Imagine setting up an elaborate chain of dominoes, where each piece must strike the next in perfect sequence to create a ...

New research to be presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2026, Istanbul, Turkey, 12-15 May) shows that ...

Astronomers using data from the Hobby–Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) have discovered tens of thousands of ...

(via Sabine Hossenfelder) String theory has changed the foundations of physics profoundly, and I for one am worried about its ...

Mitochondria are often described as the cell’s power plants, because they generate energy. To help them achieve this, ...

The interiors of ice giant planets like Uranus and Neptune could be home to a previously unknown state of matter, according ...

Meteor impacts may have helped spark life on Earth, creating hot, chemical-rich environments where the first living cells ...

A record-setting pristine star provides a window into the dawn of stars and galaxies in the universe. This groundbreaking ...

Observations of the highly unusual—sometimes called “forbidden”—exoplanet TOI-5205 b taken by JWST suggest the giant planet’s ...

(via Veritasium) The factory that makes the world's most volatile substance.

By lifting a gene from wild rice and breeding it into domestic crops, researchers have created a perennial crop that can live for two years or more. That could lead to rice that can produce several ...

At the dawn of the 20th century, old age wasn’t much of a problem. That’s because a newborn in 1900 could expect to live, on ...