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NASA's Curiosity rover discovered mysterious pea-sized nodules amid Mars' boxwork formations, raising new questions about the Red Planet's geological history.
Your brain has an off-switch for scratching. Scientists discovered the neural feedback loop that tells you when to stop clawing at that itch—and why some people can't.
Horses produce two distinct sounds simultaneously—whistling and singing layered into every whinny to convey complex messages.
University of Michigan researchers just cracked a major barrier: quantum materials that turn sunlight and water into clean hydrogen fuel with unprecedented efficiency.
Researchers have engineered microscopic "light racetracks" that could revolutionize next-generation sensors and photonic devices.
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Fish just proved they're smarter than we thought. Cleaner wrasse used mirrors to spot-check fake parasites on themselves—and some even dropped shrimp to study reflections.
Deep-sea fish larvae just rewrote the rulebook on vertebrate vision with a newly discovered visual cell that challenges everything we thought we knew about how animals see.
Scientists just unearthed a colossal dinosaur bone—a femur nearly 2 meters long—revealing a new long-necked giant that roamed ancient Niger.
Astronomers just discovered galaxies hidden in cosmic dust that formed merely one billion years after the Big Bang—rewriting our understanding of the universe's earliest epochs.
Exercise strengthens the brain's protective barrier against aging, shielding memory from decline.
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Beneath Queensland's dusty plains lies a rock formation older than dinosaurs—and it could solve Australia's biggest clean energy problem: where to store renewable power at massive scale.
A rocky planet where a gas giant should be: astronomers just discovered a planetary system that defies everything we thought we knew about how worlds form.
Cancer cells have a molecular off-switch that disables immune detection. Scientists just found it—and how to flip it back on.
Scientists may have finally cracked a decades-old mystery about how cell membranes work. The breakthrough could reshape our understanding of cellular biology.
A wooden Roman coffin discovered in 1899 reveals a mystery: who was the "Princess of Bagicz"? Her remarkably preserved artifacts offer clues.
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Hidden stars orbit in single dots of light. Planets flicker invisibly beside their suns. Now astronomers face an impossible choice: build bigger telescopes, or find another way.
High-altitude living slashes diabetes risk—and scientists just discovered why. Thin air forces red blood cells into overdrive, vacuuming glucose from your bloodstream.
Scientists discovered a millisecond pulsar orbiting our galaxy's supermassive black hole—a cosmic laboratory revealing gravity's deepest secrets.
A new theoretical approach aims to shed light on the complex behavior of many-body systems....
Your brain knows exactly when to stop scratching—and scientists just figured out why. Researchers presenting at the Biophysical Society Annual Meeting have pinpointed the neural mechanisms behind itch relief.
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Ancient "dragon stones" weighing up to 8 tons are finally revealing their secrets. Armenia's mysterious Neolithic vishaps, built when Stonehenge rose, may hold clues to a lost civilization.
NASA fired rockets directly into the aurora borealis and revealed the electric currents that create Earth's most dazzling light show.
Tiny twists between atomic layers unlock giant magnetic structures scientists never predicted possible.
Scientists have unearthed a bizarre new dinosaur with a scimitar-shaped crest in the Sahara Desert. The astonishing discovery rewrites what we know about prehistoric creatures.
Treatments that cure autism in mice fail in humans—until now. MIT researchers discovered a shared biomarker that could finally predict which therapies actually work.
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A newly discovered Spinosaurus species in Niger's Sahara reignites a fierce debate: were these dinosaurs water-dwellers or land hunters?
Body awareness helps us master sports and dance—but fails prosthetic users. New research reveals why amputees perceive their movements as clumsier than reality.
Oxford researchers tagged polymer binders with traceable markers, revealing how nanoscale distribution affects lithium-ion battery charging speed and durability.
Zebrafish can fully regenerate their spinal cords after severe damage—a 2024 Washington University study reveals how their genetic traits could unlock human neural repair.
NASA is ready to send humans back to the Moon—targeting early March for the Artemis II launch after passing a critical test.
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Archaeologists have identified an 11,000-year-old skeleton from a Cumbrian cave as northern Britain's oldest known resident, reshaping our understanding of ancient settlement.
A 4-billion-year-old snowman orbits beyond Neptune. Scientists just cracked how Arrokoth—the most distant object ever visited by Earth's spacecraft—got its bizarre shape.
Twenty years ago, Joanna Wakefield-Scurr was having persistent pain in her breasts. Her doctor couldn’t diagnose the cause but said a good, supportive bra could help. A professor of biomechanics, Wakefield-Scurr thought she could do a little research and find a science-backed option. Two decades lat...
Centuries-old mystery unraveled: How did oxygen-dependent and anaerobic microbes unite to spawn complex life? Groundbreaking discovery sheds light on the origins of plants, animals, and fungi.
Feline friends may unlock secrets to conquering cancer. Household cats could provide vital insights into treating devastating diseases like breast cancer.
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Harnessing the power of blue energy just got a game-changer: a novel approach tackles the long-standing challenge of rapid ion transport without compromising selectivity.
Surprising new research reveals baby chickens share a fundamental human trait - the "bouba-kiki effect" that links sounds to shapes, shedding light on language's origins.
Cosmic "snowmen" in the outer solar system may form from a surprisingly simple gravitational dance, as revealed by the latest images from NASA's New Horizons mission.
Breakthroughs in nano-engineering have yielded artificial pores rivaling the scale of nature's ion channels, unlocking new frontiers in molecular sensing, computing, and materials science.
Red blood cells may hold the key to fighting diabetes, as people living at high altitudes develop the condition less often. The biological reason behind this intriguing pattern has long eluded scientists—until now.