An Osaka team found dragonflies sensing light at 720 nanometers using the exact molecular trick mammals use for red vision, separated by 500 million years of evolution.
ScienceA reanalysis of 41,000-year-old bones from Belgium's Goyet cave reveals that Neanderthals selectively butchered women and children from a rival group, the strongest evidence yet for inter-group warfare in our closest relatives.
ScienceScientists just watched fluid crawl along an artery the brain should not have plumbed. The finding extends a discovery chain that began in 2012.
ScienceA UCSF team identified FTL1, the single protein most tied to cognitive decline in aging mice, then reversed memory loss by dialing it down.
NatureA 44-year study of Alaska's North Slope reveals how thawing permafrost is flushing ancient dissolved carbon into Arctic rivers and reshaping coastal ecosystems.
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Scientists have solved a 40-year-old mystery about how the sleeping sickness parasite evades the immune system, and the answer is a protein that destroys its own RNA.
Marine archaeologists found a massive belt of stones beneath a narrow Norwegian strait. It matches descriptions in the oldest Norwegian law code, and it rewrites what we knew about medieval whaling.
Every March, residents of a tiny St. Lawrence River island put on elaborate disguises and go door to door trying not to be recognized. It's called Mi-Careme, and it nearly vanished.
A clever experiment reveals that each phone alert triggers a measurable cognitive disruption, and your pupils prove it's not just in your head.
Golden oyster mushrooms were a trendy home-grow project. Now they're an invasive species in 25 states, halving native fungal diversity wherever they land.
The overview effect is a cognitive shift that transforms how astronauts see our planet, themselves, and human civilization. As Artemis II heads to the moon, four more people are about to experience it.
A new JAMA study found nearly one in four teens sleeps five hours or less per night, up from 16% in 2007, and screens aren't the main driver. Here's what the research actually shows.
The Trump administration just announced a three-phase plan to transfer $1.7 trillion in student loans from Education to Treasury, starting with 10 million defaulted borrowers.
TSA agents are quitting, lines stretch past two hours, and officials warn some airports may literally close. How a political standoff over immigration became a travel crisis.
NATO allies refuse to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz after Trump's demand, with European leaders calling the Iran conflict 'not our war' in the sharpest transatlantic split in decades.
