Study Suggests We Have This STI to Thank For The Evolution of Grandmothers
The arms race between the human immune system and gonorrhea might have had the useful side effect of promoting healthy brain tissue later in life.
Incredible Hubble Image Reveals a Bizarre Galaxy 'Mirror'
There's something very odd about this image from the Hubble Space Telescope. If you look closely, you can see two almost-mirror image, orange-colored galaxies, seemingly connected by a long filament.
Explosive Report Claims a Leading Alzheimer's Theory May Use Fabricated Results
A seminal 2006 study of Alzheimer's disease might contain fabricated results, an investigation from Science magazine found.
The Creature That Gave Up Parasitism for … Wait, What?
It’s a mystery wrapped in a riddle wrapped in a kidney.
New Zealand’s ‘tobacco endgame’ law will be a world first for health – here’s what the modelling shows us
With the first reading of a new bill in parliament today, Aotearoa New Zealand’s plan to be smokefree by 2025 takes another tangible step forward.
New hypothesis emerges to explain mysterious hepatitis cases in kids
Two viruses and a genetic predisposition linked to the puzzling condition in preliminary data.
OSIRIS-REx Would Have Sunk Deep into Asteroid Bennu if it Tried to Land
Would have sunk into the asteroid Bennu had the spacecraft not fired its thrusters immediately after collecting samples
Falling Space Junk has a 10% Chance of Killing Someone in the Next Decade
New study claims a 6-10% chance someone will die from debris falling from space over the next ten years
Dietary Supplement Cuts Risk of Hereditary Cancer by 60%, Scientists Find
Can reduce the risk of some of those cancers by more than 60 percent, simply by adding more resistant starch to their diets
Why Did Europeans Evolve Into Becoming Lactose Tolerant?
Famine and disease from millennia ago likely spurred the rapid evolution of the trait on the continent
Gulf Coast tests confirm deadly tropical soil bacterium now endemic to US
The bacterium causes melioidosis, which is hard to diagnose and resistant to some drugs.
'Never seen anything like it': Impeccably preserved Jurassic fish fossils found on UK farm
One 3D fossil resembled a singing animatronic fish toy.
Lava Tubes on the Moon Maintain Comfortable Room Temperatures Inside
Searching for a comfortable place to set up a research station on the Moon? Look no further than the interior parts of lunar pits and caves.
Primordial Soup: Scientists Discover New “Origins of Life” Chemical Reactions
The reaction generates the building blocks of proteins and DNA: amino acids and nucleic acids.
Balloon fleet senses earthquakes from stratosphere
A new study in AGU's Geophysical Research Letters reports on the first detection of a large, distant earthquake in a network of balloon-bound pressure sensors in the stratosphere.
Scientists May Have Found a Key Shift Between The Brains of Humans And Neanderthals
Scientists experimenting on mice have found evidence that key parts of the modern human brain take more time to develop than those of our long extinct cousin, the Neanderthal.
US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor design
NuScale will get the final approval nearly six years after starting the process.