New global atlas reveals where rare Earth elements form deep inside Earth
A new global study is offering a clearer view of how some of the world’s most valuable mineral…
Social living linked to longer lifespan in humans and other mammals
Life in the wild often comes down to survival, and for many species, survival depends on others. A…
Physicists discover the upper limit of electrical resistance in metals
Electrical resistance is easy to notice and hard to pin down. Power lines shed energy as heat, and…
Schrödinger’s anthill: Quantum entanglement detected inside a centimeter-sized strange metal
A strange metal can fit in your hand, yet still behave in ways that seem to belong to…
Ancient squirrel droppings reveal 700,000 years of lost ecosystems
Frozen deep beneath the Yukon’s permafrost, small pellets left behind by ancient ground squirrels have preserved a record…
Massive blood study finds 88,000 new links between genes and metabolism
The chemicals flowing through your bloodstream tell a story that your DNA alone cannot. They reflect what you…
Atomic clocks may be powerful enough to detect the quantum fabric of time
Time feels familiar. It marks every moment of daily life, from the ticking of a wall clock to…
Scientists discover a major geological rift tearing India in two
Beneath the Himalayas, the Indian Plate is doing something geologists once thought continents largely avoided: it is coming…
Study reveals hidden role of permafrost in ancient climate change
For decades, scientists have looked to the oceans for answers about one of Earth’s biggest climate mysteries: Why…
Fossil discovery solves 500-million-year-old mystery about the dawn of animal life
Tiny honeycomb-like colonies from southern China have opened a long-running gap in the story of animal life. For…
Early galaxy collisions may explain why giant galaxies died young
A new study suggests that some of the Universe’s earliest giant galaxies may have lived dramatic lives. They…
Robot fish helps explain how real fish learned to move on land
Fish stranded on shore often look helpless, all flops and wriggles. But that clumsy scramble may follow a…