A team of over 150 scientists has achieved what once seemed impossible: a complete wiring and activity map of a tiny section of a mammalian brain. This feat, part of the MICrONS Project, rivals the ...

A major new study has revealed that the genes we inherit at birth play a much larger role in cancer than previously ...

A major new study shows that giving heart attack patients a cholesterol-lowering combo treatment early on – not months later – can dramatically improve their outlook and even save lives. Patients trea ...

Footprints of tail-clubbed armored dinosaurs, ankylosaurids, have been discovered for the first time, thanks to fossil ...

A cutting-edge AI acceleration platform powered by light rather than electricity could revolutionize how AI is trained and ...

Long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with cognitive decline, particularly in language skills, among older adults ...

A groundbreaking study reveals that the Transpolar Drift, a major Arctic current, is far more dynamic than once thought. As sea ice melts and ocean patterns shift, pollutants from Siberian rivers are ...

A mysterious black hole in a distant galaxy just woke up after decades of silence—and it’s putting on a cosmic light show!

A chemical radar allows bacteria to sense and eliminate predators. Investigating how microorganisms communicate deepens our ...

Exercising just one or two days a week can reduce the risk of death as much as regular weekly workouts, as long as it totals ...

Galaxies may not be as simple as "young and blue" or "old and red." A new idea from astrophysicist Charles Steinhardt proposes a third type: red star-forming galaxies that break the mold. These galaxi ...

Sea voyages from Denmark to Norway may have been possible across open waters, though sticking to the coastline was likely the ...