We Can Thank Devastating Space Rocks That We’re HereThere’s a hypothesis that Earth once had a ring kind of like Saturn’s. That would have shaped the climate—and evolution too.
The Seven Most Amazing Discoveries We’ve Made by Exploring MarsScientists have learned a lot since they started sending crafts and rovers to our red neighbor.
Language Evolves Over Time and Islands Can Drive Linguistic DiversityThey take up little of Earth’s inhabited land but churn out languages like no continent can.
Canadian Climate Lawsuit by Young People Could Sway Global CasesThe appeals court in Canada's most populous province is set to rule on Thursday whether Ontario's climate target violates young people's rights, in a decision that could sway similar cases internationally.
NASA takes a giant leap toward streaming 4K video back from the MoonOne of the miracles of the Apollo Moon landings is that they were televised, live, for all the world to see. This transparency diffused doubts about whether the lunar landings really happened and were watched by billions of people.
AI met fruit fly, and a better brain model emergedScientists have created a virtual brain network that can predict the behavior of individual neurons in a living brain.
America’s Hurricane Luck Is Running OutHelene is a harbinger of relentless storm seasons to come. Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration.
How plants could mine metals from the soilNickel may not grow on trees—but there’s a chance it could someday be mined using plants. Many plant species naturally soak up metal and concentrate it in their tissues, and new funding will support research on how to use that trait for plant-based mining, or phytomining.
A single peptide helps starfish get rid of a limb when attackedFor many creatures, having a limb caught in a predator’s mouth is usually a death sentence. Not starfish, though—they can detach the limb and leave the predator something to chew on while they crawl away. But how can they pull this off?
How your brain detects patterns in the everyday: without conscious thoughtYou have full access to this article via your institution. The human brain is constantly picking up patterns in everyday experiences — and can do so without conscious thought, finds a study1 of neuronal activity in people who had electrodes implanted in their brain tissue for medical reasons.
Simulation theory: why The Matrix may be closer to fact than fiction"The Matrix" may have been right all along. The idea that we are all living in a virtual simulation of reality formed the basis of the 1999 cult film, and now some philosophers and an increasing number of scientists are coming round to the idea it might actually be true.
The UK is building an alarm system for climate tipping pointsThe UK’s new moonshot research agency just launched an £81 million ($106 million) program to develop early warning systems to sound the alarm if Earth gets perilously close to crossing climate tipping points.
These 3D-printed pipes inspired by shark intestines outperform Tesla valvesScientists at the University of Washington have recreated the distinctive spiral shapes of shark intestines in 3D-printed pipes in order to study the unique fluid flow inside the spirals.
Brain goop that traps hunger neurons drives obesityYou have full access to this article via your institution. The goo also prevents insulin from reaching brain neurons that control hunger. Inhibiting production of the goo led mice to lose weight, experiments found.