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For the first time, astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have directly captured an image of an exoplanet from space

Indian jumping ants that become queens can slow their aging.

New satellite images capture the extensive flooding in Pakistan.

A new method that targets the astrocytes surrounding glioblastoma brain cancer eradicates tumor cells and extends lifespan in animal models.

A new language-switching experiment revealed traditional categorization of brain areas may not be sufficient. Researchers set their sights on the caudal inferior parietal cortex to better understand functional categoriza...

We asked running experts and physiotherapists: is barefoot running better for you?

Repurposing drugs used in the treatment of lung cancer could offer hope for symptom relief for patients suffering from chronic pain.

Sleep age, a projected age that correlates to a person's sleep health, may be a predictor of overall health and mortality risk.

Users of cannabis showed no difference in motivation, pleasure taken from rewards, or the brain's response to reward-seeking compared to non-cannabis users.

Indian jumping ant queens live nine times longer than worker females in the same colony, which may be due to insulin-blocking proteins they produce once they begin reproduction

The company behind Facebook has created an AI that could one day be used to help nonverbal people better communicate

Shop the best binoculars for stargazing to satisfy your hiking and astronomy needs - from affordable and lightweight to high-end fogproof and waterproof options.

A magnet made out of ytterbium atoms is only a billionth of a degree warmer than absolute zero. Understanding how it works could help physicists build high temperature superconductors

Pheromones are often used by farmers for controlling pest insects but the chemical process for producing them is expensive. A method for making them using bioengineered oil plants could be cheaper

The US Food and Drug Administration authorised the use of versions of Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech covid-19 vaccines that target both the original virus and two omicron subvariants

Apple's incredibly powerful MacBook Pros are perfect for students, and they're currently up to $400 off at Best Buy.

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is an analytical tool with a wide range of applications, including the magnetic resonance imaging that is used for diagnostic purposes in medicine. However, NMR often requires powerful ma...

A new artificial intelligence that monitors mice grimaces to score their pain from 0 to 8 may help researchers judge the effectiveness of a new pain-relieving treatment

Which exercise burns the most calories? We asked an expert in human metabolism for the answer

Local news reports suggest that unusually large swarms tiny foot-biting isopods on beaches around San Diego are leading to a greater number of toes being chomped on.

Granular matter is all around us. Examples include sand, rice, nuts, coffee and even snow. These materials are made of solid particles that are large enough not to experience thermal fluctuations. Instead, their state is...

Japanese and U.S. physicists have used atoms about 3 billion times colder than interstellar space to open a portal to an unexplored realm of quantum magnetism.