In the Arizona desert, scientists have uncovered a bizarre and almost unbelievable partnership between ants: tiny cone ants ...

Quantum systems can secretly “remember” their past—even when they appear not to. Scientists found that whether a system shows ...

For years, water managers have been puzzled as the Colorado River kept delivering less water than expected—even when snowpack ...

A breakthrough experiment has shed new light on one of astrophysics’ biggest mysteries: the origin of rare proton-rich elements. For the first time, scientists directly measured a key reaction that ...

Loneliness may quietly affect how well older adults remember things—but it might not be speeding up mental decline after all.

In the aftermath of Earth’s most catastrophic extinction event, one unlikely survivor rose to dominate a shattered world: ...

Bread and other carbohydrate staples may be doing more than just filling plates—they could be quietly reshaping metabolism. In a surprising twist, researchers found that mice strongly preferred carbs ...

A new study from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is overturning a decades-old belief that Indigenous Hawaiians hunted ...

Scientists have discovered a way to supercharge the immune system’s T cells by blocking a protein called Ant2, forcing the cells to rewire how they generate energy. This shift makes them more powerful ...

Spending time with close companions might do more than strengthen bonds—it could also reshape your gut bacteria. In a study ...

Mitochondria don’t just generate energy—they also carefully organize their own DNA in a surprisingly elegant way. Scientists have discovered that a long-overlooked phenomenon called “mitochondrial ...

A colossal “cosmic volcano” has erupted in deep space, as a supermassive black hole in galaxy J1007+3540 roars back to life ...