New map shows Antarctica’s buried landscape in unprecedented detail
Picture Antarctica not as a smooth, frozen plain, but as a rugged world of mountains, valleys, and deep…
Scientists convert cigarette butts into new material for fast, durable energy storage
Billions of cigarette butts end up on sidewalks, beaches, and gutters each year. They are small, easy to…
Einstein–Rosen bridges are not wormholes but quantum links between opposite directions of time
In an effort to bring together the domains of gravity and quantum theory, Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen…
Researchers discover massive hydrogen system beneath the Pacific Ocean
Far below the surface of the western Pacific Ocean, scientists have uncovered a geological system that reshapes how…
Tiny human heart organoids open the door to safer, faster drug discovery
Millions of people live with atrial fibrillation, a racing, uneven heartbeat that can leave you exhausted and scared.…
Oral health and dementia have a surprisingly complex relationship, study finds
Researchers at the Institute of Science Tokyo in Japan, also known as Science Tokyo, have taken a fresh…
JWST observations reveal massive helium clouds escaping from exoplanet WASP-107 b
Astronomers from the University of Geneva, working with colleagues in Canada and the United States, have captured the…
67 million-year-old fossil reveals the origin of freshwater fish hearing
A tiny fossil fish from Alberta is forcing scientists to rethink a story that has sat quietly in…
Scientists discover onion-like layering in Earth’s inner core
Earth’s inner core has long challenged researchers because seismic waves do not move through it uniformly. Compressional waves…
Fossil skulls reveal how well extinct mammals could smell
We rely on smell more than most people may realize. Across mammals, scent guides feeding, warns of danger,…
Living plants and animals emit a faint glow that fades after death
Living organisms quietly emit light. This glow is real, measurable, and tied to life itself. Researchers at the…
Scientists found the last universal common ancestor for all life on Earth
Four billion years ago, Earth was violent, hot, and unstable. Yet new research suggests that by then, life…