Using JWST, for the first time, astronomers have managed to find tentative evidence for an atmosphere on a rocky planet in a clement orbit around another star some 40 light-years from Earth

Researchers tested 12 “magic mushroom” edible products sold in Portland, Ore., and found no trace of psilocybin, the hallucinogenic compound that gives magic mushrooms their name

Writing in Your Books Is Good for Your Brain

Nobody Knows How Tylenol Works

Child's Death Shows How Measles in the Brain Can Kill Years After an Infection

Researchers found that they could detect signs of consciousness in comatose patients by using artificial intelligence to analyze facial movements that were too small to be noticed by clinicians

Autism Has No Single Cause. Here’s How We Know

The math of shuffling cards almost brought down an online poker empire

New knot theory discovery overturns long-held mathematical assumption

NASA's Juno mission leaves legacy of science at Jupiter

The way people search the internet can fuel echo chambers, according to a new study

An analysis of 35 hours of footage from 15 birds, published on August 18 in the journal Current Biology, shows that Streaked Shearwaters (Calonectris leucomelas) were pooping every four to 10 minutes…

NASA Budget Cuts Could End U.S. Exploration of the Outer Solar System

Researchers working in Ethiopia have discovered remains of a previously unknown branch of humanity

A new brain prosthetic allows people to communicate by simply thinking what they want to say

Cracks in the Earth Are Slicing Through Cities

Pessimistic Dogs Are Better at Smelling Cancer—And Other Keys to Disease-Sniffing Success

Vibrio Pectenicida Identified as Cause of Sea Star Disease Affecting Billions

Deep-Sea Desalination Pulls Fresh Water from the Depths

You Don’t Remember Being a Baby, but Your Brain Was Making Memories

Nine million years ago, a key ancestor of the modern-day potato was born

Optimists Are Alike, but Pessimists Are Unique, Brain Scan Study Suggests

Scientists create first antimatter qubit

We're light-years away from true artificial intelligence, says martha wells

Addiction propensity may show up in children's brain scans.

ChatGPT Is Changing the Words We Use in Conversation

New Antimatter Physics Discovered at the Large Hadron Collider

Proof that adult brains make new neurons settles scientific controversy

Republicans’ Megabill Will Put U.S. Climate Goals Out of Reach

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