Scientists

Scientists behind a landmark UN report on overshooting the 1.5C warming limit have defended its credibility, after Saudi Arabia and other large developing countries…

For decades, scientists have warned us against smoking, climate change, and soda pop. But for all their killjoy explanations, they refused to answer the only question on…

Scientists have discovered that immune cells in fat tissue behave differently in males and females, potentially helping explain sex-specific responses to obesity. A type…

Scientists have discovered that the first animals to venture onto land nearly 380 million years ago had surprisingly stiff necks, overturning a long-standing theory…

Scientists have cooled atoms to the coldest temperature ever recorded, using a laser trap aboard China's Tiangong space station.Tiangong included an experiment in which…

Scientists have found “signs of progress” in cutting the amount of two so-called “forever chemicals” in England’s rivers and freshwater fish.

A massive scientific collaboration meant to unravel the mysteries of the human brain has produced the most detailed map yet of the basal ganglia, a region closely…

Scientists have uncovered a surprising way that fructose, a sugar commonly found in sweetened foods and drinks, may help aggressive ovarian cancer spread. Researchers…

Scientists examining lunar soil collected by China’s Chang’e-6 mission have discovered an unexpected form of iron preserved within microscopic impact glass. Tiny…

A new technique allows researchers to manipulate magnetism deep within a single atom. Scientists have used radio waves to control the magnetic spin of a single atomic…

Researchers have discovered that a key requirement for superconductivity can persist even at room temperature. Scientists searching for a superconductor that works at…

The real history behind Moana may be tied to a devastating drought that pushed Polynesian voyagers toward wetter islands and helped reshape human settlement across the…

For the first time, researchers in Australia have identified and tracked the weather systems that are collectively more important to rainfall across the tropics than…

Scientists spend their careers trying to understand the world, but a new study suggests they have surprisingly different ideas about what science itself is. The study…

The origin of life on Earth remains a mystery. New research shows that comets almost certainly did not bring the chemical building blocks of life to our planet.Life as…

Scientists have discovered that tumors release natural antioxidants to shut down the immune cells responsible for destroying cancer, exploiting a surprising weakness in…

Ancient manuscripts, including the 1,000-year-old York Gospels, have revealed traces of a deadly sheep virus whose history stretches back more than 3,700 years.…

Scientists have uncovered fossils of a giant rodent that lived in Thailand 34 million years ago, revealing that enormous rodents evolved much earlier than previously…

Scientists accidentally found a way to reshape an ultra-strong metal at room temperature Tech ExploristAccidental discovery enables room-temperature recrystallization of…

Scientists are exploring how iron powder could transform renewable energy storage and transportation while giving aging coal power plants a new purpose. Iron powder…

It’s not easy to extract iron from its ore. But the peoples of the ancient city of Great Zimbabwe—the capital of a thriving kingdom in southern Africa between 1000 to…

The “Great Unconformity” has puzzled scientists since its discovery in the 1870s

Scientists have uncovered a hidden gut-to-brain dopamine pathway that helps explain why bitter coffee and other initially unpleasant flavors can become favorites over…

Scientists from the University of Sheffield have made an Alzheimer’s discovery which could pave the way for earlier treatment of the disease.

Scientists have recreated the universe’s first 2 billion years in a record-breaking simulation that could reveal new secrets about the Big Bang and the birth of…

I’m speaking for myself here, not for any organization, house, home, clan, club, coven, or cult I may be part of. This post is written for scientists outside the field…

Scientists have discovered that pantethine, a readily available vitamin B5 derivative, can calm overactive immune cells and may help fight psoriasis. The supplement…

Zeptoverse: Scientists uncover a mysterious world smaller than atoms in a discovery that could change physics forever Education TimesSee more headlines and perspectives…

A huge coral colony stretching more than 1.5 kilometers (0.93 miles) along the outer reef of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands has been identified by researchers, making it…

Scientists have a new tool in the fight to save Earth’s endangered coral reefs and it’s something many moms-to-be know all too well: the ultrasound. This week, veteran…