Fossils newly identified in a rock collected 30 years ago in Osaka Prefecture may belong to a previously unknown species. For…

Researchers mapped where DNA first opens and how a helicase gate may release one strand as genome copying begins. Before a…

Treating loneliness as a health issue may encourage action while obscuring the broader social conditions behind it. Loneliness can damage health,…

For millions of people, caffeine is the chemical switch that starts the day. Yet the dose and the source may determine…

New simulations suggest Europa’s massive ice shell may seal its hidden ocean off far more completely than scientists ever realized. Europa…

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Earth may be far more vulnerable to powerful solar storms than scientists realized, with extreme events potentially hitting modern technology twice…

Pressure-resistant air sacs allow lake fly larvae to dive hundreds of meters and complicate a long-standing theory about ocean insects. Each…