Science

50 years ago, the sun’s influence on Earth’s lightning ...

The solar wind and sunspots seem to give lightning a boost. But exactly how sola...

AI could take medical imaging to the next level 

Artificial intelligence in medical imaging is taking off. Experts share what the...

This tentacled, parasitic ‘fairy lantern’ plant is new ...

The bizarre new plant from Malaysia parasitizes subterranean fungi and only brie...

Readers react to a rare visual disorder, microplastics ...

Let’s face it Scientists re-created the demonic distortions that a patient with ...

Celebrating the second law of thermodynamics

Editor in chief Nancy Shute talks about the history and enduring mysteries of th...

Early ants may have had complex social lives, fossil da...

The earliest ants may have been primed for a highly social life — 100 million ye...

Physicists measured Earth’s rotation using quantum enta...

The experiment is a step toward testing how quantum physics interfaces with grav...

The Arctic is warming rapidly. These clouds may hold cl...

Climate simulations can’t fully handle towering Arctic thunderclouds. So scienti...

A malaria drug could be used to treat PCOS, a common ho...

Artemisinin is known to be effective against malaria, lupus, cancer and now poss...

‘Echidnapus’ hints at a lost age of egg-laying mammals

The fossil discoveries double the number of known monotreme species during the C...

The second law of thermodynamics underlies nearly every...

Two centuries on, scientists are still seeking a proof of the Second Law and why...

Long COVID finally gets a universal definition

If broadly adopted, this inclusive description of long COVID will help legitimiz...

Child sacrifices at famed Maya site were all boys, many...

DNA analysis shows victims in one underground chamber at Chichén Itzá included t...

‘Cull of the Wild’ questions sacrificing wildlife in th...

In his new book, ecologist Hugh Warwick seeks middle ground in the waging battle...

Human spaceflight’s new era is fraught with medical and...

A new project called the Space Omics and Medical Atlas aims to study and documen...

Can humans get chronic wasting disease from deer?

Tests on brain organoids suggest the disease-causing prions face a tough barrier...

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