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Climate Change Is Rewriting America’s Gardening Map and Some Plants Can’t Keep Up

Warmer winter temperatures have altered frost patterns and growing seasons across the United States.

A Parasite Found in Cat Poop Can Decapitate Human Sperm in Five Minutes

If you’ve handled cat litter or eaten raw meat or unwashed produce, there’s a chance you might have a permanent toxoplasmosis infection spread throughout your body.

First Stem Cell Nerve Therapy Meant to Reverse Paralysis Enters Clinical Trial

A cell therapy for regenerating broken spinal cord using lab-grown neurons enters human trials for the first time.

Megalodon May Have Eaten Whatever It Could Find to Feed Its 100,000-Calorie-Per-Day Diet

The biggest shark in history was likely an opportunistic feeder.

Simple Blood Test Can Now Reaveal How Much Junk Food You Eat

Molecules in blood and urine reveal hidden toll of ultra-processed diets

This researcher sailed like a Viking for three years. Here's what he found

Retracing Norse trade routes through sails, stories, and digital seascapes

Sea Turtle Too Big for Scanner Gets Life-Saving Scan at Horse Hospital

Pregnant, injured, and too big for the regular vets.

Queen bees can hibernate underwater for several days without drowning

This could be a very useful skill in light of current climate events.

Researchers Recreate the Sounds of a 3,000-Year-Old Underground City

Forget what ancient cities looked like — what if we could hear them?

The First Teeth Grew on the Skin of 460-Million-Year-Old Fish and Were Never Meant for Chewing

Teeth may have started as ancient sensory tools, not tools for eating.

This Man Tried to Stifle a Sneeze and Tore a Hole in His Throat

Holding in a sneeze tore a man’s windpipe. Doctors say: let it out.

China Is Building The First AI Supercomputer in Space

China wants to turn space satellites into a giant cloud server.

Taking Vitamin D Daily Might Actually Slow Down Aging at the Cellular Level

A new clinical trial suggests vitamin D slows cellular aging by preserving telomere length.

This Wild Laser Setup Reads Tiny Letters From Over 1.3 Kilometers Away

A 1950s astronomy technique was used to read pea-sized letters over 1.3 kilometers away.

Plants can "hear" pollinators and make more nectar when there's buzzing around

Plants are not just passive organisms. Snapdragons may not hear exactly, but they respond to pollinator vibrations.

Ancient 3,500-year-old Mycenaean armor tested in epic combat simulation shows Homer's Iliad wasn't just a fantasy story after all

This armor wasn't just for show. It could have seen deadly combat during the epic Trojan War.

The Matthew Effect Explains Why the 'Rich' in Science Get Richer

Win a Nobel, and you’ll never be ignored again — whether you like it or not.

China and Russia Plan to Build a Nuclear Power Plant on the Moon by 2035 Leaving the US Behind

A new kind of space race unfolds on the moon's south pole.

Roman Wall Built to Stop Spartacus Rebellion Discovered in Italian Forest

Archaeologists have uncovered a 2,070-year-old Roman fortification once used to contain Spartacus.

Scientists Found Traces of Gold Leaking from Earth’s Core

Traces of ruthenium in Hawaiian lava reveal long-suspected core–mantle leakage.

A Decade After The Martian, Hollywood’s Mars Timeline Is Falling Apart

NASA hasn’t landed humans on Mars yet. But thanks to robotic missions, scientists now know more about the planet’s surface than they did when the movie was released.

Once Nearly Gone, Europe’s Wild Mammals Are Roaring Back

The broader takeaway is clear: with space and time, life can — and will — rebound.

This Baby’s One-in-a-Million Genetic Disorder Had No Cure. So Scientists Designed One Just for Him

The first personalized CRISPR therapy saved a child’s life. Can it save others too?

On a Remote Island, Capuchins Are Abducting Baby Monkeys From Another Species. Scientists Are Stunned

A puzzling trend among capuchins ends in death for their abducted howler monkey infants.

A Medieval Skeleton With a Shattered Knee Just Changed What We Thought About Disability in the Middle Ages

A wounded man in 14th-century Lund reshapes how we understand care, status, and disability.

