A microscopic layer of environmental carbon solves a long-standing mystery about static electricity's true origins.

Working with 10 mice, they monitored roughly 8,000 neurons in the primary visual cortex of each animal while the mice watched ...

The audacious plan was revealed by Los Angeles-based startup TransAstra. The “New Moon” mission is a project designed to rendezvous with a house-sized space rock weighing roughly 100 metric tonnes and ...

U.S. military action is disrupting key energy suppliers, putting China’s reliance on foreign sources to the test. Even as Beijing strengthens domestic capacity and diversifies imports, the crisis ...

Divers have found a medieval metropolis is sitting at the bottom of a mountain lake in Kyrgyzstan. The city, currently on the bottom of Lake Issyk-Kul is remarkably well-preserved, complete with brick ...

The researchers tested the tar against Staphylococcus aureus, a major cause of skin infections, and Escherichia coli, a ...

Weathering doesn’t fully break them down. Instead, it fragments them into smaller, altered particles that can persist in soils for years. And their toxicity doesn’t vanish either. While fresh ...

One of the hottest classes of drugs in the world owes part of its origin story to a weird desert lizard with a venomous bite ...

Credit: David Hiser/Environmental Protection Agency The bow and arrow only arrived in western North America 1,400 years ago, according to a recent dating of over a hundred ancient weapons. This is ...

Dick Van Dyke, the legendary American actor and comedian who starred in classics such as Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang ...

The legendary Dick Van Dyke credits his incredible longevity to one particular habit. Science says he’s right by Jolanta Burke March 20, 2026 ...

Today, the Sahara is a 3.6-million-square-mile expanse of blistering sand, sweeping dunes, and barren rock. It defines the very concept of an inhospitable wasteland. Yet, hidden deep within the arid ...