiotic
Science word of the day: Abiotic Pronunciation: Ay-bye-AH’-tik What it means: Abiotic means “without living organisms.” Scientists typically use the term when referring to nonliving […]
Meet Phantom Twist, a stealthy new drone that hides in plain sight by tricking your eyes
Engineers have created a drone that camouflages itself as a faint, hovering haze when it takes flight. The “Phantom Twist” prototype drone is a carefully […]
'It was unlike anything I'd witnessed before': Orcas seen headbutting a sunfish so hard that it exploded
One of the ocean’s most intelligent and aggressive predators has once again surprised scientists with a curious new behavior. In the Gulf of California, researchers […]
'Once we were like you': Striking reconstructions reveal the faces of 16 people from Roman-era Hungary
The face of a young woman crowned with a laurel wreath, buried in elaborate clothing and unusual cork sandals, has appeared nearly 1,700 years after […]
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft awakens from yearlong hibernation to do unprecedented science beyond Pluto
There’s nothing more disorienting than falling asleep in transit only to wake up and find you’ve somehow drifted billions of miles beyond the orbit of […]
Mice on 'godforsaken' frozen volcanoes eat toxic plants to survive conditions 'not remotely compatible with long-term human survival'
Scientists have discovered how mice survive at extreme altitudes on the tips of icy dormant volcanoes in the Andes. The area where the mice call […]
Sacrificed Inca children died very differently than we thought, study finds
Inca boys and girls chosen for human sacrifice trekked through Inca communities for thousands of miles on sacred pilgrimages before their ritual deaths, often near […]
NASA astronaut shares image of impossible-looking 'hopper' crystal growing on the space station. What is happening?
Astronauts have grown a common crystal in space — but this extraterrestrial version is exhibiting a very uncommon behavior. Under a microscope, the crystal looks […]
Diagnostic dilemma: 6-year-old develops life-threatening allergic reaction after blood transfusion
The patient: A 6-year-old boy in the Netherlands The symptoms: The child was receiving a blood transfusion as a treatment for lymphoblastic leukemia, a type […]
'It's a really poor quality of life': Once a 'miracle in the desert,' California's Salton Sea now spreads toxic dust on vulnerable communities
Fifty years after Southern California’s Salton Sea formed due to an engineering mishap in 1905, the giant salt lake became a booming vacation destination. Nicknamed […]
Science word of the day: Abiogenesis
Science word of the day: Abiogenesis Pronunciation: Ay-bye-oh-JEN’-ih-sis What it means: Abiogenesis is the emergence of life from nonliving matter through chemical processes. Scientists still […]
Greenland meltwater will drive a 'strong weakening, but not a shutdown' of key Atlantic currents, study finds
Runoff from Greenland’s rapidly melting ice sheet could severely disrupt currents in the Atlantic Ocean that regulate the global climate, researchers say. But the fresh […]
Neuroscience findings often can't be replicated — and it's a big problem for what we know about the brain
One of the central assumptions of modern neuroscience research is that the brain’s shape and structure affect behavior. Scientists have linked a thicker cortex (the […]
Startup's 'oscillator-based' AI technology could be 1,000 times more energy efficient than conventional computing
Researchers have unveiled a new “super-efficient” artificial intelligence (AI) model that can generate images by using a network of physical oscillators rather than traditional calculation-based […]
Science word of the day: Cryptology
Science word of the day: Cryptology Pronunciation: Krip-TAH’-leh-jee What it means: Cryptology is the study of secret codes — both making them (cryptography) and breaking […]
Giant, milky-green vortex swirls across massive 'cryptodepression' lake in Southern Europe — Earth from space
QUICK FACTS Where is it? Lake Skadar, Montenegro and Albania [42.201087364, 19.303135741] What’s in the photo? A giant, milky-green swirl on the lake’s surface Who […]