Category: Science

This explainer is part of Quanta Magazine’s Origins of Life Week. Check back throughout the week for more stories about one of science’s biggest unknowns.

Scientists found that semaglutide, Ozempic’s key ingredient, repaired blood vessels, dampened inflammation and improved kidney function in patients.

Research in mice shows that fiber may literally wrap around plastic particles to remove them from the gut.

The chicken-shaped, black-glazed vase has an abecedarium ‪—‬ an inscription with the 26 letters of the Etruscan alphabet in order. (Image credit: Metropolitan Museum of

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, encapsulated in its payload fairing, travels to the SpaceX hangar at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

During dreams, bizarre scenes you encounter can seem as tangible as reality; you feel as though you’re really flying through the sky or being chased

Archaeologists excavating in northeastern France have unearthed a small fifth-century cemetery containing the graves of two Germanic chieftains and two warhorses. The burial ground is

Early Wednesday (Nov. 4), NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory fell out of space, burning up in the sky over Sumatra . It was a fitting

The Vikings were explorers, farmers, merchants and, most famously, warriors who launched raids across large parts of Europe. Stereotypes of Vikings usually conjure up images

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope on board is seen transiting the sun during launch from Launch Complex 39A, Sunday

The Maya used so much red paint that they accidentally poisoned their lakes and waterways with mercury, a new study finds. The problem was cinnabar

A geological reorganization near Japan may have led to the formation of one of North America’s most recognizable features. The birth of the Gulf of

It’s a common observation that women often prefer warmer temperatures and feel cold more easily than men do, and the same trend appears among females

In February 2011, Madi Allen, a healthy 12-year-old in Central Illinois, who loved playing sports, almost died from the flu. The influenza B virus resulted