How Earth endured a planet-wide inferno: The secret water vault under our feet
Around 4.6 billion years ago, Earth looked nothing like the calm, blue world we see today. Repeated and powerful impacts from space kept the planet’s
New technology eliminates “forever chemicals” with record-breaking speed and efficiency
A research team at Rice University, working with international collaborators, has created the first environmentally friendly technology that can quickly trap and break down toxic
This new 3D chip could break AI’s biggest bottleneck
Engineers from Stanford University, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pennsylvania, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology worked with SkyWater Technology, the largest exclusively U.S. based
This cancer-fighting molecule took 50 years to build
MIT chemists have produced verticillin A in the lab for the first time. This fungal molecule was identified more than 50 years ago and has
Parkinson’s breakthrough changes what we know about dopamine
A new study led by researchers at McGill University is calling into question a long-standing idea about how dopamine influences movement. The findings suggest a
This “mushroom” is not a fungus, it’s a bizarre plant that breaks all the rules
In the damp shade beneath moss-covered trees, high in the mountains of Taiwan and mainland Japan or deep within the subtropical forests of Okinawa, an
The 98% mystery: Scientists just cracked the code on “junk DNA” linked to Alzheimer’s
When people picture DNA, they often imagine a set of genes that shape our physical traits, influence behavior, and help keep our cells and organs
Earth may have been ravaged by “invisible” explosions from space
Touchdown airbursts are a form of cosmic impact that may happen more often than the well-known, crater-forming events linked to mass extinctions. Despite their potential
AI detects cancer but it’s also reading who you are
A new study shows that artificial intelligence systems used to diagnose cancer from pathology slides do not perform equally for all patients, with accuracy varying
This 8,000-year-old art shows math before numbers existed
A study published in the Journal of World Prehistory suggests that some of the earliest known images of plants created by humans served a deeper