As tau builds up in the brain, the brain waves that help form memories during…
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Unlike GLP-1 drugs, which suppress appetite and reduce energy intake, a newly identified molecular compound…
Bats’ remarkable ability to withstand decades of strenuous flight while keeping infections, inflammation, and cancer…
Genetic research revealed four distinct gentoo penguin species, including a newly identified species from the…
Neanderthals and Denisovans interbred with the ancestors of modern humans, leaving recognizable traces in our…
A laser-based innovation could allow electron microscopes to reveal biological structures that have long remained…
As bees and hummingbirds move from flower to flower collecting nectar and pollinating plants, they…
Scientists have uncovered a previously unknown brain feedback system that links deep sleep, growth hormone…
New observations of Jupiter’s lightning reveal unexpectedly complex and powerful storms. Jupiter, the largest planet…
Astronomers have identified the first clear evidence of a magnetar forming during a superluminous supernova,…
Northern wildfires may be unleashing hidden reservoirs of ancient carbon — and climate models are…
General relativity helps explain the lack of planets around tight binary stars by driving orbital…
While surveying distant worlds beyond our solar system, researchers unexpectedly obtained the first direct images…
An archaeon reads the same codon in two different ways, overturning a doctrine that has…
A survey measuring the ethanol levels in fruits consumed by chimpanzees suggests that these animals…
A new study published in Science shows that chimpanzees are capable of rationally revising their…
New research finds that ocean-dwelling fish entered freshwater environments on several occasions, evolving enhanced hearing…
UC Berkeley astronomers found a hidden black hole roaming far from the galaxy’s core. It…