Science

Earth’s jet stream helps create the seeds of clouds

The newly discovered process for making aerosols might also be the most productive.

Earth keeps breaking global heat records

How hot could it get? In the first edition of Science News’ Extreme Climate Upda...

Stopping cachexia at its source could reverse wasting f...

The immune protein interleukin-6 helps regulate body weight. Blocking it in the ...

Getting drugs into the brain is hard. Maybe a parasite ...

Researchers want to harness the parasite that causes toxoplasmosis to ferry drug...

This intricate maze connects the dots on quasicrystal s...

The winding loop touches every point without crossing itself and could help make...

Komodo dragon teeth get their strength from an iron coat

Studying the reptile’s ironclad teeth in more detail could help solve a dinosaur...

Moonquakes are much more common than thought, Apollo da...

The discovery of 22,000 previously unseen moonquakes, plus a new idea of what ca...

A new algae-based menstrual pad could stop leaks

By turning period blood into a gel, the pad’s alginate powder filler reduces lea...

NASA’s Perseverance rover finds its first possible hint...

The NASA Mars rover examined a rock containing organic compounds and “leopard sp...

Dark matter experiments get a first peek at the ‘neutri...

The hint of fog marks a new way to observe neutrinos, but points to the beginnin...

The North Star is much heavier than previously thought

Polaris is about five times as massive as the sun, new observations reveal. That...

Sepsis tests take days, putting patients at risk. A new...

A faster way to figure out what bacteria is causing a potentially deadly bloodst...

HIV prevention may only require two injections per year

There were no new HIV infections among adolescent girls and young women taking a...

A new element on the periodic table might be within reach 

Scientists made the known element 116 with a beam of titanium atoms, a technique...

Some melanoma cancer cells may punch their way through ...

A new study clarifies how melanoma cells use cell membrane protrusions called “b...

A planet needs to start with a lot of water to become l...

Rocky planets around fiery stars could hide their water for later use, but it ta...

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