Humans appear to have inherited their unusually slow aging rate from ancient ape ancestors rather…
Donor Stem Cell Transplants Kept Two Patients With Severe Neuromyelitis Optica Free of Relapses for More Than 15 Years Without Ongoing Treatment
More than 15 years after receiving donor stem cell transplants, two people with severe neuromyelitis…
Gut Bacteria Compound Found to Repair the Intestinal Barrier Could Lead to More Targeted Treatments for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
A naturally occurring compound produced by gut bacteria has been found to activate a protective…
Experimental Gel Helped Completely Paralyzed Pigs Walk Again After Fully Severed Spinal Cords by Reconnecting Damaged Nerve Fibers
Regaining movement after a completely severed spinal cord has long been considered one of medicine’s…
Gut Bacteria May Help Ease Anxiety in People With IBS by Reducing Brain Inflammation, Study Suggests
Living with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome may involve more than digestive discomfort, and new research…
Scientists Discover the Cerebellum May Help Keep Your Memory Sharp as You Age and Larger Cerebellums Are Linked to Better Thinking Skills
Not all parts of the brain age in the same way, and new research suggests…
Ancient Roman Curse Tablet Hidden Beneath a Dutch Town Square for Nearly 2,000 Years Finally Decoded Revealing Rare Greek Text and Egyptian Magic
Hidden beneath a town square in the Netherlands for nearly 2,000 years, an ancient Roman…
Ancient DNA Reveals That Power and Social Status Rather Than Family Determined Burials in a 2,000-Year-Old Xiongnu Cemetery
Burials at the ancient Tamir cemetery in Mongolia were shaped far more by wealth, political…
Scientists Discover a Hidden Antiviral Immune System in Sea Anemones That Works the Opposite Way From Humans Yet Still Stops Deadly Viruses
Scientists have uncovered a previously unknown antiviral defense system in sea anemones that turns conventional…
Swiss Glaciers Have Entered Permanent Ice Loss Earlier Than Summer Ends as Heat Waves, Saharan Dust, and Low Snowfall Accelerate Melting
From June 29 onward, every additional liter of meltwater flowing from Switzerland’s glaciers comes at…
James Webb Space Telescope Reveals 16.5 Million Hidden Stars Inside Messier 82 Uncovering the Cigar Galaxy’s Distorted Structure and Violent Starburst History
Hidden behind thick clouds of dust for decades, the starburst galaxy Messier 82 has come…
Astronomers Uncover Dramatic Brightness Swings in Mysterious X-4 as Evidence Strongly Points to Super-Eddington Accretion Powering the Ultraluminous X-Ray Source
Violent changes in brightness, unusual spectral behavior, and the absence of detectable pulsations are giving…
Tiny 350-Million-Year-Old Fossils Overturn a Long-Held Evolution Theory by Revealing the First Tetrapods Never Had Tadpole-Like Larvae
Tiny fossilized hatchlings from Illinois have overturned one of evolution’s longest-standing assumptions, revealing that some…
Ancient Fossil Forest Reveals Flowering Plants Ruled Earth 10 Million Years Before the Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid
Buried beneath volcanic ash 74.6 million years ago, an exceptionally preserved fossil forest in New…
Scientists Mapped 47 Million Galaxies and Found Evidence the Universe May Not Be Uniform After All
Galaxy observations spanning 47 million galaxies across 11 billion light-years have revealed evidence that the…
Researchers Create Room-Temperature Laser Network That Synchronizes Into One Powerful Light Source
Researchers have demonstrated that tiny, physically separated lasers can spontaneously synchronize into a single coherent…
Scientists Create Programmable Virtual Metasurfaces That Can Do What Traditional Optics Cannot
Virtual metasurfaces that can be reprogrammed in just 20 milliseconds could overcome one of the…
Mysterious Holes in 400-Year-Old Goose Skulls Reveal Europe’s Earliest Known Crested Geese
Four unusually damaged goose skulls discovered in a 17th-century German waste pit have revealed the…
Human Evolution Wasn’t a Steady Climb: Study Finds Biggest Body Size Jump Happened 2 Million Years Ago
Body size in human evolution did not increase in a simple, gradual march toward modern…
Ancient Proteins From Homo naledi Teeth Reveal Possible All-Female Burial Chamber
Ancient proteins recovered from Homo naledi fossils have provided the first direct molecular clues about…
Bird Brains May Explain Why Some Birds Lay Eggs Larger Than Dinosaur Eggs, Study Finds
Researchers have identified a fundamental evolutionary link between brain size and offspring size across birds,…
What Is a Dwarf Galaxy? The Small, Satellite Neighborhoods of Our Own
On a clear night beneath a dark sky, the stars seem countless. The Milky Way…