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has been used for millennia, and chemists first isolated from the plant in the late 1820s. Now, 200 years later, biolo…
consists of three tightly coiled gold spirals that at first glance could look like bracelets, but inspection shows they are neck rings or collar rings, wound to fit into a…
The answer was hiding in an unexpected place — the immune system. A study in Science finds that special immune cells in pigeons’ livers—macrophages—are extremely sensitive to Earth’s magnetic field…
For decades researchers assumed wheel-running meant one thing: cage neurosis. They often compared it to doing push-ups in a prison cell. But recent studies show we were wrong about what…
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics assembled the largest dataset ever of facial-attractiveness ratings: 52 studies from 76 countries. The final dataset contains more than 1.5 million…
If you can read this, you’re probably sure of one thing: you’re conscious. Your relatives, neighbors, and friends seem conscious too — they act like people and appear to share…
Researchers analyzed more than 215,000 moves from roughly 3,600 official games and found top players were more likely to pick the best move when they moved faster. That doesn’t mean…
Preliminary dating places the sanctuary’s earliest phase in the 5th–4th centuries B.C., when the Veneti — a people with their own language and script — lived in northeastern Italy and…
A crash analysis of about 2,000 road crashes in Austria found women are far more likely than men to be injured in the chest, spine, arms, and legs. Project coordinator…
Almost everything we do leaves an environmental mark — and that now includes our online behavior. What we eat, how we travel, and how we run our homes have long…
Tiny tyrannosaur arms have puzzled paleontologists for decades. A new study from University College London (UCL) offers a straightforward, convincing answer: the forelimbs shrank as massive, powerful skulls and jaws…
A common green mineral could help turn oceans into long-term carbon sinks. Olivine is a green silicate mineral that’s common in nature. When rain or seawater reaches olivine, the mineral…
Compared with other primates, our population-level right-hand bias really stands out. Chimpanzees, gorillas, and monkeys may favor one hand for specific tasks, but no other species shows the kind of…
AI is already reshaping everything—from how we work to how we live—and no one can fully predict how far those changes will go. At the same time, conversations about the…
Yawning isn’t just human — it shows up across mammals, which suggests it serves an important brain function. A study from the University of Parma adds a surprising twist: the…
AI services from OpenAI, Meta, Google, and others can translate dozens of languages almost instantly and keep getting better. But there’s a difference between using a tool to extend what…
In 1950, two investigators noticed a striking pattern: schizophrenia — a severe psychiatric disorder found in every known society — seemed to be missing among people who were blind from…
Our voices can change in an instant: an adrenaline rush tightens the muscles around the larynx, making the voice higher and shakier, while talking with someone close tends to make…
Cancer cells travel through the bloodstream looking for places to take root. Yet one spot they almost never conquer is the heart — the pump that carries them all over…
“On Earth, rainbows form when light is refracted, internally reflected, and scattered by water droplets,” Dr. Alfredo Carpineti, a space expert at IFLScience, explained. The liquid plays an incredibly important…
Sefik Tagay, a professor of psychology at Cologne University of Applied Sciences in Germany, says social media don’t hook you because you’re weak. They do it because the platforms satisfy…
We owe enormous love, respect, and gratitude to the mothers who gave us life and, for some of us, helped us survive — sometimes under extremely difficult circumstances. A new…
First — a bigger brain doesn’t automatically mean higher intelligence. Brain size only weakly correlates with measures of intelligence in humans. Albert Einstein’s brain, for example, was relatively small —…
A new red-alert report from Accu, an engineering-components company, draws on data from the U.S. Space Surveillance Network and the Space-Track database. By Accu’s estimate, at least 12,550 trackable objects…
Pyrocystis lunula — an organism known for brief flashes of blue light — can sometimes produce literal sparks in breaking waves on the shore. Researchers at the University of Colorado…
The incident happened on April 25, but NASA only shared the story now — Curiosity’s surprise unfolded over several days. Curiosity encountered that surprise during routine work at the Atacama…
Researchers at McGill University in Canada found a faster, more effective way to spot a psychopath — and protect yourself from toxic interactions. Just pay attention to the posture a…
It turns out people with emotional instability and mood swings report the most vivid sexual fantasies. That’s one conclusion from a study by researchers at Michigan State University (USA). The…
An astonishing finding from Israeli scientists at Reichman University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem shows that a person’s name really affects their appearance. The scientists call this the “face-name…
Researchers used artificial intelligence to digitally reconstruct the appearance of a man who died in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Archaeologists previously found his remains and those…
Marine cloud brightening could locally reduce warming and help protect vulnerable ecosystems from extreme heat. Led by Professor Hugh Coe at the University of Manchester, the team is running experiments…
Who would have guessed—young people think artificial intelligence gives better answers to mental-health questions than psychiatrists. At least, that’s what participants in a study carried out by researchers from the…
Huawei’s headlights can now project movies. If the driver doesn’t like the film, the driver can switch to sports or other videos instead. Huawei developed the XPixel lighting system with…
As British neurobiologist and author Dean Burnett argues, there’s no logical reason to root for the dark side. But we do it anyway. Burnett says a favorite movie villain can…
Two ancient pennies stamped with Christian symbols were made more than a thousand years ago. On one side of both pennies, there is a clear image of the Lamb of…
Arachnologists at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History uncovered a surprising trick scorpions use to toughen their weapons. They found that some of the planet’s most fearsome arachnids reinforce…
The samples were collected in 2020 at a site called “Mary Anning 3,” an area that once hosted lakes, streams, and marshy shores. The site sits in Glen Torridon on…
Everyone knows drinking too much is bad for the body. But a new study from leading U.S. research centers shows that even small amounts can seriously damage the brain. The…
Countless online tips promise to boost your everyday productivity. But do they actually work? Not necessarily. “There might not be any dramatic tricks that will turn you into the next…
At the site of ancient Ptolemais, archaeologists are uncovering traces of everyday life rather than grand monuments of power. Instead of monumental temples or elaborate inscriptions, they are finding hundreds…
A study by researchers at the University of Queensland (Australia) found that members of Gen Z stereotypically view their older colleagues as incompetent, untrainable, and unable to adapt to new…
It might sound odd, but scientists who study dogs haven’t paid enough attention to how important play is for dogs and their owners. In a new study, a team of…
The ancient ancestors of modern octopuses that lived in Earth’s oceans 100 to 72 million years ago resembled krakens — the giant cephalopods from Norse myth said to attack ships.…
At the rock shelter Kakapel in western Kenya, researchers reconstructed a nearly 9,000‑year‑old visual archive—and, for the first time, linked individual layers of paintings to specific human communities. A study…
Have you ever tasted a word? Seen colors when you listen to music? If that sounds familiar, you might be one of roughly four percent of people with synesthesia —…
Space fans have plenty to look forward to. Artemis II marked a historic milestone: astronauts flew to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.…
What started as an arena for athletic contests was, by the late Roman period, converted into a multipurpose venue for gladiatorial combat, animal shows, and public executions. Discoveries made as…
Researchers at Seven Seas surveyed 2,000 British adults about what age people consider someone to be old. Answers varied by respondent age, but on average respondents said someone becomes “old”…
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