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Kilauea volcano in Hawaii is erupting with fountains of lava. Check out a USGS livestream from within the Halema uma u crater.

From Firefly's Blue Ghost lander to SpaceX's Starship Human Landing System, around a dozen spacecraft teams have their sights on the moon

New research has found a way to power spacecraft with lasers generated using solar energy alone.

A new study hints at a "previously recognized" mechanism that links a rare chromosomal disorder to schizophrenia.

Some Christmas traditions mirror pre-Christian festivities, but some pagan influences may have been overstated.

A genetic analysis of six people buried in a Moche tomb around A.D. 500 revealed that two teenagers were sacrificed to their close relatives.

Experts explain why you're more likely to catch a cold in the winter than in warmer seasons of the year.

To a leaf, a falling raindrop is equivalent in mass to a bowling ball dropping on a person--so how does the leaf survive? New research elucidates the raindrop's impact and the physical dynamics that help the leaf respond...

Bright, twisted light can be produced with technology similar to an Edison light bulb, researchers at the University of Michigan have shown. The finding adds nuance to fundamental physics while offering a new avenue for ...

US regulators are expected to approve a disease-resistant pig breed in 2025, opening the door to wider adoption of gene-edited farm animals and crops

Many techniques in computational materials science require scientists to identify the right set of parameters that capture the physics of the specific material they are studying. Calculating these parameters from scratch...

Researchers have created a 3D atlas mapping brain regions that connect to V1 spinal interneurons, which shape motor output. By using a genetically modified rabies virus, they pinpointed connections from the brain to thes...

At the Berlin synchrotron radiation source BESSY II, the largest magnetic anisotropy of a single molecule ever measured experimentally has been determined. The larger a molecule's anisotropy is, the better suited it is a...

From carotenoids to vitamins C and E and minerals such as selenium, here are the most important nutrients to slow skin damage

Laser therapy, microneedling and vampire facials are among the bizarre, non-surgical treatments that have become widely available, but their evidence base is decidedly mixed

Our skin is host to a thriving community of bacteria, some of which help to restore and protect our epidermis. The hunt is now on for treatments that make the most of these allies

We are often told to wear SPF throughout the year - but the science behind this advice is nuanced. The truth may depend on where you live

An artist's abstract illustration of cosmic strings.

Macquarie University researchers have demonstrated how ordinary supermarket grapes can enhance the performance of quantum sensors, potentially leading to more efficient quantum technologies.

The GaoJing 1-02 imaging satellite burned up over the U.S. in a mesmerizing 'fireball' that some skywatchers mistook for a meteor shower.

The bowstrings were found with wood-and-reed arrows and were used by the first European farmers.

The sun's most active phase, solar maximum, officially arrived in 2024, triggering some explosive solar storms and colorful auroras. Here are 10 of our favorite solar outbursts this year.