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Air travel has plummeted during the pandemic; not only do a lot of people not feel safe being in airports or on planes, but with everything we used to do being closed or canceled, we don't really have anywhere to go. Wit...

Pictures created from old observations show the void’s stormy evolution over the past decade --

Alzheimer's disease may be driven by excessive fructose metabolism in the brain. The findings shed light on why diseases, such as diabetes and obesity, are linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer's.

Do species really exist? Are genes destiny? Do only the fittest survive? Can we shape or stop evolution? New insights into nature are providing surprising answers, and a glorious new picture of life's complexity

(Light Publishing Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics And Physics, Chinese Academy) LiFi is paradigm-shifting the common means of high-capacity wireless communication technologies and needs wearable and...

Certain frogs have some of the biggest eyes of all vertebrates, relative to their body size, which is a significant evolutionary investment that has puzzled zoologists

Metformin, a drug commonly used to treat diabetes, slows cognitive decline and reduces dementia risk in older people with diabetes.

Obstructive sleep apnea alters the gut microbiome in mice. Transplanting gut bacteria from mice with OSA to those without the disorder caused sleep disruptions.

People find potential romantic partners more attractive when they have, what researchers called, a "sexy mindset." They also tend to overestimate their chances of romantic success when aroused. The findings suggest the s...

Bringing the power of the sun to Earth requires sound theory, good engineering, and a little finesse. The process entails trapping charged, ultra-hot gas known as plasma so its particles can fuse and release enormous amo...

Eight sessions of mindfulness-based awareness training give participants a significant edge in their ability to control brain-computer interfaces and the time it took to achieve proficiency over those who did not experie...

Earth has a small new moon coming, but it might have been made by people in the 1960s. It will take closer observations to know for sure.

According to folklore, earwigs like to crawl through the ears of sleeping humans, burrow into their brains, and lay eggs. Perhaps for this reason, or maybe because of their large rear-end pinchers, these insects tend to ...

It's the worst stranding event the Australian island has ever seen.

Curly is a robot with a camera arm and wheels that uses AI to assess the best strategy for playing the game of curling - and it beat top-ranked players

People who respond to the placebo effect have proteins in their blood that are linked to controlling inflammation, which may help to explain how a placebo makes us feel better

Planting climbers like ivy can cover ugly walls, insulate your home and support local wildlife - and keeping it under control is easier than you would think, writes Clare Wilson

Planting ivy can cover ugly walls, insulate your home and support local wildlife - and keeping it under control is easier than you would think, writes Clare Wilson

An upgrade on the tech that powers spacecraft across the cosmos could soon be used to create incredibly long-lasting batteries back on Earth

With wildfires raging, the outlook looks bleak from San Francisco. Thinking about the future in terms of "hope horizons" can help, writes Annalee Newitz

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About 100 million years ago, a gigantic meteorite collided with Australia, creating a 3-mile-wide impact crater.