DNA damage from inflammation outpaces the cells’ ability to self-repair. The finding, in human brain cells and mice, could ...

A new study shows learning to fly in virtual reality with virtual wings can reshape the brain, making it treat wings more ...

On the International Space Station, a cube holding a diamond-based sensor revealed the potential for quantum magnetometers.

Planetary scientist Candice Hansen-Koharcheck championed the importance of space imagery. Her legacy lives on in every pixel ...

Scientists and journalists share a core belief in questioning, observing and verifying to reach the truth. Science News reports on crucial research and discovery across science disciplines. We need ...

Early in her research, forensic anthropologist Alexandra Morton-Hayward came across a paper describing a 2,500-year-old brain preserved in a severed skull. The paper referenced another preserved brain ...

Creating human eggs from adult cells just got one step closer to reality. A technique used in cloning combined with fertilization and a bit of chemical coaxing caused human skin cells to produce eggs ...

The study is often blamed for distrust of the U.S. health care system. It’s not that simple. “We were all hard-working men … and citizens of the United States.” Herman Shaw, 1997 Born in Alabama in ...

Nigerian virologist Margaret Oluwatoyin Japhet has designed a rapid test that could diagnose rotavirus at a child’s bedside.

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Most scientific fields have been made over with a revolutionary theory at least once in recent centuries. Such makeovers, or paradigm shifts, reorder old knowledge into a new framework. Revolutionary ...

Public health officials are racing to find out how the sometimes deadly hantavirus got aboard a cruise ship and if there has ...