A major new review challenges the idea that a daily aspirin can reliably prevent bowel cancer in the general population. For…

Northern wildfires may be unleashing hidden reservoirs of ancient carbon — and climate models are missing much of it. Wildfires sweeping…

Seabird guano fertilization boosted maize production in ancient Peru, fueling Chincha wealth, trade networks, and strategic Inca alliances. New archaeological findings…

Recurring droughts and shifts to larger-scale hunting led to the abandonment of the Bergstrom bison site about 1,100 years ago, despite…

Scientists have identified the world’s oldest rock art—a 67,800-year-old hand stencil in Sulawesi—using uranium-series dating A hand stencil discovered on the…

Recovering humpback whale populations are revealing a hidden shift: older males are increasingly outcompeting younger rivals to father calves. New research…

A privacy-first AI can diagnose a life-shortening hormone disorder—just from a photo of your hand. Researchers at Kobe University have developed…

Deep inside a dust-choked galaxy, astronomers have uncovered a chemical environment far more complex than expected. The James Webb Space Telescope…