Astrocytes, once thought to be mere brain “support cells,” are now revealed to be key players in fear memory. Researchers found they actively help form, recall, and weaken fear responses by ...

A group of undergraduate students stumbled into a cosmic time capsule—one of the oldest stars ever discovered—while combing ...

Dying stars may be wiping out nearby giant planets as they expand into red giants. Astronomers found that these close-in planets become increasingly rare around more evolved stars, suggesting many ...

A new breakthrough is transforming MXenes—ultra-thin, high-tech materials—into something far more powerful and precise.

Asteroid impacts may have helped kick-start life on Earth by creating hot, chemical-rich environments ideal for early biology. These impact-generated hydrothermal systems could have lasted thousands ...

A new pill called baxdrostat is showing strong results in lowering dangerously high blood pressure in people who don’t respond to standard treatments. In a large global trial, patients saw their blood ...

Scientists have created a programmable drug system that can zero in on cancer cells with unprecedented accuracy. Built from ...

What started as routine fossil cleaning turned into a major scientific surprise when researchers uncovered a tiny claw in a ...

A new gene therapy is giving people born deaf the chance to hear, often within just weeks. In a small but groundbreaking ...

Saturn’s magnetic field isn’t the smooth, symmetrical shield scientists see around Earth. Instead, it’s noticeably skewed, ...

Thousands of years ago in a cave on Hispaniola, an unusual chain of events left behind a rare scientific treasure: bees ...

A new study suggests that one of the most widely used health metrics, BMI, may be getting it wrong for a large portion of the ...