The Eyes Really Are the Window to the Mind and This Study Proves It

The size of your pupils may reveal just how clearly you remember something.

Bird Flu Is Killing Cats and Is on a Dangerous Path Toward Humans

An under-monitored feline epidemic could be the spark for the next human pandemic.

A Hawk in New Jersey Figured Out Traffic Signals and Used Them to Hunt

An urban raptor learns to hunt with help from traffic signals and a mental map.

Anthropic's new AI model (Claude) will scheme and even blackmail to avoid getting shut down

In a fictional scenario, Claude blackmailed an engineer for having an affair.

Researchers create contact lenses that let you see in the dark, even with your eyes closed

Humans might soon be able to see in the dark — or even through their eyelids.

Your Perfume Could Be Disrupting Your Body's Chemical Force Field

Perfume might not be good for you after all.

This Newly Discovered Mini Planet Is Orbiting So Far It Takes 25,000 Years to Circle the Sun

A 700-kilometer-wide object orbits farther than almost anything we've ever seen.

Golden Dome or Glass Ceiling? Why Physicists Say Trump's Planetary-Scale Defense System Might Never Work

Inside Trump's $175 billion plan to build a missile shield in space.

The Weirdest Sea Reptile You’ve Never Heard of Was Just Officially Named After 45-Year Limbo

An ancient marine reptile reveals an unexpected twist in plesiosaur evolution.

Pungent Penguin Poop Produces Polar Cloud Particles

The discovery highlights how penguins and other polar seabirds help shape their environments, even as they are under threat from climate change.

A Team of Researchers Brought the World’s First Chatbot Back to Life After 60 Years

Long before Siri or ChatGPT, there was ELIZA: a simple yet revolutionary program from the 1960s.

From Farms to Lost Cities, Drones Are Quietly Revolutionizing Modern Science

On a frozen landscape in Svalbard, Norway, where the glaciers bleed into the Arctic Ocean, a small buzzing drone lifted into the air. Its mission was not surveillance, nor delivery. It was science. Armed with thermal cameras and spectral sensors, these flying robots can map melting ice, spot hidden algae blooms, and beam back data […]

Professional Bodybuilders Are Five Times More Likely to Die Suddenly Than Amateurs. Yes, it's Because of the Drugs

Bodybuilding at the professional level has a high cardiac cost.

Common Cold Sore Virus May Mess With Your Brain Decades Later (and Cause Alzheimer's)

This virus infects roughly two-thirds of the global population under 50.

This Injectable Ink Lets Doctors 3D Print Tissues Inside the Body Using Only Ultrasound

New 3D printing technique makes it possible to heal injuries and damaged tissues from inside without surgery.

Scientists Gave a Mouse a Stretch of Human DNA and Its Brain Grew 6% Bigger

A single DNA enhancer may help explain the human brain’s extraordinary size and complexity.

Scientists Close to Finding Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA Using a 21-Generation Family Tree

Bridging five centuries to explore the DNA of one of history’s most enigmatic minds.

This Startup Is Using Ancient DNA to Recreate Perfumes from Extinct Flowers

Bringing vanished blooms back to life through scent, science, and storytelling.

Jupiter Was Twice Its Size and Had a Magnetic Field 50 Times Stronger After the Solar System Formed

New models suggest Jupiter was twice its current size with a magnetic field 50 times stronger.

A Swedish Library Forgot to Close Its Doors and Something Beautiful Happened

They say a reader does not steal and a thief does not read. In the city of Gothenburg, Sweden, that's definitely true.

Scientists Found a Neanderthal Population That Lived in Total Isolation for 50,000 Years

A fossil in France rewrites what we know about Neanderthal isolation and extinction

Doctors Warn That Bringing Your Phone to the Bathroom Could Backfire in a Painful Way

Smartphone use while pooping linked to higher hemorrhoid risk, survey suggests

Scientists Just Discovered What Happens in Your Brain During an Eureka Moment

Sudden epiphanies may double memory by reorganizing the brain

Almost Half of Teens Say They’d Rather Grow Up Without the Internet

Teens are calling for stronger digital protections, not fewer freedoms.

France has a new laser rifle that can melt electronics from 500 meters away

This isn’t your average battlefield weapon.

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