AI That Predicts Pedestrian Moves: OmniPredict's Leap
Researchers have developed a new AI system that moves autonomous vehicles beyond simply seeing pedestrians to anticipati...
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Timing Reveals Calm Origins for Some Hot Jupiters Today
Hot Jupiters — giant planets that hug their stars in blisteringly short orbits — have puzzled astronomers for decades. A...
Real-Life Tatooine: A Young Giant Planet Orbits Two Suns
Astronomers have found and directly imaged a massive exoplanet that orbits two suns — a real-life echo of the fictional ...
Not a Mushroom: The Strange Parasitic Plant Balanophora
A tiny, mushroom-like organism that never sees sunlight: Balanophora is a flowering plant that defies expectations. Lack...
If Temperatures Rise 4C: 4,000 Glaciers Lost Each Year
Under a high-warming scenario, the world’s glaciers could vanish at a staggering rate. New projections show that, if glo...
30,000 Brain Scans Link Ultra-Processed Foods to Brain Change
An international analysis of nearly 30,000 brain scans finds links between frequent consumption of ultra-processed foods...
How Microbial Signals from Diet Could Prevent Diabetes
New research suggests tiny molecules produced by gut microbes act as signals that shape immune function and metabolic he...
James Webb Finds Atmosphere on Lava World TOI-561 b
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has delivered the strongest evidence yet that a small, ultra-hot rocky exoplanet — TOI...
JWST Sees Exoplanet Sprout Two Giant Helium Tails Unexpected
About 880 light-years away a scorched gas giant is literally pouring part of itself into space. New observations from th...
2.75 Billion Buildings Mapped in a Global 3D Atlas
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have published the largest three-dimensional map of human-built ...
Two Tiny Protein Tweaks Could Rewire Crops' Nitrogen Use
Researchers at Aarhus University report a surprising molecular shortcut that might help staple crops make their own fert...
Stove Pollution Inside Homes: Gas Stoves Raise NO2 Risks
Many people assume their homes are safe havens from outdoor air pollution. New research from Stanford University challen...
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Antarctica's Death-Ball Sponge: A New Deep-Sea Predator
Deep below the Southern Ocean, explorers have found a chilling new inhabitant: a carnivorous sponge that looks like a cl...
Meet 'B': The Ribbon Worm Living for Nearly 30 Years
Biologist Jon Allen quietly cares for one of the oldest ribbon worms on record — an adopted invertebrate nicknamed Baseo...
Close Call: Chinese Satellite Passed 200m from Starlink
SpaceX says a Chinese satellite passed within roughly 200 meters of one of its Starlink spacecraft during a recent launc...
Scientists Identify Enzyme Behind Chromothripsis Chaos
Breakthrough: enzyme ignites catastrophic DNA shattering in cancerResearchers at the University of California San Diego ...
How a 3.4-Million-Year-Old Foot Alters Human Origins
A 3.4-million-year-old foot discovered in Ethiopia is reshaping how scientists see early hominin diversity. Far from bei...
Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks: How to Watch the Sky Tonight
December brings the northern hemisphere's brightest annual meteor display: the Geminids. This shower often outshines the...
Microplastics as Bacteria Havens: What Beachgoers Need
Microplastics are more than an environmental nuisance: tiny fragments of plastic in sand and seawater can host diverse b...
Mars' Hidden Role: How It Shapes Earth's Climate Cycle
Earth's long-term climate swings — the alternation between ice ages and warmer intervals — are often explained by Milank...