Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

A unique technique allowed astronomers to see the early universe as a "sea of light" and explore the effects of gravity and dark energy on cosmic evolution.

A new vehicle is the first mass-produced passenger EV with a viable sodium-based alternative to conventional lithium-ion ...

Humans have practiced head shaping for tens of thousands of years, and anthropologists are beginning to uncover clues as to why.

The pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed glider, two marsupials believed to have died out thousands of years ago, are still alive in Papuan Indonesia.

Astronomers have discovered the brightest and most distant "megamaser" to date. The cosmic energy beam is shooting toward ...

Scientists at Nankai University, Tianjin, developed a high-energy, solid-state battery system that they claim has already ...

A 12th-century sword spotted jutting out of the seabed in Israel was designed for one-handed combat during the Crusades.

Ancient followers of the Eleusinian Mysteries may have used a highly toxic fungus to create psychedelic hallucinations during ...

The portable computing powerhouse is capable of running 120-billion-parameter LLMs, roughly three times larger than GPT-3, without needing to access the internet or the cloud.

Pain is something most people experience after an injury, whether from a sprained ankle, surgery or car accident. Normally pain fades as the body heals. But it may last longer in women than in men, ...