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World's biggest dark matter detector spots a single weird particle

A 17-year seismic study found North Korea’s underground nuclear tests reactivated previously quiet faults beneath Mount Mantap, triggering 1,399 local earthquakes whose activity continued to increase for years after the final nuclear test in 2017.

For skeptical conservative voters in the US, public information campaigns did not increase trust in American elections

A new material moves protons 6.5 times faster than the standard fuel cell membrane, cutting the energy barrier by more than half.

Scientists observe a fundamental principle of gravity affect the quantum world

Experimental plague vaccines protected 80 to 100% of mice against lethal pneumonic plague, including mice engineered to lack interferon gamma, an immune signal long thought essential to surviving it

C. difficile colonization in infants reshapes gut development, challenging a long-held assumption

Betel nut sucking is the earliest recorded evidence for the habitual use of a neuroactive plant drug

When inflammation evicts blood-making stem cells from bone marrow, they partner with calming T-cells

Climate simulations suggest the Southern Ocean could eventually shift from a major carbon sink to a net CO₂ source after emissions decline, as persistent ocean warming and changes in alkalinity weaken its capacity to absorb atmospheric carbon.

Rivers may be delivering far more microplastic pollution to the oceans than previously realized, with developing countries accounting for nearly all of the global flow

Magic mushroom compound may prevent chemotherapy pain: « Research in mice finds that psilocybin protects against nerve damage and sensitivity caused by common cancer drugs

Study of 51 adults receiving an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine found stronger interferon-related immune activity before vaccination predicted more pronounced temporary side effects, helping explain why some people experience stronger reactions than others.

NSF memo implementing Trump's 'golden age' of science unsettles researchers

North Korean nuclear test sets off years of earthquakes

“Chilling” warning or overreaction? AI bioweapons report divides experts

A US study of more than 3.3 million people linked the EGFR T790M gene variant to lung cancer risk, with no link to 17 other cancers.

Psychoactive substances helped spur Andean civilization

In the lead-up to the 2024 US election, horse race coverage of the election overwhelmingly dominated all news outlets, even receiving more attention than all policy issues combined

AI chatbots are becoming experts at changing people's minds

Treatment for osteoarthritis: messenger RNA (mRNA) that produces the protein responsible for anchoring the fibrous structure of cartilage.

Piezoelectric effect in polycrystalline diamond membranes

How An AI math breakthrough ignited a controversy

Loss of function of ALDH3B2 transdifferentiates human pancreatic duct cells into β-like cells | Science Translational Medicine

The climate benefits of retiring an operational combustion engine vehicle

Things I Won't Work With: Straight Dimethyl Zinc

Autism mutations drive neurodevelopmental pathology

Birdsong similar to human language, study finds

Richard Feynman’s 80-year-old quantum postulate has now been validated

Science investigation casts doubt on genes hailed as warding-off Alzheimer's disease

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