Synesthesia isn’t just in your mind. The body reacts as if the colors were real.
Pupil size in people with synesthesia changed depending on how bright or dark the perceived colors were.
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Artemis II Crew’s Suits
The Orion Crew Survival System suits that Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen
When Coupled Volcanoes Talk, These Researchers Listen
In the summer of 1912, word reached Robert Fiske Griggs that the apocalypse had arrived on Kodiak, an inhabited island off the coast of Alaska.
Scientists watch sperm whales work as a team to assist a birth
An unprecedented look at the birth of a sperm whale found that mother and calf were supported by other whales throughout the process. (Image credit:
How snakes defy gravity to stand tall
Limbless tree snakes can lift most of their body into the air without toppling. They manage this by focusing all their bending forces at their
Welcome to the weird world of AI agent teams
AI agents are starting to work in teams, but without careful organization, groups of bots can easily fall into chaos.
Here’s the stargazing gear you need for April 2026 — don’t miss the Lyrids, two comets and the full moon
These are our top camera, binocular and telescope recommendations for April’s stargazing events, including the Lyrid meteor shower and two bright comets.
DNA shed by every living thing is lurking in the environment — and it could tell us how Earth is changing in real time
Environments are littered with the DNA of the creatures that inhabit them. Analyzing it could provide a real-time view of how our planet is changing.
Lençóis Maranhenses: Brazil’s dune-filled expanse that sits at the intersection of 3 biomes
Lençóis Maranhenses National Park hosts sand-dune fields that fill up with lagoons every wet season, but the reserve also has mangrove swamps where species such
Handwashing: Cool Water as Effective as Hot for Removing Germs
We all know that washing our hands can keep us from spreading germs and getting sick. But a new Rutgers-New Brunswick study found that cool
A Recipe For Concrete That Can Withstand Road Salt Deterioration
Road salt, used in copious helpings each winter to protect them from ice and preserve safe driving conditions, is slowly degrading the concrete they’re made
Early apes may not have evolved in East Africa
Fossil jaw remains found in Egypt suggest that the earliest modern apes evolved in North Africa, not in East Africa where most fossils have been
Social media can be addictive, a jury finds. Research hints at a link
Instagram and YouTube intentionally designed social media platforms to hook users, a landmark court case found. A pediatrician explains the ruling’s impact.
2 Neanderthals present at same Siberian cave 10,000 years apart were distant relatives, 110,000-year-old bone reveals
Researchers extracted DNA from a Neanderthal bone fragment found in Russia’s Denisova Cave, and the genome is shedding light on how small and isolated their