Category: Science

Naked mole rats may have specific roles, such as cleaning the toilet chamber or transporting waste, rather than being generalist helpers. The findings suggest naked-mole-rat

Using JWST and ALMA data, astronomers have spotted a superlong and narrow ‘galactic contrail,’ possibly produced by a black hole. The gas- and dust-rich tail

Engineers are in the early stages of harnessing Wi-Fi as a way to monitor heart rates, but don’t expect to use your home router anytime

A national survey of students, teachers and parents shines a light on how the AI revolution is playing out in schools – including when it

A cartographer, a composer, a neurobiologist, and a novelist are among the recipients of this year’s “Genius Grants.” Each Fellow will receive a no-strings attached

From capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or sucking water out of dry desert air, the trio’s new form of molecular architecture can absorb and

Richard Robson, Susumu Kitagawa and Omar Yaghi developed metal-organic frameworks, structures that can collect water from air, capture CO₂ and more.

Age and gender bias in online images feeds into AI tools, revealing stereotypes shaping digital systems and hiring algorithms, researchers report.

Amazon has slashed the price of this compact but powerful sensory star projector in time for Prime Day in October.

Our optics writer bought the Celestron AstroMaster 130EQ last Prime Day, and it’s discounted again this year — we think it’s a great starter scope

With NordVPN’s Prime Day plan, you can watch your favorite David Attenborough nature documentaries from anywhere in the world — and now, you can save

Ultraprocessed foods can create powerful pulls similar to those of alcohol, nicotine or opioids, with worrisome consequences for our health.

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows a portion of the Tarantula Nebula.

Called ec³, the material is made by combining cement and water with a liquid electrolyte and carbon powder — both readily available.