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After sick corals were placed in direct contact with healthy ones of the same genetic make-up, they recovered at “incredible” speed, scientists found.
Lung cancer is still a leading cause of cancer death, but that rate is half what it was in the 1990s, partly because newly developed treatments are working.
The Arctic is warming four times faster than the rest of the globe, and scientists are racing to understand how that fact affects the region's landscapes and ecosystems. Permafrost thaw is one of the most visible signs of climate change, with whole hillslopes of previously frozen ground slumping off and coastlines falling into the ocean. It's disrupting ecosystems, releasing carbon, and threatening Indigenous communities in the far north.
SpudCells may one day produce new medicines and materials. But first scientists have to improve them — and make sure they aren’t misused.
A survey of UK employees has revealed that more than half experience a mismatch between what their employer says and what they do in practice, with many looking to leadership behavior when judging an organization's true values.
SpaceX rocket launch causes stunning ‘jellyfish cloud’ visible off US east coast The Guardian NASA’s Space X CRS-35 Launch Jellyfish NASA (.gov) PIN IT: SpaceX launch makes ‘space jellyfish’ effect in sky. Here’s the science behind it WKMG What caused the lights in the sky over Indiana Tuesday morning? WTHR Cosmic 'jellyfish' wows skywatchers after SpaceX launch | Space photo of the day for Oct. 14, 2026 Space
Why is there life on Earth? It's one of the oldest questions humans have asked, and as far as we know, our planet is the only one that holds the answer.
For more than a decade, conservative activists held that a single atomic bomb could, without killing Americans directly, lay waste to the country — a claim that built fervor for war with Iran.
Ice baths, massages, compression garments, and recovery supplements promise faster muscle recovery, but research suggests their benefits are often overstated, and some techniques may even undermine long-term gains. Scientists say the most effective recovery methods are far simpler and cheaper: getting enough sleep, eating well, and giving muscles time to rebuild.
The Earth’s vital signs are concerning, a new report says The Washington Post Earth’s Condition Is ‘Serious and Getting Worse’ as Climate Change Intensifies WIRED Climate Change Is Accelerating Faster Than We Can Respond, Scientists Warn Time Magazine 2026 State of the Climate Report Shows a Planet Reaching Its Limits Eos Climate scientists issue a sobering diagnosis about Earth's 'vital signs' Scientific American
As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly enters classrooms and learning environments, how can societies ensure that its benefits reach learners and educators while avoiding new forms of inequality? A new international study led by Associate Professor Rwitajit Majumdar at Kumamoto University in Japan provides a roadmap for responsible AI integration in education.
He’s been linked to someone called “The Hawk.” He named his company “This Isn’t a Dentist’s Office.” The feds say he hacked American environmentalists.
Two unusually long-legged cats have helped scientists uncover the first genetically confirmed cases of Marfan syndrome in domestic felines. Researchers at Cornell University discovered that the brothers carried two altered copies of a gene linked to the rare connective tissue disorder, which can affect the eyes, heart, and blood vessels. Surprisingly, the cats survived into adulthood because their genetic mutation still allowed some normal function.
The world's coral reefs face an existential threat from rising seawater temperatures that trigger widespread bleaching, a problem driven by climate change and compounded by this year's intense El Niño phenomenon.
Injured kitten with a wheelchair made from toy cars gets adopted The Washington Post
Exercise during childhood could have a surprising lifelong benefit, potentially making physical activity less exhausting in adulthood. In a study involving guinea fowl, researchers discovered that birds accustomed to carrying weights while growing up could carry those weights as adults without using extra energy, while untrained birds burned 23% more.
In the 1970s, researchers began to observe drastic amphibian declines in Brazil's Atlantic Forest, a global hotspot of frog biodiversity. For decades, these disappearances remained a mystery. Now, new research from scientists at the Center for Conservation Genomics at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) and Pennsylvania State University (PSU), published today in the journal Molecular Ecology, points to amphibian chytridiomycosis, a devastating infectious dis
Triplet of ‘Ghostly’ Galaxies Hints at What Dark Matter Is — and Isn’t Quanta Magazine
For decades, scientists have focused on amyloid beta as a major culprit behind Alzheimer’s disease, spending billions of dollars developing treatments that have often delivered disappointing results. Now, researchers at UC Santa Cruz are drawing attention to a largely overlooked peptide called P3 that could also play a role in the disease. Previously believed to be harmless, P3 can form harmful-looking protein clumps even faster than amyloid beta and may also damage brain cells.
