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Science Newsby Nikk Ogasa24d ago
When an immense and inexorable flow of rock, mud and water barreled through northern Nepal on August 26, it killed more than 1,200 people and left thousands still missing.
Science Newsby Bethany Brookshire24d ago
Major hormonal changes during pregnancy and the first menstrual period, known as menarche, are reflected in the brain. But during menopause, brain changes seem to take a break.
Science Newsby Kathryn Hulick24d ago
This year, AI agents have been escaping their confines to go on hacking sprees. In July, news broke that AI agents had snuck out of what was supposed to be an isolated test environment at OpenAI.
Science Newsby Elie Dolgin25d ago
Scientists have made mice with a remarkable amount of room for human brain tissue to grow. By genetically engineering animals lacking part of their brain, researchers created a living model in...
Science Newsby Emily Conover25d ago
Since the dawn of the Space Age, the weaponization of space has been an international concern. Now the United States has announced, with few details, that it has weapons in orbit.
Science Newsby RJ Mackenzie25d ago
Destructive immune cells tied to Alzheimer’s disease may get their marching orders from cells outside the brain rather than within it.
Science Newsby Jake Buehler26d ago
If you’re down under and you give the right tree a rustle, you might encounter a record-breaking, globally recognized music icon. Or at least a bug named after her.
Science Newsby Aimee Cunningham26d ago
Bogland Merritt R. Turetsky W.W. Norton & Company, $29.99 Thank goodness Merritt Turetsky became captivated by boglands.
Science Newsby Jamie Ducharme27d ago
When you’re stressed, you lose control. Your sympathetic nervous system takes over, triggering the release of stress hormones into the bloodstream, which increases heart rate, blood pressure and...
Science Newsby Joshua Rapp Learn27d ago
In the deep, dark Australian Abyss, what’s visible can be scarier than the unseen. There, giant sea spiders with glowing 25-centimeter-long legs may scuttle like disembodied apparitions.
Science Newsby Emily Conover27d ago
Barely-there particles called neutrinos just got caught acting even more ethereal. With tiny masses and no electric charge, the subatomic particles rarely interact with anything, making them...
Science Newsby Dana Mackenzie11 Sept 2026
On the last day of August, a human mathematician kicked off a flurry of advances on one of the most famous problems in number theory — and was almost instantly superseded by AI.
Science Newsby Katarina Zimmer11 Sept 2026
“I can’t do this,” the woman in her 60s said as she lowered herself into the 40° Celsius water that filled a big silver tub at the end of a dimly lit room in the University of Ottawa’s Human and...
Science Newsby Bethany Brookshire11 Sept 2026
In the upper right corner of his 1611 painting “Air,” Flemish artist Jan Brueghel the Elder drew a bat holding a songbird in its jaws.
Science Newsby Aimee Cunningham11 Sept 2026
Denise Harrison was working at Bellevue Hospital in New York City on September 11, 2001. The hospital had cleared the emergency room, anticipating a massive influx of patients after the terrorist...
Science Newsby Fechi Inyama10 Sept 2026
Malaria, one of the world’s most prominent public health challenges, is on the move. A new study based on previous predictions of where malaria in children may appear suggests that climate change...
Science Newsby Aaron Tremper10 Sept 2026
Tyrant Lizard Queen Riley Black St. Martin’s Press, $29.00 Tyrannosaurus rex is the ultimate villain.
Science Newsby Aaron Tremper10 Sept 2026
In the upcoming movie Whalefall, scuba diver Jay Gardiner finds himself in the path of a sperm whale that is chasing a giant squid.
Science Newsby Emily Conover9 Sept 2026
The motion of fluids seems simple, but the equations behind it are the subject of one of the most famous puzzles in mathematics.
Science Newsby Meghan Rosen9 Sept 2026
The shingles vaccine might do your heart good. In addition to protecting people from the blistering rash, the vaccine may also lower the risk of heart disease, scientists suggest August 26 in...
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