New robotic heart mimics common, mysterious condition to help researchers study it
Scientists have invented a soft robotic heart that could give them a new way to study a mysterious condition that accounts for roughly half of
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Malaria had nearly been eliminated around a giant dam in the Amazon — but then it came roaring back. Experts just discovered why.
A years-long malaria control campaign in the Brazilian Amazon nearly eliminated the disease from a city — but then cases rebounded. Now, scientists think they’ve
Dirty ‘button’ unearthed by metal detectorist turns out to be a rare 900-year-old coin from Norway’s last Viking king, Magnus Barefoot
A metal detectorist in Norway dismissed a rare 900-year-old silver coin as a button, before researchers realized it was a one-of-a-kind piece linked to Magnus
‘800 seconds for a sick visit’: Some factors driving antibiotic resistance have nothing to do with biology, says medical sociologist Julia Szymczak
‘A silent pandemic’: How Japan is curbing antibiotic resistance, $5 at a time This interview is the second article in a series comparing antibiotic use
Summit living isn’t a problem for this tiny mouse
A boost to heat production and drawing in more oxygen may help Andean leaf-eared mice thrive at altitude.
Curiosity Sees Martian Sulfur Up Close
These sulfur crystals were found inside a rock after NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover happened to drive over it and crush it on May 30, 2024
Will We Ever Find Alien Civilizations?
Does intelligent life exist elsewhere in the universe? The question has captivated us for centuries, but despite decades of searching it remains frustratingly unanswered. Every
‘Astronomers have to revise estimates’: The Milky Way may be larger, heavier and more lopsided than we realized
Two of the Milky Way’s gigantic spiral arms appear to be much farther away than we realized, scientists have discovered after listening to the echoes
Scientists build tiny ‘diving suit’ for cockroaches, turning them into search-and rescue cyborgs
Engineers have designed a waterproof “diving suit” for cyborg cockroaches that enables the hybrid insects to survive and roam underwater for up to three hours.
Quantum computing wielded to create extremely rare material critical to nuclear fusion
Using a quantum computer alongside a supercomputer, scientists have developed a breakthrough pathway for modeling the physics inside a fusion reactor. The world-first experiment could
Support goes a long way to boost birth control effectiveness
The HER Salt Lake Contraceptive Initiative’s approach, which centered the user and made refills easy, meant all types of methods worked well.
Neandertal babies were a lot like ours — but didn’t stay that way
Two studies of Neandertal remains suggest their newborns were about the same size as those of modern humans but developed faster through infancy.
Extreme heat waves are making our cities buckle. Investing in urban nature is no longer optional.
For decades, cities have been designed around “gray infrastructure.” Roads move people. Bridges connect communities. Water systems protect public health. These systems are governed by
100,000 years ago, one of the earliest Homo sapiens outside Africa was stabbed in the face, analysis finds
Around 100,000 years ago, an early Homo sapiens man was probably stabbed in the face with a sharp stone tool and later buried in a