Organizations are unprepared for the risks posed by quantum computing, IBM's Europe and Africa vice president Alessandro Curioni told AFP Wednesday, referring to the high-speed technology that could crack security encryptions and enable large-scale cyberattacks.
The Sun’s Death Could Tear Apart the Outer Solar System Much Sooner Than Thought Gizmodo The dying sun could tear the solar system apart sooner than thought Phys.org The Sun Has a New Life Expectancy, and It’s a Billion Times Shorter Sky & Telescope Our Solar System May Be Destroyed 100 Times Faster Than We Thought ScienceAlert The solar system’s giant planets break apart in 9 of 10 simulations Martin Cid Magazine
Scientists may have solved a long-standing mystery about why the Moon’s two sides are so different, using samples collected from its farside for the first time. Their findings suggest that uneven heating from Earth's gravitational pull drove enormous flows of ancient magma, creating the dramatically different lunar landscapes we see today.
An international team of scientists recently collaborated to identify a mysterious viral disease damaging pepper and tomato crops in Chile.
Scientists have discovered a protein that may help harmful aging cells hide from the immune system, allowing them to accumulate and fuel age-related health problems. Blocking the protein in mice reduced these cells and inflammation while improving blood sugar regulation and strength, offering a promising new direction for anti-aging research.
Fishing is increasing in most marine reserves worldwide in spite of conservation pledges, a study published Wednesday found.
Four years ago, NASA punched an asteroid. Europe's Hera probe arrives this month to inspect the wreckage Space ESA's Hera Mission Targets Binary Asteroid Pair in November Universe Today ESA’s Hera spacecraft gets first glimpse of target asteroid Didymos that was hit by NASA Starlust.org ESA probe Hera to arrive at Didymos: Target asteroid pictured as a single pixel heise online ESA’s Hera Is About to Fire Its Engines for 93 Minutes in a High-Stakes Asteroid Approach The Daily Galaxy
Different tissues need different amounts of blood depending on what they are doing. Meeting those changing demands requires the circulatory system to continually balance how much blood flows to different regions of the body.
Scientists discover that some of the universe's biggest explosions may have never happened at all Space Hypernovae May Be All Hype, No Nova Universe Today Scientists challenge evidence for the most powerful explosions in the universe Earth.com Hypernovae May Not Have Happened After All European Scientist
A female orangutan that was likely starving was evacuated Wednesday from an area razed by fire on the Indonesian island of Borneo, officials said, as the country rescues hundreds of animals affected by the blazes.
A massive prehistoric snake discovered in India may have rivaled the largest snake ever known. Called Vasuki indicus, the 47-million-year-old giant could have reached up to 50 feet long, making it comparable to the legendary Titanoboa. Scientists believe its enormous body made it a slow-moving ambush predator, similar to a modern anaconda.
Large dogs age more quickly than small dogs at a molecular level ReutersSee more headlines & perspectives on Google News
Europe's heat waves this past summer broke countless records, and wildfires spread across Spain and France, forcing mass evacuations.
A promising new treatment for knee arthritis uses tiny, dissolvable particles to block abnormal blood vessels, easing inflammation and pain without joint replacement surgery. In a study of 194 patients, 80% experienced clinically meaningful pain relief lasting at least 12 months.
Fossil kept in drawer for a century sheds light on enigmatic meat-eating dinosaurs NBC News New dinosaur species found after Isle of Wight fossil 'overlooked' for a century Sky News Isle of Wight fossil Europe's first known long-clawed megaraptoran dinosaur Phys.org Island fossil identified as new dinosaur species BBC Dinosaur named new species a century after fossil found on Isle of Wight New Scientist
A network of drifting buoys equipped with barometers can help improve weather forecasts of extreme Mediterranean storms by providing crucial atmospheric observations from areas of the sea where measurements are scarce. A new study published in the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society provides the first assessment of the impact of these observations during Storm Harry, which affected the Mediterranean region in January 2026.
