Scientists Finally Understand How Animals Experience Joy
Scientists have known for a while now that animals feel pain. When it comes to other emotions, like…
300-million-year-old brain rhythm links humans, birds, and lizards
Sleep looks peaceful on the outside, but inside the brain, it is anything but quiet. Neurons pulse, blood…
World-first deep-ocean landers to hunt down origins of dark oxygen
Researchers have unveiled two world-first deep-ocean landers designed to probe the origins of dark oxygen, which is produced…
‘Space mouse’ successfully gives birth to nine pups after return
Following a 14-day mission aboard China’s space station, a female mouse has successfully delivered a litter of nine…
NASA finds super-tough bacteria that could survive Mars trip
NASA has some of the cleanest rooms in the world to prevent contamination. But some microbes have found…
Drought-resilient algae to help reclaim 6,667 hectares of desert
Chinese researchers are working on a massive geoengineering project of “artificial crusting.” They are using vast amounts of…
Researchers Map How Quantum Computing Could Accelerate Single-Cell Biology
Insider Brief A new study outlines how quantum computing, used alongside classical computing and AI, could help address…
They Send Messages Via The Air
Volatile compounds drifting on the breeze. Electrical pulses firing under bark. Scientists are discovering that trees are anything…
Scientists are turning human brain cells into functional computers
Though it may seem like fiction, we may one day see computational hardware constructed from living human brain…
You’ll Never Guess What Took First Place at the Royal Society’s Photo Competition
Ever wonder what spider silk looks like up close? Like, really up close? The winner of this year’s Royal Society…
Study Warns of Major Toll ‘Chronic Stress’ Could Be Taking On Humans
Humans may be biologically unequipped to handle the relentless pace and pressures of modern life, a new study…
Chernobyl nuclear fungus may shield astronauts from radiation in space
Life has a strange way of thriving in the most extreme places. A peculiar dark-black fungus at the…