After 7 years, a spent Falcon 9 rocket stage is on course to hit the Moon
The impact could offer scientists a peek at the selenology of the Moon.
New study calls into question the importance of meat eating in shaping our evolution
“Meat Made Us Human” Evolutionary Narrative Starts To Unravel
Cracking Chimpanzee Culture – More Similar to Human Culture Than Often Assumed
Chimpanzees do not simply invent nut-cracking with tools, but need to learn such complex cultural behaviors from others
Lots of People Die Every Year During or After Having Sex. A Pathologist Explains Why
Sex has many beneficial effects, but people sometimes die during or shortly after sex
'Burning' hydrogen plasma in the world's largest laser sets fusion records
Experiment spit out 10 quadrillion watts of power in a split second.
New research strengthens link between glaciers and Earth's 'Great Unconformity'
Evidence rocks were carved away by ancient glaciers during the planet's "Snowball Earth" period
Japanese Company Joins March Back to the Moon in 2022
Before the end of the year, ispace aims to place a lander with two small rovers on the lunar surface. It may find other visitors have also made the trip this year.
Universal sex differences appear in adolescents' career aspirations, study finds
Suggesting biologically-influenced preferences can play a role in gender segregation in the workplace adolescence
Your Body’s Thirst Messenger Is in an Unexpected Place
Scientists traced how a mouse’s brain gets the signal that it had enough to drink. Something similar may happen in humans.
Bizarre sea worm with regenerative butts named after Godzilla's monstrous nemesis
The unusual invertebrate spends most of its life living inside a sponge.
Vitamin D and Fish Oil Supplements May Reduce Risk of Autoimmune Disease – Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriasis, and Thyroid
With a more pronounced effect after two years of supplementation.
Induced pluripotent bovine stem cells overcome decades-long challenges for cultivated meat
Offer the promise of making the global food supply more sustainable and reliable
Cancer Drug Flushes Out Latent HIV, Exciting New Study Finds
A widely-used cancer drug that works on the immune system could push HIV out of hiding, potentially leaving the virus open to being attacked and eliminated, according to promising results from a small new study.
Living Cells Discovered in Human Breast Milk Could Aid Breast Cancer Research
The cells in milk, once thought to be dead or dying, are in fact very much alive
Nano-architected material refracts light backward; an important step toward creating photonic circuits
A newly created nano-architected material exhibits a property that previously was just theoretically possible: it can refract light backward, regardless of the angle at which the light strikes the material.
Parasite could help to explain the origin of animal multicellularity
Parasite from seawater belonging to a primitive lineage will help to explain how multicellularity developed in animals
In Super-Vaxxed Vermont, COVID Strikes ― But Packs Far Less Punch
Even Eden, a snow-covered paradise in northern Vermont, is poisoned by omicron.
Magnetic navigation: Songbirds use the Earth's magnetic field as a stop sign during migration
A new study published today in Science has shed light on how birds navigate back to their breeding site after flying across two continents.
Mutant stem cells defy rules of development
Chance observation is upending what was thought about how stem cells turn into adult cells and maintain their identity
When parents are vaccinated against COVID-19, protection extends to their kids
With COVID-19 as with life: When parents take a few jabs, their kids gain protection.
Billionaire Mark Cuban Launches Online Pharmacy for Generics
Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team and star of TV's Shark Tank, is backing a new online pharmacy that aims to reduce the prices people pay for 100 generic medications.
Our Brains Keep Us 15 Seconds 'in The Past' to Help Us See a Stable World, Says Study
Our eyes are continuously bombarded by an enormous amount of visual information – millions of shapes, colors, and ever-changing motion all around us. For the brain, this is no easy feat.