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A new microraptor from Cretaceous China likely preyed on ancient birds.

The gap between what AI can do in biology and what governance systems are prepared to handle is growing. The post AI Can Now Design and Run Thousands of Experiments Without Human Hands. We Arent Ready for the Risk to Bio...

A new study demonstrates that machine learning can accurately identify genetic epilepsy markers entirely from baseline brain waves.

Researchers have developed a method for making simultaneous soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) measurements of solid-liquid interfaces and bulk liquids. By controlling the thickness of the liquid layer, they obtain...

A new study outlines how rigid silicon architectures are shifting toward soft, brain-inspired electronics that mechanically conform to biological tissues.

A new study reveals how the human brain rewires itself to automate complex skills.

After being notified by mischievous high school students, archaeologists uncovered a large and luxurious second-century Roman house near the Colosseum.

A new study demonstrates that structural autism deficits are entirely reversible through circuit-specific interventions.

Gravitational waves are tiny ripples in spacetime. Their first direct detection in 2015 marked a revolutionary moment in astronomy. Today, we have a thorough understanding of signals that travel far from their sources th...

Parents report loving their partners less within the first year of having a child, but that doesn't mean the feeling is permanent or inevitable

A new study finds mangrove forests are no longer shrinking worldwide, offering hope for coastal protection and climate resilience. But other research warns sea level rise could reduce their ability to store carbon.

JWST found a black hole hiding in a galaxy more than 10 billion light-years away from Earth, and used a cosmic magnifying glass to determine its mass.

A new study reveals that irregular sleep patterns lower receptive vocabulary and visuospatial memory scores in preschool children.

Among youth at clinical high risk for psychosis, cannabis and tobacco co-use is associated with significantly lower cognitive performance compared to healthy controls.

Radio astronomers have decoded a peculiar repeating radio signal from deep space, tracing it to a vampiric binary star system.

A patch of ocean south-east of Greenland is the only place on Earth that is cooling, and it could be a sign that the warm water "conveyor belt" in the Atlantic is slowing down

In a first, underwater archaeologists in the Bahamas have discovered three shipwrecks associated with the Golden Age of Piracy off the coast of Nassau.

Archaeologists are turning their attention and research skills to far-flung places on the Earth and beyond, discovering new information about how humans survive in extreme environments.

Northern lights are projected across the Northern U.S. and Europe tonight as Earth gets hit by a strong solar eruption.

Rachel Carsons look at the dire effects of industrial and agricultural pollution birthed the modern environmental movement when it was first published - and remains as crucial a read today, finds Rowan Hooper

A giant fan-shaped network of hidden basins has been discovered beneath East Antarctica, revealing that several well-known subglacial features are actually part of one massive geological structure. The finding sheds new ...

From lunar detail to planets and bright deep-sky objects, we test what the Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 70AZ can actually show beginners and kids.