Most women get uterine fibroids. This researcher wants to know why
Biomedical engineer Erika Moore investigates diseases that disproportionately affect women of color.
Category: Science
Hubble Spies Swirling Spiral
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy NGC 3285B, a member of the Hydra I cluster of galaxies.
Diagnostic dilemma: A toddler accidently ate gonorrhea bacteria from a lab dish
In a bizarre medical case published in 1984, a young boy was inadvertently exposed to an STI-causing bacteria in a lab dish.
Plants self-organize in a ‘hidden order,’ echoing pattern found across nature
Scientists have discovered a “perfect disordered hyperuniform” pattern in how plants arrange themselves across many dry landscapes that allows them to make the most of
Superbright ‘Comet Lemmon’ flies through auroras over Scotland during surprise solar storm
A photographer snapped a striking shot of Comet Lemmon streaking over Scotland as the night sky unexpectedly filled up with a technicolor mix of vibrant
Reversing peanut advice prevented tens of thousands of allergy cases, researchers say
A decade ago, research said giving young children peanut products can prevent allergies. A new study says that, 10 years later, tens of thousands of
An ancient bone recasts how Indigenous Australians treated megafauna
A new look at cuts on a giant kangaroo bone reveal First Peoples as fossil collectors, not hunters who helped drive species extinct, some scientists
A tiny, levitated glass sphere behaves like the hottest engine ever made
At an effective temperature of 13 million kelvins, the jiggling glass sphere could help scientists understand physics at the microscale.
James Webb telescope finds that galaxies in the early universe were much more chaotic than we thought
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have charted billions of years of galactic evolution, finding that galaxies near the dawn of time were much
New study reveals why time seems to move faster the older we get
A new study hints that age-related changes in our brains may explain why time feels like it’s slipping away faster with every passing year.
Superbright ‘Comet Lemmon’ gets its tail temporarily torn to pieces by solar wind
An astrophotographer snapped a stunning shot of Comet Lemmon’s flowing tail getting shredded by a strong gust of solar wind, just three days before it
New eye implants combined with augmented-reality glasses help blind people read again in small trial
Of the 38 patients with age-related macular degeneration, 80% were able to read again after having the eye implant and using the glasses.
Unitree’s H2 robot poses, pirouettes and pulls off deft karate moves with eerily lifelike movement
Chinese robotics startup Unitree has shown off its latest humanoid robot, the H2 “Destiny Awakening” — and it’s eerily lifelike.
‘Illegal’ metal detectorist found a huge hoard of Roman treasure in Germany — and kept it hidden for 8 years
A man found a Roman-era hoard in Germany dating to around 2,000 years ago, but he took eight years to tell authorities about it.