Scientists have announced a new genus of deep-sea segmented marine "spaghetti worms" with suction cups on their bodies, showing just how much undiscovered biodiversity is out there in the deep seas around Australia.
A new study reveals that people draw a surprisingly sharp line between human consciousness and artificial intelligence, even when both behave identically. Researchers found that participants considered even the most responsive AI less conscious than the least responsive human. Yet when asked about "awareness" instead, people judged humans and AI much more similarly.
"Unrelated thoughts and ideas flow together, inanimate objects become loaded with emotional meaning and senses blend into one another" BBC Wildlife Magazine Psilocybin, LSD, and 2C-B leave different fingerprints on the brain, new study suggests PsyPost
A major software advance could aid the creation of bigger, more reliable quantum computers, a study suggests. Researchers have developed an algorithm that enables off-the-shelf computers to run quantum simulations previously only possible using the world's most powerful supercomputers.
Astronomers have discovered that a scorching-hot planet 320 light-years away shares a striking chemical similarity with its host star, providing the first direct evidence for a fundamental assumption about planet formation. The breakthrough could help scientists predict what distant rocky planets are made of and identify worlds with conditions favorable for life.
A new megaraptoran dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Wessex Formation, UK, and its implications for theropod evolution and biogeography royalsocietypublishing.org Island fossil identified as new dinosaur species BBC Isle of Wight fossil Europe's first known long-clawed megaraptoran dinosaur Phys.org Nearly 100 Years in a Drawer: Fossil Turns Out to Be a New Species of Dinosaur blue News Dinosaur named new species a century after fossil found on Isle of Wight New Scientist
Energy production in our cells, oxygen traveling in our blood and immune cells fighting infection all depend on iron, an essential mineral that enters the food chain when plants absorb it from soil. But iron is often scarce—likely increasingly so as global weather and temperatures continue to change—and we aren't the only ones that need it.
Scientists used artificial intelligence to uncover nearly 10,000 chemical reactions involved in transforming carbon dioxide into fuels and chemicals, revealing crucial pathways that traditional models had missed. The discovery dramatically improved predictions of CO2 conversion and uncovered a surprising hydrogen reaction that could inspire more efficient catalysts.
The leap second is on the chopping block — and timekeeping could change forever KSL Why the ‘leap second’ has had its time The Week World's timekeepers will vote to ditch 'leap second' this week ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation The collective global duty to safeguard time Financial Times World Timekeepers Set to Vote on Ending Leap Seconds StratNews Global
The area of water between Russia and North America and the Pacific and Arctic oceans is now known as the Bering Strait. Yet it was once what we call the Bering Land Bridge, an exposed land and maritime region that connected Asia to North America.
Island fossil identified as new dinosaur species BBC Isle of Wight fossil Europe's first known long-clawed megaraptoran dinosaur Phys.org UK dinosaur fossil identified as new long-clawed predator Natural History Museum Fossil kept in drawer for a century sheds light on enigmatic meat-eating dinosaurs NBC News Dinosaur named new species a century after fossil found on Isle of Wight New Scientist
A newly identified 210-million-year-old dinosaur from Zimbabwe is helping scientists uncover a surprisingly distinct prehistoric ecosystem. The discovery suggests that ancient climate differences may have separated dinosaur populations across southern Africa, leading to unique species that challenge previous assumptions about their evolution.
A study by the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) has analyzed which factors are most associated with pornography use during adolescence. The results show that the most predictive variable is gender, followed by problematic internet use, cannabis and alcohol consumption, family conflict and engaging in certain risky sexual behaviors. The research, published in the journal Computation, was based on the 2023 ESTUDES survey and used a sample of 33,543 adolescents. The aim was to determine which per
A new study by researchers at the University of South Florida and Florida Atlantic University has demonstrated that a DNA sequencing tool can rapidly identify harmful algae in coastal waters, offering a new approach for monitoring species that could lead to improved methods for detecting potentially dangerous species before blooms become widespread.
