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Amino acids and other "pre-biotic" molecules were spotted in a meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey home in 2024.

July 18, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend

Several popular sugar substitutes may not be as harmless as they seem. Adults who consumed the most artificial sweeteners showed substantially faster declines in memory and thinking, especially if they were under 60 or h...

A catastrophic asteroid breakup may have triggered a huge wave of impacts across the inner solar system about 800 million years ago. The debris was launched from near a gravitational gateway controlled by Jupiter, sendin...

It's fairly uncommon to find a spherical creature, although they're more common in the sea than on land. So which one is the roundest?

Seismic waves have revealed that the oceanic plate beneath the Ontong Java Plateau was dramatically transformed by the colossal volcanic activity that created it more than 100 million years ago. Researchers found a compl...

A new paper in the journal Nature Physics offers insights into the physics of liquid droplets-and while many people may not appreciate the mathematical accomplishment, they will benefit from the athletic wear and raincoa...

A technology has been developed that allows artificial intelligence to inversely determine the process conditions for quantum-dot light-emitting diode (QLED) devices-conditions that previously required extensive trial an...

What does 'neuroplasticity' mean?