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science
See Fantastic Frogs in 15 Fun Photographs
There’s a good chance that you’ll hear them before you see them. Frogs’ croaks and ribbits often echo through the night when the...
smithsonianmag.com
- 30+ days ago
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health / science
A Flawed Study Claimed That Vaccines Cause Autism. It Was Published in a Phony Journal
In January, a new study claimed that vaccines may cause autism and other psychiatric or neurological disorders. Elsewhere, I have shown that the...
realclearscience.com
- 30+ days ago
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health / science / wellness
Lifespan Is Shaped More By Your Choices Than Your Genes, Study Finds
One of the most enduring questions humans have is how long we're going to live. With this comes the question of how much of our...
sciencealert.com
- 30+ days ago
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nature / science / space
Next month NASA's Lucy probe will visit an asteroid that's been waiting 150 million years to say hello
"These relics are effectively fossils of the planet formation process, holding vital clues to deciphering the history of our solar system." The next...
space.com
- 30+ days ago
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nature / science
Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica, Revealing Tentacled Creatures Beneath
In large part thanks to being in the right place at the right time , researchers discovered a thriving marine ecosystem underneath a 19-miles iceberg...
futurism.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
This cholesterol-lowering drug combo could save hundreds of thousands of lives, claim scientists
Scientists are urging doctors to make this the go-to treatment for people across the globe A powerful combination of two cholesterol-lowering drugs...
sciencefocus.com
- 30+ days ago
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health / science
Stoners Vastly More Likely to Have Heart Attacks At a Young Age
Weed is not a risk-free drug, y'all. Cannabis use appears to be linked to a significant increase in heart attack and stroke risk for folks...
futurism.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
Peer review is meant to prevent scientific misconduct: But it has its own problems
In 2023, an academic journal, the Annals of Operations Research, retracted an entire special issue because the peer review process for it was...
phys.org
- 30+ days ago
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science / space
Telescope reveals earliest-ever 'baby pictures' of the universe: 'We can see right back through cosmic history'
New observations with the Atacama Cosmology Telescope in Chile reveal the earliest-ever "baby pictures" of our universe, showing some of the oldest...
livescience.com
- 30+ days ago
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nature / science / space
Mapping Ocean Floor Mysteries, NASA’s SWOT Satellite Unveils Earth’s Hidden Terrain Beneath the Waves
The surfaces of the Moon, Jupiter, and Venus are more thoroughly mapped than the ocean floor, which comprises 71% of the Earth’s surface regions....
thedebrief.org
- 30+ days ago
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science
The Best of NGS: Instrument Companies to Watch in 2025
The Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) meeting celebrated its 25th anniversary in sunny Marco Island, Florida, with the customary mix...
genengnews.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
Alnylam enters the ATTR-CM drug race
Morning! Today, we have plenty of interesting content from yesterday’s STAT Breakthrough Summit East in New York. Also, Alnylam wins an important...
statnews.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
Killing off the sickest and creating brains: The secrets behind super organisms
Ever wondered what a superorganism is? Evolutionary biologist JV Chamary explains all. Many ants, bees, termites and wasps form societies in which...
discoverwildlife.com
- 30+ days ago
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books / learning / science
The “Nietzsche Thesis”: Why we don’t really care about truth
At the end of his life, Herman Melville (author of Moby-Dick) wrote a book called The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade. The novel is set aboard a...
bigthink.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
Why it would be utter madness to stop funding mRNA vaccine technology
This week, researchers in the US were told to remove all references to mRNA vaccine technology from their grant applications to the National...
newscientist.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
How Tiny Plastic Particles Are Silently Stealing Food From Your Plate
scienceblog.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
Strange skeleton discovery could rewrite our history of the pyramids
Subtle markings on skeletons have thrown into question what we previously believed about who was buried in pyramids For centuries, scientists believed...
sciencefocus.com
- 30+ days ago
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science / space
Cosmic anomaly hints at frightening future for Milky Way
A terrifying glimpse at one potential fate of our Milky Way galaxy has come to light thanks to the discovery of a cosmic anomaly that...
phys.org
- 30+ days ago
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nature / science / space
Shocking Spherules! - NASA Science
Written by Alex Jones, Ph.D. candidate at Imperial College London Last week the Perseverance Science Team were astonished by a strange rock comprised...
nasa.gov
- 30+ days ago
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science
Her life was saved by a heart transplant. Many others with Down syndrome don't get the same chance
The Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Act would end the practice of denying transplants to people with Down syndrome. Charlotte Woodward was born with a...
today.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
Plastic ‘fossils’ help scientists reconstruct the history of bird nests
Plastic waste has let common coots reuse nests year after year. Scientists have now used the trash layers to date how old nests are....
sciencenews.org
- 30+ days ago
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innovation / learning / science
Human-level AI is just a few ‘miracles’ away, Microsoft pioneer Nathan Myhrvold says
Will artificial intelligence ever catch up with human intelligence? And if it does, is humanity doomed? Intellectual Ventures CEO Nathan Myhrvold,...
geekwire.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
The Largest Whale In The World Weighs More Than Thousands Of People Combined
The blue whale is famously the largest animal in the world, but this simple fact doesn't do these creatures justice. They aren't just the biggest...
sciencing.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
Do You Have Darwin's Tubercle? This Curious Evolutionary Hangover May Have Once Helped Us Hear
And why nobody has an ear like you....
iflscience.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
This Ancient Scratch May Be One of Humanity's Oldest Rock Symbols
It may look like just another random boulder, but this old Spanish rock bears engraved lines that could be an astounding 200,000 years old, according...
sciencealert.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
Can animals make art?