Earth May Not Be The Best Planet For Life, Scientists Say Better Worlds Could Exist NDTV Worlds More Habitable Than Earth? They’re Out There. The New York Times Scientists Identify K Dwarf Planets as Potentially More Habitable SuaraGarut.ID
Protecting seabirds and restoring natural vegetation could give low-lying tropical atoll islands a fighting chance against the threat of sea-level rise, a new study reveals.
A research team at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has found that the area affected by tropical cyclone (TC) rainfall is extending inland along Northern Hemisphere coasts at an average rate of approximately 3.8 kilometers (2.4 miles) per decade. Driven by rising nearshore sea surface temperature (SST), this shift is increasing disaster risks for inland regions. The work is published in the journal Nature Communications.
Christina Koch Retiring From Flight Status TalkOfTitusville.com NASA Names Astronaut Christina Koch Acting Deputy Chief Engineer NASA (.gov) NASA grounds its longest-flying female astronaut—by handing her the keys to the engineering kingdom WESH Christina Koch named NASA’s acting deputy chief engineer WRAL Christina Koch, the Artemis 2 astronaut who captivated the world: "If asked to go to Mars, I would say yes, 100%" El Mundo America
When hotels replace single-use toiletries with refillable dispensers, or companies strip unnecessary items from product bundles to cut waste, they may expect consumers to hail these changes as environmentally responsible.
SpaceX launch creates ‘space jellyfish’ over Grand Isle, Southeast WAFB Photos: SpaceX CRS-35 launch creates 'space jellyfish' over Bay Area FOX 13 Tampa Bay What is that strange cloud in the sky? WFLA NASA Sets Coverage for SpaceX 35th Station Resupply Launch, Arrival NASA (.gov) Did you see it? SpaceX Falcon 9 launch leaves jellyfish cloud over Florida NBC 6 South Florida
Cement manufacturing is one of the largest sources of CO₂ emissions in the construction industry. At the Department of Architecture, Karen Antorveza Paez, who has just completed her doctorate at ETH Zurich, is researching an alternative that works in a different way: instead of firing rocks at over 1,000°C, she is getting bacteria to bond grains of sand together into solid architectural elements.
Dogs Seem to Agree With Humans That 'Bouba' Is Round And 'Kiki' Is Spiky ScienceAlert
Just minutes into a planned research flight from Colorado to Oregon in August to study massive storm clouds fueled by intense wildfires, scientists discovered that a fire in Utah offered a more promising target. The mission support staff on the ground scrambled to draw up a new flight plan, and the pilots of the U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR) Gulfstream V worked to get the green light from air traffic controllers to fly toward the wildfire-ge
Rare fossil of T. rex cousin goes on display in New York before heading to auction AP NewsSee more headlines & perspectives on Google News
A sundown town is a community that prohibited Black people from staying within its borders after dark or from owning property. This was done through laws, signs, threats, harassment or violence. More than 150 years after the end of slavery and a generation after Civil Rights reforms, a new study finds that places designated as "sundown towns" in the past are more racist today.
While many dinosaurs were fearsome predators with razor-sharp teeth, others were peaceful herbivores munching on plants. We can now add a new species to the list of plant-eaters, Infernogallus jamesi. Its name means hell chicken, and its fossilized remains were found in the Hell Creek Formation, a fossil-rich rock formation extending across parts of Montana, South Dakota and North Dakota. And it is providing fresh insights into how some dinosaur diets evolved.
On this day in space! Oct. 13, 1773: Astronomer Charles Messier discovers the Whirlpool Galaxy before we ever knew it was a galaxy Space
Human genomic DNA is wrapped around core histone proteins to form nucleosomes, the fundamental units of chromatin. During interphase, the period between cell divisions, DNA is replicated and the nucleus becomes larger. At the same time, cells must continuously carry out essential genome functions such as transcription, DNA replication and DNA repair. How the behavior of genomic DNA is maintained during these large changes has remained unclear.
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