As Gaza documentary wins cinematic acclaim, its directors face vitriol in Israel amid a febrile election campaign

Supporting those facing this hardship could help prevent dementia cases in the future, researchers suggest

A lot has been written about the incidents of the last few months in which AI agents misbehaved in serious ways. They took actions that would be considered as crimes if a human took them, escaped thei...

In 2025, a cleverly designed study claimed to find evidence of strange objects orbiting Earth — all before the Space Age.

Together for Justice calls on the Saudi authorities to disclose immediately and fully the fate and whereabouts of content creator Mishal Al‑Otaibi, wi

Saudi prosecutors have sought the death penalty for prominent preacher and hadith scholar Abdul Aziz al-Tarifi, who has been detained for more than a decade, according to the Saudi human rights org…

Scientists have found that a little-known bacterial antibiotic is capable of disarming fungi responsible for life-threatening infections.

Neuroscientists uncovered an energy-saving mode in vision-system neurons that works at the cost of being able to see fine-grained details.

Working with and living in spatially complex environments may help delay cognitive decline, though more research is needed.

Memories in mice persisted even after they lost the connections that we thought were needed for recall, expanding our knowledge of memory in the mammalian brain

Despite Anthropic’s claims, Claude is no more likely to achieve sentience than a simulation of a weather system is likely to generate a real hurricane, says Anil Seth, professor of cognitive and compu...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

The SpudCell certainly resembles a living cell, but a key structure inside the cell falls short of the real thing

As they near death, some dementia patients recover mental faculties assumed to be long lost. Researchers want to know why.

Frequently ignored bodily rhythms may be skewing neuroscience experiments

A man went to hospital complaining about weakness in his left leg, and subsequent brain scans revealed his abnormally small brain.

Environmental activist has ‘cancelled’ Goop founder’s upcoming trip to her Italian farm

In this excerpt from "What Science Says About Astrology," author Carlos Orsi examines a 2007 study of 20 million people that showed star signs have no influence on romantic relationships.

The constant pressure that the heart is under from beating thousands of times a day may create an environment hostile to cancers

The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences recently published an article on acupuncture. It's a highly credulous take that tries to convince the reader that acupuncture is more than just a hi

Dozens of mathematicians signed a declaration Tuesday calling for the discipline to resist beating the drum for artificial intelligence developers.

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Gravity, as most people understand it, is the familiar force that pulls a falling apple toward Earth. But for astronomers and theoretical physicists, it is also a vexing invisible architect that guide...

Trawler set off from Bangladesh and reportedly capsized due to heavy winds, rough seas and overcrowding

The UK Government must act urgently to urge the Israeli Government to stop the proposed law which would permit the execution of Palestinian Prisoners, past, present and future.

The civilization we destroy may be our own

Four pro-Palestinian NGOs reacted to last week's court ruling on Belgium's responses to the war in Gaza.

With “Operation Total Extermination” and Trump’s threats against Cuba, expect more U.S. military strikes in the region.

Karim Khan has denied the allegations and took voluntary leave from his position in May.

And why American consumers are up Shit's Creek

The right to protest is ‘fundamentally American’, says Bajun Mavalwalla who awaits trial and faces six years in prison

According to this latest NBC News poll, 67% of Democrats say that their sympathies lie with Palestinians over Israelis. This is an astonishing sea change in the opinion of a major part of the electora...

With the intervention of two more nations, 18 have now joined in support of the case, initially brought by South Africa.

One in eight people in the US take an antidepressant. Stopping this medication can be hard, but researchers can’t agree on the risks

Latest data hints that benefits seen so far could be underestimates.

Trump is actively destroying it

Scientists saw a quark plowing through primordial plasma for the first time, offering a rare look at the first moments after the Big Bang

Fast-moving cracks in tape’s adhesive layer produce shock waves that make the stuff sing as it unrolls

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More than 250 quantum scientists have signed the quantum scientists for disarmament manifesto