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Returning rescued slow lorises to the wild may sound like a conservation success, but a new study shows it can turn deadly. Researchers tracked nine released animals and found that only two survived, with most killed in ...

A new study suggests that "little red dots" spied by the James Webb Space Telescope could be the universe's short-lived first generation of gigantic stars, challenging an existing theory.

A study of 125 skeletons from two Neolithic cemeteries in Hungary has revealed that men and women had clear gender roles - but sometimes those roles were fluid.

New research shows that chronic back pain rewires the brain to amplify sound, but specialized therapy can reset the brain's "volume knob."

New research reveals that during the deepest non-REM sleep, the brains neural rhythms become independent of breathing, a discovery that could unlock new treatments for Parkinsons.

Imagination's "Off" switch. Scientists identify a specific brain node that, when damaged or disconnected, causes the "mind's eye" to go dark.

Ripples in the fabric of space-time called gravitational waves may be the key to solving the Hubble tension - one of the biggest nagging problems in physics.

An international team combining two major neutrino experiments has uncovered stronger evidence that neutrinos and antimatter dont behave as perfect mirror images. That subtle difference may hold the key to why the univer...

A gold coin featuring the son of Charlemagne may have been a keepsake from a Viking invader who fought in the Great Heathen Army.

A new review reveals that our hearts and bodies literally "align" during social interactions, providing a biological foundation for empathy, teamwork, and trust.

A method for making quantum computers less error-prone could let them run complex programs such as simulations of materials more efficiently, thus making them more useful

Japanese snow monkeys dont just soak in hot springs to escape the winter chill - their steamy spa sessions may also be reshaping their invisible world. Researchers in Japan found that macaques who regularly bathe show su...

New research reveals that young adults with autism show brain scan abnormalities typically found in Parkinsons patients, offering a new path for early prevention.

New "TweetyBERT" AI uses large language model architecture to automatically map the complex songs of canaries, offering a high-speed tool for speech research.

Analysing the births of a Utah family over seven generations has revealed that their disproportionate number of boys could be caused by a selfish Y chromosome

A family in Utah with a disproportionate number of boys has been traced back over hundreds of years, revealing that its lack of female members is probably due to a selfish Y chromosome

From the cost of childcare to the housing crisis, theres no shortage ofexplanationsfor the dramatic global fall in the number of babies being born. These analyses, though, are all missing something, says cognitive and ev...

The microbes that live in our mouth and gut may influence whether an allergic reaction to peanuts is mild or life-threatening, and could be harnessed to ward off a severe attack

Choosing the right method for multimodal AI-systems that combine text, images, and more-has long been trial and error. Emory physicists created a unifying mathematical framework that shows many AI techniques rely on the ...

A rare Japanese ant is the only species known to lack female workers and males; all of its young develop into parasitic queens that try to take over other colonies.

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new hero in the fight against one of the worlds deadliest fungal infections: albumin, the most abundant protein in human blood. In a major international study, researchers found tha...

Elle Leontiev's image of Philip, a self-taught volcanologist who has lived on Mount Yasur his whole life, has won the Portraiture category of the Open competition of the Sony World Photography Awards 2026.