Coastal Upwelling Is Making Oceans Acidify Faster
New research shows that coastal upwelling systems are accelerating ocean acidification well beyond global averages, thre...
-Scince
Plants That Mine Metals: Ferns Could Unlock Rare Earths
Researchers have discovered that certain ferns can concentrate rare earth elements (REEs) by forming microscopic monazit...
How Mantle Waves Peel Continents and Feed Volcanoes
Geoscientists say a slow, hidden process deep beneath our feet is stripping continental roots and carrying that material...
A Spoonful of Black Cumin: Could It Lower Cholesterol?
A common culinary spice with a long folk-medicine history is drawing renewed scientific attention. A small clinical tria...
Human Evolution Is Ongoing: Evidence from Genes and Culture
For many, human evolution feels like a chapter closed in prehistory — a story of primitive people becoming modern throug...
First Human Death from H5N5 Bird Flu Reported in US
A Washington state resident has died after contracting a rare avian influenza strain, H5N5, marking the first recorded h...
Our Solar System May Be Moving Far Faster Than Expected
New analysis of distant radio galaxies suggests our Solar System might be racing through space at a speed far greater th...
Could Regular Cheese Consumption Lower Dementia Risk?
Does a taste for cheese tell us something about future brain health? A new Japanese cohort study suggests a small but me...
Hybrid Immune Therapy Reverses Type 1 Diabetes in Mice
A novel hybrid immune-cell therapy has fully prevented and reversed type 1 diabetes in mice without long-term immunosupp...
High-Intensity Yoga Might Be the Most Effective Sleep Aid
Rolling out a yoga mat and syncing movement with breath may do more than calm your mind — new evidence suggests it could...
Finasteride and Male Hair Loss: Effectiveness vs Risks
Finasteride has long been a go-to prescription for men facing androgenetic alopecia, promising slowed hair loss and in m...
Cutting TV Time Could Slash Midlife Depression Risk 43%
A major long-term analysis suggests that even modest shifts away from hours spent watching television and toward physica...
Mexico’s Ox Bel Ha: The Underwater Cave Keeps Growing
Deep beneath the Yucatán Peninsula, a watery labyrinth keeps yielding secrets. Sistema Ox Bel Ha — the Maya name for "Th...
MIT Method Reboots Retina to Restore Vision in Amblyopia
MIT researchers report a surprising route to revive sight lost to amblyopia, or "lazy eye": briefly silencing the retina...
Why Juvenile Pikas Are Disappearing in the Rockies
New long-term monitoring from Colorado raises alarm: the youngest members of a familiar alpine species — the American pi...
AI at Light Speed: Single‑Shot Optical Tensor Computing
Researchers have taken a decisive step toward hardware that runs AI at the speed of light. An international team led by ...
Small Muscle Temperature Rises Boost Speed and Power
A brief, targeted warm-up that raises muscle temperature by just a degree can measurably improve how fast and forcefully...
Harnessing Astrocytes: Sox9 Clears Alzheimer’s Plaques
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have uncovered a surprising, built-in mechanism the brain can use to attack Al...
Quantum Teleportation Breakthrough with Quantum Dot Fiber
Researchers have demonstrated quantum teleportation between particles using quantum-dot emitters linked by a short optic...
Parasitic Ant Sparks Matricide: How Queens Are Overthrown
A stealthy intruder can rewrite the rulebook inside an ant colony. New footage and research published in Current Biology...