About a decade ago, a deceptively simple question began to glow in the minds of a small group of neuroscientists.…
Scientists Taught Cancer-Fighting Cells a New Trick—and Solid Tumors Didn’t Survive
For years, chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, known more simply as CAR T-cell therapy, has stood as one of the…
Scientists Grow a Miniature Human Brain Circuit and Discover Who’s Really in Charge
Deep inside the human brain, a quiet but constant conversation shapes who we are. Signals travel between regions, guiding perception,…
This Hidden Body Danger Could Increase Your Risk of Death by 83 Percent
For years, doctors and researchers have known that excess abdominal fat carries risks, and that losing muscle with age can…
This New Study Reveals Why Tanning Beds Raise Melanoma Risk Nearly Threefold
For years, the soft hum of tanning beds promised a quick glow, a controlled slice of summer no matter the…
Earth’s Origin Story May Be Far More Common Than Anyone Thought
Long before Earth had oceans, continents, or even a solid surface, something violent and distant may have quietly shaped its…
This Interstellar Comet Disappeared Behind the Sun and Came Back Looking Different
For a time, Comet 3I/ATLAS was lost to us, hidden in the glare of the Sun as it swept through…
Scientists Discover Giant Sea Predator Lurking in Ancient Rivers
It began with a quiet contradiction buried in the ground of North Dakota. Paleontologists working in sediments shaped by ancient…
The Sea Kept This Secret for 7,000 Years. Now a Lost Wall Has Been Found
For thousands of years, the sea off western France has moved back and forth over a hidden line of stone,…
This One Metabolic Change Reduced Heart Attacks and Deaths Long After Prediabetes
For years, the story of prediabetes has followed a familiar path. Blood sugar begins to rise, doctors sound the alarm,…
Your Microbiome Just Got a Health Score and It May Explain More Than You Think
For years, scientists have known that the human gut is not just a digestive tube but a crowded ecosystem, alive…
Scientists Find That Being Kind to Others May Quietly Make Your Own Life Feel Better
It begins with a simple observation that many people feel but rarely stop to examine. When someone reaches out to…
Scientists Uncover Why Matter Stops Resisting Heat at Absolute Zero
Imagine a universe where heat no longer flows, where atoms quiver less and less until their restless dance finally halts.…
This New Catalyst Turns Carbon Dioxide Into Methane Using Only Sunlight
On a quiet morning at the DGIST campus, a team of scientists peered through microscopes and computer simulations, chasing a…
Scientists Turn Greasy Waste Cooking Oil Into Super-Strong Plastic That Can Pull a Car
In kitchens across the world, gallons of waste cooking oil quietly disappear down drains or gather in dusty bottles, a…
Earth’s Secret Ocean: How Water Survived a Molten Inferno 4.6 Billion Years Ago
Some 4.6 billion years ago, Earth was a place of relentless chaos. Asteroids hammered its surface. Temperatures soared high enough…
Scientists Discover Polar Bears Are Rapidly Rewriting Their Own DNA as the Arctic Heats Up
The story of the polar bear has long been told as a tale of ice and endurance, a species shaped…
Cats Have Been Hiding a Secret Identity Code — and It’s in Their Purrs, Not Their Meows
For as long as humans have lived alongside domestic cats, the soft, steady rumble of a purr has been treated…
Humans Are More Monogamous Than Gorillas and Chimps — And Closer to Meerkats, Study Finds
For generations, the question of whether humans are truly a monogamous species has hovered over anthropology like a lingering riddle.…
AI Just Cracked One of the Sun’s Biggest Mysteries
For centuries, humanity has watched the sun with a mix of awe and caution, knowing that this glowing sphere in…
This Hellish Planet Orbits in 11 Hours—and Somehow Still Has an Atmosphere
The James Webb Space Telescope has once again turned its unblinking eye toward the cosmos and found something that seems…
Astronomers Find a Real-Life Tatooine Planet Hiding in Years-Old Telescope Data
For years, the data sat quietly in digital storage, untouched, unassuming, and holding a secret no one had yet noticed.…