In the forests of eastern Australia, satin bowerbirds create structures known as “bowers.” The males gather twigs and place them upright, in two...
studyfinds.org
- 30+ days ago
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science / space
A terrifying fate may lurk inside the Milky Way
Rare spiral galaxy suggests a cosmic death from within. All good things come to an end—even the Milky Way. Our home galaxy’s demise...
popsci.com
- 30+ days ago
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science / space
1 week until the 1st solar eclipse of 2025. Here's what you need to know about the March 2025 partial solar eclipse
We don't have long to wait to see the moon take a "bite" out of the sun, we're ready are you? On Saturday, March 29, 2025, a...
space.com
- 30+ days ago
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science / space
How warp drives don't break relativity
Somehow, we all know how a warp drive works. You're in your spaceship and you need to get to another star. So you press a...
phys.org
- 30+ days ago
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science
Alzheimer’s-related dementia could be prevented by experimental drug, researchers say
An experimental drug has shown promise in preventing Alzheimer’s for people at higher risk of developing the disease. That’s according to a new...
foxnews.com
- 30+ days ago
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health / science
Contaminated cannabis found in US black market products
A new study from Arizona State University in the US has uncovered another hidden health hazard in illicit cannabis. When investigating cannabis...
cosmosmagazine.com
- 30+ days ago
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science / space
Science news this week: 'Stranded' astronauts return and mystery human ancestor
March 22, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the...
livescience.com
- 30+ days ago
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science / space
Stunning space photo captures bright blue shock wave around double star system
Both nebulas are the leftover remnants from the last phase of a medium star like our sun. Miguel Claro is a professional photographer, author and...
space.com
- 30+ days ago
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science / space
Real images of planets beyond our Solar System, courtesy of the James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured images of gas giant planets similar to Jupiter and Saturn orbiting a distant star. The star, known as...
skyatnightmagazine.com
- 30+ days ago
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nature / science
Pressure bears down around uncontacted tribes at the edge of Brazil’s arc of deforestation
“They’re curious about us, and we’re curious about them.” That’s how Daniel Cangussu describes the recent interaction with a small Indigenous group...
mongabay.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
The Oldest Living Fish Discovered in the Pacific Ocean
In the vast and mysterious depths of the Pacific Ocean, where sunlight barely reaches and time seems to stand still, a groundbreaking discovery has...
animalsaroundtheglobe.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
Kids with Down syndrome can live 'abundant lives,' dad tells Fox News contributor
Each year on March 21, World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD) marks a global day of awareness and education about the genetic condition. The goal is to "...
foxnews.com
- 30+ days ago
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science / space
Oxygen Found in Universe's Most Distant Galaxy Rewrites Stellar time line
Astronomers have detected oxygen in the most distant galaxy ever discovered, forcing scientists to reconsider how quickly the earliest stellar...
scienceblog.com
- 30+ days ago
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science / health
Hidden from view: being a scientific advisor for the emergency services
When it came to choosing his career, Stephen Yao was initially keen to stick to his comfort zone. After a PhD ‘synthesising [chemical] “building...
chemistryworld.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
Roko's Basilisk: The "Banned" Thought Experiment You Might Regret Reading About
"If this is not enough warning to make you stop wanting to know more, then you deserve what you get," Roko added....
iflscience.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
A transition point in romantic relationships may signal the beginning of their end
The end of a romantic relationship usually does not come out of the blue but is indicated one or two years before the breakup. As...
phys.org
- 30+ days ago
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innovation / learning / science / space / nature
Why don’t molecules ever stop moving?
This ‘deceptively simple’ question demands a dip into the murky waters of quantum physics. Our bodies are always moving, even when we don’t realize...
popsci.com
- 30+ days ago
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science / space
A NASA spacecraft will make another close pass of the sun
NEW YORK (AP) — A NASA spacecraft will make another close brush with the sun, the second of three planned encounters through the sizzling solar atmosphere....
aol.com
- 30+ days ago
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nature / science
5 New Mexico Species That Are Endangered
With its impressive size, specialized habitats, closeness to the Mexican subtropics, and mix of ecoregions, New Mexico is an extremely biodiverse...
sciencing.com
- 30+ days ago
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nature / science
The evolution of bird feathers from dinosaur origins
New analysis linking dinosaurs and Sonic the Hedgehog might explain how “proto-feathers” became the complex appendages, bird feathers.It’s widely...
cosmosmagazine.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
Anti-Amyloid Drug May Delay Alzheimer's Symptoms in Those at Risk, Clinical Trial Finds
A method for slowing disease progress in Alzheimer's patients may also delay onset in people predisposed to the disease who are yet to show...
sciencealert.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
Severance versus Science: The Neuroscience of Split-Brain Syndrome - 3 Quarks Daily
Hannah Thomasy in The Scientist: If the world of Severance was real, your “innie” would be reading this article at work, oblivious to the fact...
3quarksdaily.com
- 30+ days ago
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space / science
Fresh Findings Strengthen the Case for Dark Energy's Evolution
It’s looking more and more as if dark energy, the mysterious factor that scientists say is behind the accelerating expansion of the universe, isn’...
universetoday.com
- 30+ days ago
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nature / science
10 strange and bizarre underground animals that live beneath our feet
Discover the animals that inhabit the subterranean world we rarely see From the largest elephant to the tiniest mouse, the earth is roamed by animals...
discoverwildlife.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
The animal alliances reshaping our understanding of intelligence
In nature, interactions between species are often framed in terms of survival — those that hunt and those that are hunted. But research is showing...
theconversation.com
- 30+ days ago
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