About 4.5 billion years ago, a colossal impact between the young Earth and a mysterious planetary body called Theia changed ...

Researchers have uncovered a surprising way the brain switches pain on, revealing that neurons can release an enzyme outside ...

Scientists have created a live-cell DNA sensor that reveals how damage appears and disappears inside living cells, capturing ...

Researchers discovered that raising the protein Sox9 can help the brain’s astrocytes clear out toxic plaque buildup linked to ...

Ideas about Vikings and Norse mythology come mostly from much later medieval sources, leaving plenty of room for ...

Researchers have pinpointed a super-Earth in the habitable zone of a nearby M-dwarf star only 18 light-years away.

A massive solar storm in May 2024 gave scientists an unprecedented look at how Earth’s protective plasma layer collapses ...

Scientists flew the XL-Calibur telescope on a high-altitude balloon to measure polarized X-rays from Cygnus X-1. These ...

Water trapped inside tiny molecular cavities behaves in a surprisingly energetic way, pushing outward like people crammed in ...

Researchers taught young loggerhead turtles to associate certain magnetic fields with feeding, prompting a distinctive dance ...

Scientists discovered that lowering a specific molecule helps microglia switch into a protective state that quiets brain ...

A new nasal-delivered nanotherapy shows promise against aggressive glioblastoma tumors. By activating the STING immune ...