A Ph.D. student in cognitive neuroscience at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in Germany, she’s spent long days wrestling with an enduring scientific mystery: What happens in the brain to cause ...

New toxicology tests of Incan mummies found the kids were given not just cocaine, but alcohol and chemicals found in ...

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A child died after contracting the disease amid what is the largest national measles outbreak in more than three decades ...

By hijacking built-in defrost controls, attackers have spoiled millions of euros’ worth of food across Europe. U.S. military ...

The 2026 midterm elections are finally here, and as the results roll in on Tuesday night and through this week, scientists ...

Of all the things you might see on you lunch break, a bull having sex with a male donkey is likely low on the list. But ecologists “always have an eye on the horizon,” says André Beirão da Cruz. And ...

I’ve lived with cats for nearly my entire life, and I had never heard or smelled one pass gas. The incident sent me on a scientific quest: Why had I never heard my cat fart? Dogs are such prolific ...

This October is almost certainly going to be the hottest October ever recorded. Global temperatures this month are set to be ...

An AI tool called REA can take apart software that isn’t meant to be opened in printers, smart TVs, cars, and more. Its ...

Space is a scary place. Certainly, many objects in it appear scary to our human brains, and we interpret their shapes as ...

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