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Corpse flowers rarely bloom but if one does when you're nearby you'll know about it. Though many botanical gardens have their own corpse flowers, the plant's mysteries still abound

Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have shown carbon dioxide on the surface of Jupiter's icy moon Europa - that's a good sign for the habitability of its buried seas

Quantum entanglement is a physical process through which pairs of particles become connected and remain so even when separated by vast distances. This fascinating phenomenon has been the focus of numerous research studie...

The comet Nishimura is heading away from the sun and on to the outer reaches of the solar system, so you'll need to be quick if you want to catch a glimpse

This striking composite shot of the lunar south pole appears in National Geographic Magazine's special space issue out on Sept. 19.

It sounds like magic: photoelectrodes could convert the greenhouse gas CO2 back into methanol or N2 molecules into valuable fertilizer--using only the energy of sunlight.

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects 2% to 10% of trauma survivors, manifesting as intense anxiety from emotional disbalance. Researchers employed brain scans on 104 trauma survivors to determine which ones were ...

Imagine trying to tune a radio to a single station but instead encountering static noise and interfering signals from your own equipment. That is the challenge facing research teams searching for evidence of extremely ra...

Psychological loss, be it from job loss or the death of a loved one, affects well-being immensely, yet its molecular mechanism in the brain remains enigmatic. Researchers utilized the method of enrichment removal (ER) to...

Researchers have unveiled the brain's chemical mechanism behind our attention span. Historically, the neurotransmitter acetylcholine was considered the sole regulator of attention.

A bright, yellowish spot in the morning sky is actually Mercury making a rare daytime appearance. Here's how to see it at its highest and brightest this week.

A metal detectorist unearthed a pair of swords once used by the Roman cavalry.

Researchers discovered that neural activity in the left ventral temporoparietal junction (vTPJ) and the lateral anterior temporal lobe (lATL) during sentence processing is tied to social-semantic working memory. Previous...

As a promising candidate for the next-generation mobile platform, mixed reality (MR) such as Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest Pro (both are passthrough virtual reality headsets) has the potential to revolutionize the way ...

Researchers have found a new virus, identified as a bacteriophage, at a depth of 29,199 feet (8,900 meters).

A set of unusual "trace" fossils in Italy reveal that fish were swimming in the deep ocean about 130 million years ago - much earlier than we had thought

Picture a nanoscale dance floor full of independently moving particles. When things really start to heat up--or, in this case, cool down--particles partner off, but on opposite sides of the space, "dancing" in synch as i...

Researchers have demonstrated a material for next generation dynamic windows, which would allow building occupants to switch their windows between three modes: transparent, or "normal" windows; windows that block infrare...

Non-Hermitian systems have numerous alluring optical properties at exceptional points (EPs) and have attracted extensive attention because of their great prospects in applications such as optical sensing, integrated opti...

A group of researchers have made a significant breakthrough which could revolutionize next-generation electronics by enabling non-volatility, large-scale integration, low power consumption, high speed, and high reliabili...

This fantastic smartwatch is now under $180 thanks to a hefty discount.

A large brush-footed trapdoor spider and a small jumping spider from the Miocene Epoch between 11 and 16 million years ago show how different arachnids responded to rapidly changing climate