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The mysterious collapse of the Maya civilization may not have been driven solely by drought after all. New evidence from lake sediments in Guatemala reveals that one key city, Itzan, enjoyed a stable climate even as its ...

A new fMRI study of 3-to-9-year-olds shows that the brain's architecture for speaking and empathy is distinct and stable from early childhood.

NASA Curiosity rover uncovers rock with 7 new organic molecules on Mars

A new study reveals the "Ant Mill" effect in social and neural networks, showing how learning rules can stall or accelerate spreading.

Tensing your stomach acts as a hydraulic pump, swaying the brain to clear out toxins.

Researchers examining the brains of living people found that they differed more substantially than Neanderthals' brains differed from modern humans', calling into question the reason our evolutionary cousins myst...

New neuroscience research challenges the "blank slate" theory, proving that the hippocampal memory center starts full and streamlines as we age.

Researchers at McGill University have developed a novel device that generates sound-like particles known as phonons at extremely cold temperatures. The technology could be used to create phonon lasers, with possible appl...

Researchers demonstrate that brain signals during wakefulness depend on sleep quality, with children and adults showing opposite neural dynamics.

Researchers warn that AI chatbots are engineered for addiction, using "guilt-tripping" deletion prompts and instant validation to keep users hooked.

Algorithmic advances are steadily lowering the bar for quantum attacks-even before large-scale hardware exists. The post Quantum Computers Are Coming to Break Cryptography Faster Than Anyone Expected appeared first on Si...

Scientists were shocked to find that the Houtman Abrolhos Islands coral reefs survived a prolonged extreme heatwave in 2025 virtually unharmed, which may reveal how to protect corals elsewhere

You may think of the high-fat, low-carb eating plan as a faddish way to lose weight. But the keto diet is now being used to tackle conditions from severe depression to bipolar disorder and anorexia, with transformative r...

Sticking with the same people might feel safe and comfortable. But a new Northwestern University study suggests it can actually trap new ideas and behaviors inside tight echo chambers. By contrast, the research, publishe...

The search for next-generation electronic materials often starts with studying the Fermi surface, which serves as a map of a material's electronic structure. Its shape varies with crystal structure, composition, and ...

A new study reveals how low-frequency infrasound silently shifts human mood and raises stress hormones.

A rainbow reveals with colors what otherwise remains hidden: light is "refracted" by transparent matter, in this case water droplets. This same physical effect underlies many everyday technologies, like LCD scree...

Researchers from Skoltech and the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics have developed an approach that helps optimize the parameters of a laser-plasma source of attosecond pulses-ultrashort flashes of light us...

Neuroscience explains that forgotten memories are often the result of poor encoding or faded retrieval paths, rather than a lack of "space" in the brain.

A scientist from Tokyo Metropolitan University has proposed using safety monitoring at synchrotron facilities to study the properties of dark photons, hypothetical particles proposed to explain dark matter. Calculations ...

Lightweight, durable and easy to use, the Amazfit Active 3 Premium is one of the best entry-level running watches we have tested.

Coincident with the rise of the dinosaurs, a large landmass filled most of the Arctic circle, potentially contributing to global cooling that advantaged the famous reptiles