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Spitzer confirms: no atmosphere on nearby exoplanet

Christened LHS 3844b, the exoplanet is 1.3 times larger than our planet and orbits its star in 11 hours.

Atom-thin insulators pave the way to new, thinner devices

Size does matter.

The moon is actually brighter than the sun -- in gamma rays

The findings raise serious health concerns when it comes to putting astronauts on the moon.

Should doctors accept unvaccinated children as patients?

What do you think doctors should do in this situation?

July 2019 was officially mankind's hottest month

It's not you -- it's hotter than ever before.

Scientists make an 18-atom ring of pure carbon

It might pave the way for molecular-sized transistors.

Natural testosterone promotes moral behavior, supplements promote utilitarian choices

"The current work challenges some dominant hypotheses about the effects of testosterone on moral judgments."

Exoshorts help you walk and run longer

Finally, an exosuit that does both.

Wearing a bike helmet makes your brain feel safer -- even when you're not in danger

"It is stunning to observe how suggestions can influence brain activity," the authors say.

Cat allergies could soon be over thanks to a new vaccine

According to the research, the vaccine was “well-tolerated without any overt toxicity”.

NASA goes to Iceland to prepare for Mars mission

This is not the first time Iceland is used as a training ground for NASA missions.

Scientists reconstruct Cleopatra's legendary perfume

If Cleopatra was closeby, you'd probably smell her before you see her.

Microplastics are now snowing over the Arctic

There's no place spared from our pollution when it falls from the sky.

Fossil Friday: leg bones lead to extinct giant penguin in New Zealand

New Zealand isn't a stranger to extinct big birds.

Flavonoid-rich foods like tea or apples reduce the risk of cancer and heart disease

Apples, tea, and moderation -- 3 ingredients for a long life

Hydrogen-powered aircraft with 500 miles range is set to disrupt aviation

Air travel is surging around the world. Our only shot at decarbonizing the industry is to radically change the way aircraft is powered.

US FDA approves new treatment for drug-resistant TB

Few people affected by drug-resistant survive TB but new treatments offer a silver lining.

Jupiter once absorbed a whole planet, new data suggests

What doesn't kill you makes you bigger and gassier.

How sunscreen releases metals and nutrients in seawater

Sunscreen washes up into the ocean where it interacts with marine life -- and its effects are still largely not undertood.

Wildfires in Africa keep the Amazon lush with fertilizing smoke

Ashes to bananas.

US trees decimated by invasive species

We need to start being more serious about protecting the trees.

The body's most important biological clocks are actually in sync

The body ticks with various rhythms and having them in sync seems to be fundamentally important.

Many Neanderthals had 'swimmer's ear'

Neanderthals were much more commonly affected by ear infections than modern humans.

Air pollution in large cities can damage your lungs as much as 'smoking one pack a day'

Long-term exposure to all major air pollutants is linked with higher incidence of lung damage.

Biofluorescence shining light on the search for alien life

Worlds with a fluorescent glow may indicate signs of alien life.

How TRAPPIST-1 could unveil its secrets to James Webb Telescope

The James Webb telescope will be a game changer.

Is AI in danger of becoming too male?

Only 13.83% of AI authors in arXiv are women and, in relative terms, the proportion of AI papers co-authored by at least one woman has not improved since the 1990s.

Peculiar pulsar slows down before 'glitching'

The findings might help astronomers unravel the dynamics inside neutron stars.

'Baby' planet two to three times the size of Jupiter discovered

Baby planet, doo doo doo doo doo doo...

Melting Antarctic ice can 'significantly' delay climate heating in Southern Hemisphere

The trade-off, of course, is an 80 cm-higher global sea level.

A Christmas tragedy: The Arctic has lost 2.6 million reindeer over the past 20 years

It's an environmental catastrophe.

Climate warming responsible for West Antarctic Ice Sheet melting

"This is the first evidence for a direct link between human activities and the loss of ice from West Antarctica."

First chlamydia vaccine boosts immune response

Researchers may have finally found a way to prevent the most common sexually transmitted infection in the world.

Mosquito salivary glands could hold the secret to containing malaria forever

There are chitin walls in the insects' salivary glands that block 90% of the parasites from infecting a new host.

Ebola may now be curable, clinical trial in Congo finds

"Now we can say that 90 percent can come out of treatment cured,” one scientist said in a statement. 

Researchers simulate millions of virtual universes to study star formation

Two-thousand processors simulated more than 8 million universes and countless galaxies.

The first symptom of Alzheimer's is excessive sleepiness

Luckily it's not the only one because I already have it. Double helpings.

Researchers looking for dark matter fail, find gold instead

But, remember kids, the real treasure was the friends they made along the way.

Change diets to save the tropical forests, researchers say

If the consumption of meat and dairy doesn’t fall, at least one-quarter of the world’s tropical lands could disappear by the end of the century.

Hubble snaps breathtaking new image of Jupiter

Looks tasty, honestly.

Cancer cells turned into fat to stop cancer development

study proved that one way to treat cancer is by exploiting one of its loopholes to convert cancerous cells into harmless fat, stopping it from growing and "healing" the body in the process.

Devastated Fukushima nuclear plant will run out of storage space for radioactive water in three years

With the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo fast approaching, the government doesn't want to rock the boat too much and is delaying a decision.

Human-driven extinction cost New Zealand 50 million years' worth of bird evolution

Losses include but are not limited to those giant eagles at the end of Lord of the Rings.

Scientists create gold one million times thinner than a fingernail

The authors call this a "landmark achievement."

Fossil Friday: Oldest fossil forest discovered in Asia

The fossil forest, which is larger than Grand Central Station, is the earliest example of a forest in Asia.

1 in 4 people in the world carry tuberculosis

The vast majority of cases are latent tuberculosis infection. However, they can still develop active TB disease in the future.

Those who oppose GMO's know the least about them -- but believe they know more than experts

When researchers asked 500 Americans how they feel about foods that contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs), the results were even more interesting than expected.

Physicists are a step closer to a theory of quantum gravity

A new study outlines the conditions that couple quantum gravity and low-energy physics.

Dark matter could predate Big Bang, says new study

It's a dark matter study. Of course, it's weird.

Big freshwater fauna declined by 88% since 1970

The decline is twice as severe as for land or ocean vertebrates.