These ‘Real-Life Mermaid’ Divers Have Remarkable Underwater Abilities—and Genetics
The Haenyeo, an all-female group of divers on South Korea’s Jeju Island, spend much of their lives underwater without equipment—a “superpower” that may be written into their DNA
Engineered Viruses Make Neurons Glow and Treat Brain Disease
AI Found a ‘Magic Potion’ That Can Bring Dead Batteries Back to Life
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The World Isn’t Ready for the Mental Health Toll of Extreme Heat
Megalodon Diets, Teeth Sensitivity and a Bunch of Vaccine News
Sahara Dust Clouds Are Heading to Florida and Beyond
What Causes Glaciers to Collapse like the Event That Buried a Swiss Village?
The Quantum Bubble That Could Destroy the Universe
DNA Studies Uncover Unexpected Evolutionary Changes in Modern Humans
How many words can you create?
Stretch your math muscles with these puzzles.
Inside the AI Competition That Decoded an Ancient Herculaneum Scroll
Building Intelligent Machines Helps Us Learn How Our Brain Works
God Chatbots Offer Spiritual Insights on Demand. What Could Go Wrong?
Will Machines Ever Become Conscious?
Scientists Are Putting ChatGPT Brains Inside Robot Bodies. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
This Male Fertility Test Makes Assessing Sperm Health a More Accurate At-Home Affair
Building an LLM for Dolphin Chatter
Could Mitochondria Be Rewriting the Rules of Biology?
YouTube Science Star Derek Muller Confronts PFAS “Forever Chemicals”—In His Own Blood
YouTube star Derek Muller built an 18-million-subscriber YouTube empire by challenging misconceptions about science. Now his own blood test and a sudden EPA reversal give his work urgent relevance.
Sahara Dust Clouds Are Heading to Florida and Beyond
Clouds of dust blown off the Saharan Desert into the southeastern U.S. could affect local weather and make sunrises and sunsets particularly vivid
Can Sunlight Cure Disease?
Sunshine may hold healing rays for a variety of autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis. Scientists are turning this surprising discovery into treatments
These Climbers Summited Mount Everest in Record Time. Did Inhaling Xenon Help?
British climbers recently reached the top of Mount Everest in record time. They inhaled xenon gas before the trip. But was that the decisive factor?
SpaceX's Ninth Starship Test Flight Delivers Mixed Results
The largest, most powerful launch vehicle ever built is meant to be a key part of SpaceX’s plans to send humans to Mars—and NASA’s plans to return astronauts to the moon, too
DNA Studies Uncover Unexpected Evolutionary Changes in Modern Humans
Mounting evidence from genome studies indicates that, contrary to received wisdom, our species has undergone profound biological adaptation in its recent evolutionary past
