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An unusual gravitational wave signal has renewed hopes that primordial black holes, long considered purely theoretical, may finally be within reach of discovery. If confirmed, they could solve one of astronomy's grea...

Bumble bees astonished researchers by inventing a new way to reach a hidden reward, despite never being taught the trick. The discovery adds to growing evidence that these tiny insects are far smarter and more adaptable ...

Digital media does not destroy raw cognitive capacity, but rather recalibrates our value-based decision systems. By saturating the mind with effortless, instant algorithmic rewards, digital platforms subjectively inflate...

A protein called Mitch may hold the key to a new generation of obesity treatments. Researchers found that disabling it in human cells boosts fat burning, increases energy use, and makes it harder for new fat cells to dev...

Researchers utilized past behavioral experiments to demonstrate that rats display flexible, other-oriented helping behavior, successfully audits rodents against a novel 5-dimensional framework, confirming they possess a ...

A maternal diet high in fructose corn syrup programs permanent learning and memory deficits in adult offspring. The mechanism is driven by lasting epigenetic imprints on fetal neural stem cells that silence neurogenesis ...

Researchers say the surprising discovery of the faraway galaxy MXDFz4.4 could help explain how the cosmos went from opaque to transparent billions of years ago.

Modern psychosocial crises, including chronic stress, competition, and loneliness, are driven by an evolutionary mismatch between our primitive, small-group neural wiring and the high-density, screen-mediated parameters ...

A new study demonstrates that aphantasia, the complete absence of mental imagery, fundamentally disproves David Humes classical theory of cognition, proving that abstract thought operates independently of sensory visuali...

It will be some months before the true toll of Europe's worst-ever heatwave is confirmed, but researchers can estimate a death count based on how many people died in Europe during previous hot periods

A hantavirus outbreak that began on a cruise ship and prompted an international public health response has now ended. It sickened 13 people and caused three deaths.

Researchers from the Molecular Physics and Physical Chemistry departments of the Fritz Haber Institute have shown how two highly synchronized infrared (IR) laser beams can control molecules as they switch between differe...

Chronic psychological stress suppresses activity in the prefrontal cortex and periaqueductal gray, triggering a downstream depletion of gut Lactobacillus reuteri and its anti-aging metabolite spermidine. This biochemical...

Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) are the first to directly utilize orbital currents without the need for conversion of the orbital current into a spin current.

Global sea surface temperatures reached record highs for June as a newly declared El Niño hit the Pacific Ocean, prompting concerns over extreme weather, flooding, sea level rise and stress to global ocean ecosystems.

Global sea surface temperatures reached record highs for June as a newly declared El Niño hits the Pacific Ocean, prompting concerns over extreme weather, flooding, sea level rise and stress to global ocean ecosystems.

A new study introducing the CASPER framework reveals that AI writing models consistently strip away narrative mystery, relying on safe archetypes and tidy resolutions, proving that scaling up model sizes fails to improve...

The question of how gravity interacts with the quantum world has long perplexed physicists, but a non-quantum theory of space-time could present an answer

What makes something alive? We simply don't know, but synthetic biologists are a step closer to providing an answer thanks to SpudCell, the most sophisticated attempt at creating an artificial life form yet

A proposed technique to counter global warming by spraying sun-reflecting particles near the poles would cause commercial flights to pass through clouds of sulphuric acid, posing a danger to passengers and crew

A new spray-on powder developed by KAIST can stop life-threatening bleeding in about one second by instantly forming a strong gel over a wound. It works on deep and irregular injuries where conventional hemostatic produc...

From friendship in a world of chatbots to what it means to be alive, this months new popular science books are asking some big questions. Liz Else rounds up the ones shes most looking forward to