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A study from Kobe University has uncovered a surprising partnership between Japanese red elder plants and Heterhelus beetles. The beetles pollinate the flowers but also lay eggs inside the developing fruit. The plant res...

Finding water, generating power, and sheltering astronauts from radiation are just a few of the challenges NASA must solve. The post The US Plans to Break Ground on a Permanent Moon Base by 2030. Heres What It Will Take....

Scientists discover that fertility is controlled by the brain's defense cells, identifying a new genetic link to human infertility.

A lifelong study of killifish reveals that aging happens in sudden bursts, and your mid-life "syllables" of movement might predict your future.

Scientists analyzing a gravitational-wave signal have discovered that a neutron star and black hole spiraled together on an oval-shaped orbit just before merging. This unusual motion, detected in the event GW200105, cont...

Alzheimer's doesn't follow the same biological script for everyone, highlighting critical differences across racial and ethnic groups.

Astronomers say a distant, sunlike star shows signs of a catastrophic planet-on-planet crash that may mirror the ancient impact that formed Earth's moon.

New research reveals that an evolutionarily old pathway in the brainstem is a secret key to how humans use their hands.

Researchers have discovered that hedgehogs can hear ultrasound, a surprising ability that could help protect them from cars. Since road traffic kills large numbers of hedgehogs, scientists believe ultrasonic repellents m...

Decades of data from over 80,000 great tits reveal that extreme weather can shape the fate of baby birds. Cold snaps soon after hatching and heavy rain later in development shrink nestling body mass and reduce survival o...

Scientists have discovered that a rare mirror-image version of the amino acid cysteine can dramatically slow the growth of certain cancers while leaving healthy cells largely untouched. Unlike most anticancer treatments ...

A new study reveals that a high-fat diet can turn the vagus nerve into a highway for gut bacteria to reach-and potentially inflame-the brain.

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have developed a noncontact vibration measurement method using an event camera, a sensing technology inspired by biological vision. By applying geometric analysis to event-stream data...

Body mass index (BMI) is used as a global standard for measuring health, but does it actually tell you anything about how healthy you are on an individual level?Carissa Wong explains the problems with this flawed tool

The story of a wildflower that adapted to a severe drought in California raises hopes that evolution will come to the rescue of species hit by climate change, but there are limits

Archaeologists have uncovered the graves of two pre-Roman children who were buried like male warriors.

Carbon that has been buried in the Congo Basin's peatlands for millennia is seeping into lakes and rivers. Why this is happening remains unclear, but researchers warn that tropical peatlands could be nearing a tippin...

We are born to beat. New research confirms that musicality is a fundamental biological trait, not a cultural accident, predating language in human evolution.

Light-based quantum technologies, such as quantum communication and photonic quantum computing, require reliable sources of individual photons and, ideally, pairs of entangled photons. Semiconductor quantum dots are prom...

Two popular quantum computing algorithms for problems in chemistry may have very limited use even as quantum hardware improves

New research reveals five specific types of neurons that are the primary targets of ALS and FTD, paving the way for cell-specific therapies.

Using a phenomenon called "negative light," scientists invisibly transferred data disguised as background thermal radiation.