
New Scientist - 1 day 4 hours ago
Five dietary patterns that involve eating lots of plants have been linked with living up to three years longer, even among people who are genetically predisposed to have a shorter life...

Popular Mechanics - 1 day 4 hours ago
A new study analyzes three asteroid and two meteorite samples to see if space rocks smacking into Earth could've helped kickstart life.

Wired - 1 day 4 hours ago
Snowpack levels across a wide swath of Western US states are among the lowest seen in decades, even as regulators struggle to negotiate water rights in the region.

Ars Technica - 1 day 5 hours ago
Self-copying RNAs may have been a key stop along the pathway to life.

Newser - 1 day 6 hours ago
If you've ever watched an elephant perform a delicate task with its trunk, the secret might lie in something easy to miss: whiskers. New research in Science finds that the hundreds of fine hairs coating an elephant's trunk are among the most advanced sensory whiskers known, turning the trunk into...

New Scientist - 1 day 6 hours ago
Finding rhinoviruses, which cause the common cold, in preserved medical specimens and analysing their RNA genome could let us trace the evolution of human illness...

New Scientist - 1 day 7 hours ago
Simulations suggest that two enormous masses of hot rock have been involved in generating Earth's magnetic field and giving it an irregular shape...

The Atlantic - 1 day 7 hours ago
Slashing Arctic climate science will limit how clearly the U.S. can understand the region.

The Conversation - 1 day 9 hours ago
Digital tools allow archaeologists to identify similarities between fragments and artifacts and potentially recover previously unknown parts of their stories.

Smithsonian - 1 day 9 hours ago
Since their domestication, horses have changed the course of human history. It's no wonder the Chinese zodiac associates them with prosperity and success...

The Independent - 1 day 11 hours ago
Geothermal heating uses the Earth's natural underground heat, akin to a natural radiator.

The Independent - 1 day 13 hours ago
Medieval shaft was found during excavation of a Stone Age burial...

Last Word On Nothing - 1 day 14 hours ago
In late August 2018 I traveled to the northernmost island in Canada to observe white wolves. These were an extremely unusual group of animals, and they had the distinction of being unafraid of humans. This alone was something, but beyond their fearlessness lay a subtler behavior that is perhaps best described as tolerance. Another way […] The post Storyteller’s Remorse appeared first on The Last Word On Nothing .

The Conversation - 1 day 23 hours ago
Companies are selling a range of anti-drone devices, from guns that fire nets to powerful laser weapons, but no one system is sufficient for defending airports, power plants and other critical sites.

BBC - 1 day 23 hours ago
For many, the idea of soulmates still shapes how love is understood.

Nature - 1 day 23 hours ago
How good is the sector at giving bereaved staff time and space to grieve?...

Nature - 1 day 23 hours ago
Biologists, physicists and computer scientists have joined a platform called RentAHuman.ai to advertise their skills.

Nature - 1 day 23 hours ago
Preprint repositories and conference organizers are having to counter a tide of AI slop' submissions.

PBS Newshour - 1 day 23 hours ago
As Trump pulls back from regulations on climate change, many scientists remain worried about the warming of the oceans, melting glaciers and sea level rise. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien has been reporting from Antarctica on a mission to understand what's happening there. In his last report from the Thwaites Glacier, he looks at other key research projects that have been part of that trip. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast...

Retraction Watch - 2 days 2 hours ago
A journal is implementing tighter controls for guest editors and peer reviewers after an investigation led to the retraction of more than 160 articles. As we reported last month, the American Society For Testing And Materials (ASTM) International started an investigation into its Journal of Testing and Evaluation after an ASTM vendor noticed some "irregular … Continue reading As journal's retraction count nears 170, it enhances vetting...

BBC - 2 days 2 hours ago
What would it really take to build a city on the moon?...

The Conversation - 2 days 4 hours ago
Climate change is making people sicker and more vulnerable to disease, doctors and scientists explain. Erasing the federal endangerment finding increases the risk.

IEEE Spectrum - 2 days 9 hours ago
As new consumer hardware and software capabilities have bumped up against medicine over the last few years, consumers and manufacturers alike have struggled with identifying the line between "wellness" products such as earbuds that can also amplify and clarify surrounding speakers' voices and regulated medical devices such as conventional hearing aids. On January 6, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued new guidance documents clarifying how it interprets existing law for...

GeekSpin - 2 days 10 hours ago
Behind the serene, glowing beauty of Saturn's rings lies a story of cosmic chaos. Once thought to be as old as the planets themselves, these icy bands may actually be surprisingly young, and their creation was far from peaceful. According to a new study, Saturn's largest moon, Titan, may have formed from the collision of […] Read the original article here: Saturn's rings were born from a massive ancient moon merger...