Category: Science

Last year’s massive earthquake in Myanmar could help researchers better predict where the worst shaking will be if the “Big One” hits the San Andreas

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have found what may be one of the most distant supernovas ever observed. And in a stroke

The mysterious and undeciphered Voynich manuscript has caused consternation among code-breakers, linguists and scholars of medieval literature for more than a century. But now experts

Stimulating the brain with ultrasound could help counter the delusions people experience in schizophrenia, a small trial finds. The trial involved transcranial ultrasound stimulation, in

FRASCATI, Italy — Observing Earth from space provides a much-needed insight into the evolution of our planet’s health. This is particularly important in the face

Error correction creates qubits that glitch only 5 out of a million times, the first step toward a new phase for quantum computing.

People who have lost the ability to talk are finding new voices with technology. This technological feat is changing what it means to lose a

Archaeologists have unearthed an 11th-century wooden kitchen gadget with an ancient board game carved into the back. Medieval bakers may have used the wooden paddle

A gene variant called APOE4 dramatically increases the risk of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia. Now, emerging research is revealing APOE4’s

Among the 377 results that OpenAI announced on October 6, 2026, one stood out. It claimed to settle the “quasi-Riemann hypothesis” — a weaker version

The captivating shapes of wind-carved crags called yardangs are revealed in this zoomed-in crop of a broader panorama captured by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover. Scientists

New videos offer a closer look at a rare and bizarre escape behavior in some Southeast Asian snakes.

Japan’s MMX mission will be the first to the moons of Mars and it aims to bring back precious rock samples — perhaps even indirectly

A drone powered by artificial intelligence (AI) has completed a championship race course faster than some of the world’s best human drone pilots. In a