A surprising discovery from Emory University shows that psilocin, the active metabolite of psychedelic mushrooms, can delay ...

Ancient river landscapes buried beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet have been uncovered by radar, revealing vast, flat ...

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope is set to embark on a deep-sky survey that could capture nearly 100,000 cosmic explosions, ...

A new UK study shows that vaccinating pregnant women against RSV has led to a staggering 72% drop in hospitalizations of ...

People in richer countries aren’t moving less — they’re just eating more. A new Duke study shows that diet, not laziness, is ...

Scientists at Rice University and the University of Houston have created a powerful new material by guiding bacteria to grow cellulose in aligned patterns, resulting in sheets with the strength of ...

Gene editing may hold the key to rescuing endangered species—not just by preserving them, but by restoring their lost genetic ...

Beneath Yellowstone’s stunning surface lies a hyperactive seismic world, now better understood thanks to machine learning. Researchers have uncovered over 86,000 earthquakes—10 times more than ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, observed the very beginning of planet formation around a star beyond our Solar System.

A tiny object far beyond Pluto, newly discovered by the Subaru Telescope, could reshape our understanding of the early Solar ...

What if mRNA vaccines could be made more powerful and less irritating? Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have found a way to do just that—by tweaking a key molecule in the vaccine’s ...

Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have made a promising breakthrough in memory technology by using a ...