Season 2 follows people losing their ability to speak — and the AI and brain implants helping them find their voices again.

The 10th century treatment called Bald’s eyesalve attacks microbes in multiple ways. Molecule mixtures from it may inspire modern medicine.

Avian flu, overfishing, and a super El Niño have decimated Peru’s largest colony of Humboldt penguins. Scientists are holding out hope that their n...

The rare fossil hints that differences in plumage may explain why some Cretaceous-era birds survived an asteroid impact but others died.

Gaps in early warning systems and community preparedness contributed to the high death toll from Nepal’s debris flow.

Ancient meteorites reveal a powerful magnetic field that may have helped feed the growing sun.

Ancient meteorites reveal a powerful magnetic field that may have helped feed the growing sun.

Gaps in early warning systems and community preparedness contributed to the high death toll from Nepal’s debris flow.

Season 2 follows people losing their ability to speak — and the AI and brain implants helping them find their voices again.

Avian flu, overfishing, and a super El Niño have decimated Peru’s largest colony of Humboldt penguins. Scientists are holding out hope that their n...

The 10th century treatment called Bald’s eyesalve attacks microbes in multiple ways. Molecule mixtures from it may inspire modern medicine.

A record player-like microscope and computer simulations solve a longtime mystery, showing that metal ions bridge DNA strands that would normally r...

A record player-like microscope and computer simulations solve a longtime mystery, showing that metal ions bridge DNA strands that would normally r...

A waterborne pathogen flourishes while toads shelter underground. The finding may help conservationists rethink how to protect the threatened species.

The 10th century treatment called Bald’s eyesalve attacks microbes in multiple ways. Molecule mixtures from it may inspire modern medicine.

Ancient meteorites reveal a powerful magnetic field that may have helped feed the growing sun.

Uneven supernova explosions may explain the unusual mix of elements in Milky Way stars once thought to be evidence of hypernovas.

The fungus Entomophthora muscae turns flies into zombies and kills them at sunset. An internal kill clock may explain the mysterious timing.

Season 2 follows people losing their ability to speak — and the AI and brain implants helping them find their voices again.

Platypuses are the first mammals known to have hollow melanosomes, pigment-bearing structures found in the hair of many animals.

Avian flu, overfishing, and a super El Niño have decimated Peru’s largest colony of Humboldt penguins. Scientists are holding out hope that their n...

The rare fossil hints that differences in plumage may explain why some Cretaceous-era birds survived an asteroid impact but others died.

Gaps in early warning systems and community preparedness contributed to the high death toll from Nepal’s debris flow.

The rare fossil hints that differences in plumage may explain why some Cretaceous-era birds survived an asteroid impact but others died.

DNA can voyage along intercellular highways called tunneling nanotubes. It’s a phenomenon that could potentially spread tumor DNA to healthy cells.

The 10th century treatment called Bald’s eyesalve attacks microbes in multiple ways. Molecule mixtures from it may inspire modern medicine.

Naegleria amoebas’ exploration skills and crawling behaviors could help explain how the brain-eating variety travel into human brains.

This strategy expands orcas’ already broad repertoire for dispatching different types of prey.

Ancient meteorites reveal a powerful magnetic field that may have helped feed the growing sun.

A female humpback whale may have spent days with her stillborn calf. This rare sighting may suggest that baleen whales experience grief.

After years of confusion, a new study confirms the proton is tinier than once thought. That enables a test of the standard model of particle physics.

Cancer patients who got an mRNA COVID vaccine within a few months of their immunotherapy lived longer than those who did not, health records show.

Season 2 follows people losing their ability to speak — and the AI and brain implants helping them find their voices again.

Ancient meteorites reveal a powerful magnetic field that may have helped feed the growing sun.

Avian flu, overfishing, and a super El Niño have decimated Peru’s largest colony of Humboldt penguins. Scientists are holding out hope that their n...

Season 2 follows people losing their ability to speak — and the AI and brain implants helping them find their voices again.

Compared with standard flu shots, Moderna’s mFlusiva generates stronger, longer-lasting immunity and is more effective at preventing infection, dat...

Scientists graded every river and stream in the contiguous United States, flagging specific repairs each one needs to support aquatic life.

A record player-like microscope and computer simulations solve a longtime mystery, showing that metal ions bridge DNA strands that would normally r...

The 10th century treatment called Bald’s eyesalve attacks microbes in multiple ways. Molecule mixtures from it may inspire modern medicine.

The object orbits a brown dwarf that orbits a star, and astronomers aren’t sure if it’s a planet, a moon — or something else entirely.

Scientists testing potential treatments for sleep apnea made an unexpected discovery. How quickly people react may depend on whether they’re breathing in or out.

A slew of new research attempts to zero in on what happens as our brains get older — and what can bring about those changes early.

Season 2 follows people losing their ability to speak — and the AI and brain implants helping them find their voices again.

Gaps in early warning systems and community preparedness contributed to the high death toll from Nepal’s debris flow.

A recent shot of the COVID-19 vaccine doubled survival time in glioblastoma patients who had undergone tumor biopsy or surgery.

A molecule made of carbon and chlorine is half as twisty as the paper loops common in math classes.

Inspired by gas and liquid flow in earth science, researchers brewed an equation to calculate the speed of water percolation through ground coffee.

The Epstein-Barr virus has taken a huge toll on global health. Understanding how it works could offer ways to combat multiple sclerosis, cancer and...

A record player-like microscope and computer simulations solve a longtime mystery, showing that metal ions bridge DNA strands that would normally repel.