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The research, which has not been peer-reviewed, has sparked viral attempts at imitation around the world.

Light from the sun can reach energies of nearly 10 trillion electron volts.

Researchers have been trying to determine if a material called LK-99 really is a superconductor at room temperature and pressure. Here's what is making it so difficult

Coal miners found the remains of a Roman boat that likely supplied an ancient frontier city and military headquarters.

A recent study challenges the long-standing Libet paradigm about free will. The team discovered that the EEG activity, dubbed readiness potential, registered before decision-making in Libet's original experiment has no d...

Flea-spread typhus grew more common in L.A. County between 2010 and 2022, a new report suggests.

Instruments in different parts of the solar system all captured radiation from the same coronal mass ejection for the first time ever.

Some patterns of gene expression in umbilical cord blood are associated with childhood obesity, suggesting that these markers could identify newborns at risk of developing the condition

Researchers identified a crucial brain circuit that affects how we value rewards in comparison to others. The team temporarily blocked connections between the medial prefrontal cortex and the lateral hypothalamus in monk...

How long could you survive if thrust into the harsh vacuum of space without protection? The short answer is, not very long.

An AI that analyses live video from California's statewide wildfire detection system could speedily focus human attention on possible wildfires

The newly discovered species was part of the phylum annelid, which is made up of segmented worms.

The Belle II cooperation project at the Japanese research center KEK is helping researchers from all over the world to hunt for new phenomena in particle physics. The international experiment has now reached a major mile...

A team of physicists and geologists at CEA DAM-DIF and Universit´e Paris-Saclay, working with a colleague from ESRF, BP220, F-38043 Grenoble Cedex and another from the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, has succee...

The MorphoLander drone carrier, which holds smaller "worker bee" drones, could be useful in search-and-rescue missions or industrial surveys

This summer, the CDC is expected to release guidelines for the use of doxy-PEP to prevent STIs. But what is it, and why is everyone talking about it now?

The components sound like the aftermath of a shopping and spa retreat: three AA batteries. Two electrical acupuncture needles. One plastic holder that's usually attached to battery-powered fairy lights. But together they...

Injecting CO2 underground might increase pressure along geological faults and cause earthquakes, but a report concludes the risk is minimal for a proposed CO2 storage site near Vancouver Island

Lion manes are generally there to impress and intimidate -- but not all males have them, and in some circumstances, lionesses are also known to sprout fuzzy facial hair.

From China's Heavenly Pit, which stretches down 2,172 feet, to the Devil's Sinkhole in Texas that is home to three million bats -- here are some of the world's deepest known sinkholes.

A study that filmed people's skin while they watched emotional videos found that most of them incorrectly reported when they did or did not have goosebumps

Researchers at Tohoku University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have unveiled a representative effect of the anomalous dynamics at play when an electric current is applied to a new class of magnetic mate...