Sleep: Facts about how and why we sleep
Learn facts about sleep, during which the body rests, recuperates and performs essential repairs.
Category: Science
China has developed the largest drone carrier in the world — and it’s getting ready for takeoff
The world’s largest drone “mothership” is getting ready for deployment in June. It’s designed to carry and launch up to 100 drones in a swarm
The land under South Africa is rising every year. We finally know why.
The land under South Africa steadily rose between 2012 and 2020, a new GPS-based study finds, and drought may be the main driver.
Why you fight infection better in the daytime
Depending on what time it is, your body responds differently to an injury or infection. During the day, you’re likely to heal faster and fight
Supreme Court limits environmental reviews of infrastructure projects
The decision makes it easier to win approval for highways, bridges, pipelines, wind farms, and other infrastructure projects. (Image credit: Drew Angerer)
The hunt for a microbial marvel that can help with the planet’s biggest issues
What if the solutions to some of Earth’s biggest problems could be found in some of its smallest creatures? That bet has led a team
45 Years Ago: NASA Announces Ninth Astronaut Group
Sixteen of 19 astronaut candidates named on May 29, 1980, and two European trainees as payload specialists pose for photographers in the briefing room in
Will We Ever Prove String Theory?
For decades, string theory has been hailed as the leading candidate for the theory of everything in our universe. Yet despite its mathematical elegance, the
2.2 million-year-old teeth reveal secrets of human relatives found in a South African cave
A cutting-edge technique for analyzing fossil tooth enamel is revealing remarkable new information about 2 million-year-old human relatives.
Single gene may help explain the plague’s persistence throughout human history
Alterations to a single gene in the plague bacterium’s genome have shed light on a method the germ has used to survive and spread through
Birds have been nesting in the Arctic Circle for almost 73 million years, newly discovered fossils reveal
A major collection of more than 50 bird fossils found in northern Alaska suggest some ancient ancestors of modern birds learned to either adapt to
Newly discovered ‘ghost’ lineage linked to ancient mystery population in Tibet, DNA study finds
A study of more than 100 genomes from people who lived in ancient China has unmasked a “ghost” in their midst.
Combo of cancer therapy drugs increases mice lifespan by 30% — but anti-aging benefits in humans remain unknown
A cocktail of FDA-approved cancer drugs, trametinib and rapamycin, boosts the lifespan of lab mice by 30% and might help humans age better, new study
Not ‘Little Red Dots’ or roaring quasars: James Webb telescope uncovers new kind of ‘hidden’ black hole never seen before
By combining data from the Subaru Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope, researchers have discovered distant quasars that are obscured by dust but which may