JWST captures stunning images of one of the lightest known exoplanets
Astronomers discovered Beta Pictoris d, a gas giant about 2.4 times Jupiter’s mass, after spotting it in VLT…
2,700 year-old Italian cemetery reveals how status, gender, and diet impacted people’s lives
Scientists studied bones from 148 people buried nearly 2,700 years ago in an Italian cemetery to see what…
Scientists observe ‘negative time’ for the first time in a quantum experiment
A photon enters a cloud of atoms and emerges on the other side. When physicists calculate how long…
Bio-metals: Ancient sea worms hold the secret to a strange new class of materials
Perinereis cultrifera carries jaws that blur the boundary between biology and metal. Built from proteins and metal ions,…
Scientists use sound waves to create protective crystal coatings on crops
A team of researchers at RMIT University has developed a new coating method that sounds almost futuristic. Using…
Scientists discover how natural hair patterns form without a blueprint
A pattern as familiar as hair may hold clues to one of biology’s deeper mysteries. The way hair…
Scientists achieve the impossible by creating matter from empty space
Something has been lurking in empty space, and for the first time, physicists may have caught it leaving…
A cosmic gateway near Earth may connect us to other distant worlds
The solar system sits inside a vast pocket of hot, thin gas. However, that nearby structure has never…
Human brain cells may be far more powerful computers than scientists thought
For years, one of the simplest explanations for human intelligence was also one of the biggest: the human…
Scientists unlock the secret role of ocean microbes in Earth’s climate
Beneath the ocean’s surface, an unseen system works without pause. Tiny microbes drift through the water, breaking down…
518-million-year-old fossil reveals where spider fangs came from
Spiders are famous for the business end of their bodies, the sharp mouthparts that seize prey and help…
Ancient DNA in Oceania reveals hidden human evolution and health insights
A vast stretch of islands across the South Pacific holds one of the oldest human stories on Earth.…