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Scientists studying ice cores from Tibet’s Guriya Plateau have found evidence that some of the region’s ice may be more than 128,000 years old. The finding…
A large study suggests that the amount of bright daylight people receive may be associated with their risk of developing dementia. Among 87,577 adults monitored with…
Mathematicians at the University of California, Davis, have proposed a challenge to the widely accepted explanation that dark energy is driving the accelerating expansion of the…
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has revealed that Jupiter uses a remarkably complex system of plasma waves and shock structures to withstand the constant flow of high-energy particles…
An ancient elephant tooth discovered in northern Israel has helped scientists reconstruct a lush landscape that existed about 700,000 years ago. The fossil evidence points to…
A study published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, found that adults who consumed the highest amounts of low- and no-calorie…
Scientists have identified weakened brain signals that may help explain why schizophrenia can affect perception, movement, language and other aspects of behavior at the same time.…
Some of the “ghosts” in human DNA are not mythical at all. Researchers have found evidence that modern humans inherited genetic material from extinct hominin populations…
Scientists from Sorbonne University and France’s National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) have developed a noncontact method for detecting a thin, translucent calcite coating on the…
A report says chemical contamination at the former RAF Upper Heyford base, which is being developed as a community of 9,000 homes, may be the worst…
High-pressure experiments and computer simulations suggest that molten rock deep inside Earth can hold substantially more oxygen than conventional chemical models predict. The finding, reported by…
Scientists have developed a clearer picture of what happens as rocks from space enter Earth’s atmosphere and survive to reach the ground. By analyzing video recordings…
Researchers from the Vienna University of Technology and the University of California, San Diego, have generated X-rays with energies beyond the long-established cutoff predicted by conventional…
Blood pressure may be more than an average number: sudden fluctuations throughout the day can independently raise the risk of heart disease, stroke and brain damage,…
A new study led by the University of Cambridge challenges the long-standing idea that comets helped create the conditions for life on Earth. Computer simulations suggest…
Experts say Nepal needs stronger early-warning systems, stricter land-use planning and better enforcement of building regulations to reduce risks in fragile Himalayan river valleys. The call…
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have captured a detailed new view of N159, one of the most abundant H II complexes in the…
Humans and chimpanzees share more than 96% of their protein-coding DNA, yet the human brain is about three times larger and considerably more complex. A study…
New observations from the National Science Foundation’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) indicate that Betelgeuse’s outer atmosphere…
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Elon Musk is a “true genius” and disclosed that Russia and the SpaceX founder are in close contact over…
NASA’s Artemis I mission has offered new insight into how radiation exposure near the Moon compares with exposure in low-Earth orbit. Preliminary measurements from experimental lithium…
An estimated 75% of former professional football players who died over a 15-year period had signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, according to a study…
Scientists at the University of St Andrews have identified a previously unknown process that may help explain how Earth entered past ice ages. Their computer simulations…
Scientists have identified evidence of a previously unknown continental volcanic system that was active in what is now northwestern Iran between about 101 million and 97…
The fire salamander, recognizable by its black-and-yellow pattern and toxic skin secretions, has an unexpected ability: it fluoresces under ultraviolet light. New research found that the…
A 62% surge in applications to one of the world’s most prestigious research-funding programmes could push its success rate below 5%, raising concerns that strong scientific…
Public trust in science and researchers has declined since the coronavirus pandemic, according to the largest survey of public trust in science. Led by Wellcome, London’s…
Precision psychiatry envisions a future in which treatment is tailored using a detailed picture of each patient’s biology, behavior and environment. A psychiatrist might combine smartphone…
Swift Observatory was designed to observe brilliant explosions called gamma-ray bursts (artist’s illustration), but it has also been applied to the study of black holes, supernovae…
Missing tools can disrupt experiments, waste researchers’ time and, in some cases, jeopardize time-sensitive work involving living animals. Researchers including chemist and industrial designer Greg Banard,…
Credit: Andy/Getty Results from the first human clinical trial of an experimental gene-editing therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) show that the treatment edited some of…
Scientists at McGill University have found that tissue-resident memory T cells can detect the stiffness of the tissue around them, using this physical information to influence…
About 66 million years ago, the asteroid impact that ended the age of dinosaurs transformed Earth’s ecosystems and created new opportunities for surviving animals to diversify.…
A study of about 400 children has found that brain activity linked to recognizing faces is less distinct in children with autism than in neurotypical children.…
A pale-yellow fungus standing up to 50 centimeters (20 inches) tall has been discovered growing at the base of dead trees in China’s Yunnan province. Named…
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration plans to roll back federal regulations on methane emissions from oil and gas production, despite warnings from scientists…
Inside a former watch factory in central London, rows of humming white freezers hold barcoded glass tubes containing an estimated 100 billion genes. The facility’s co-founder,…
A partial dinosaur skeleton discovered at a brickworks in Surrey in 2001 represents a previously unknown genus and species of early-diverging hadrosauroid iguanodontid. Named Paludohadros prouldovii,…
A new analysis of observations from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope suggests that TOI-561b, a rocky exoplanet orbiting extremely close to its star, may still…
A dinosaur skeleton once mistaken for a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex has sold at Sotheby’s in New York for $47.3 million, or about £35.5 million. Known as…