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A new study reveals how the brain can make decisions based not only on direct experiences, but also on indirect associations between seemingly unrelated stimuli. In experiments with mice, researchers showed that a sweet ...

A new study reveals how the brain responds to mental exhaustion, identifying two key regions--the right insula and the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex--that become more active as cognitive fatigue builds. Using functional...

The rocks could offer insight into Earth's primordial crust and the environment that gave birth to life.

Using gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a rare, large planet at the edge of the Milky Way. The planet is only the third to be found on the outskirts of our galaxy's dense central bulge.

Natural crystals fascinate with their vibrant colors, their nearly flawless appearance and their manifold symmetrical forms. But researchers are interested in them for quite different reasons: Among the countless mineral...

NASA's Chandra Observatory has combined different wavelength images of the Andromeda galaxy to honor astronomer Vera Rubin, and then created a music video by converting the light in those images to musical notes.

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With the help of powerful computers, researchers discovered a four-sided shape that naturally rests on one side, and built a real-life version from carbon fibre and tungsten

Large sea anchors could be used to drag water under a bold plan to keep the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation moving - but some experts are sceptical

Footage captures a pair of orcas nibbling each other's tongues in the Kvænangen fjords in northern Norway. Scientists think this rarely seen behavior could play a role in social bonding.

New molecular shuttles can carry antibodies and enzymes to treat cancer and other brain diseases. The post Scientists Are Smuggling Large Drugs Into the Brain--Opening a New World of Possible Therapies appeared first on ...

Researchers from the Illinois Grainger College of Engineering are the first to demonstrate a simple and tunable method for realizing asymmetric couplings in integrated photonics. Their findings, published in Physical Rev...

A new paper explores how generative AI is transforming the way we interact with the dead, from virtual reality reunions to lifelike digital avatars. These "generative ghosts" can remember, plan, and even evolve--offering...

Surprising colors and stunning features are captured in a new image of Mars' surface.

A new study has found that damage to a specific white matter pathway in the brain--the right uncinate fasciculus--may increase the likelihood of criminal or violent behavior following brain injury. Researchers analyzed s...

Superconductivity is an advantageous physical phenomenon observed in some materials, which entails an electrical resistance of zero below specific critical temperatures. This phenomenon is known to arise following the fo...

Researchers have successfully demonstrated quantum speedup in kernel-based machine learning.

Whole-body MRI scans have risen to prominence for their alleged ability to catch many health conditions early. But are they legit?

Culture editor Alison Flood rounds up the New Scientist Book Club's take on our latest read, a time-travelling romance

In this passage from near the opening of Lake of Darkness, the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, we are given an insight into how deep-space travel works in Adam Roberts's universe

The author of Lake of Darkness, the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, on why, in a world awash with fictional dystopias, he set out to write the opposite

The founders of the Microbiota Vault, a project that aims to preserve microbial diversity, have announced that they are ready to grow their frozen microbe collection to 10,000 samples by 2029.