A machine learning algorithm identified the top five flavor notes in 16 whiskies A whisky drinker savors the spirit’s scent at Glenkinchie distillery in Edinburgh. New machine learning algorithms may ...
Older adults are especially vulnerable to health harms from exposure to the cold People make their way through a major winter storm in New York City. The cold-related death rate has grown from 1999 to...
The bead breaks down into molecules similar to sugars and amino acids Newly-developed microbeads that break down in water could replace plastic ones used as exfoliants in skin cleansers. Alex Potemkin...
The future of U.S. space exploration and NASA-funded science is up in the air as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to office. “There’s just so many question marks,” says political scient...
Scientists used the sticky stuff to peel away sheets of diamond less than a micrometer thick Sticky tape can peel a diamond film off a silicon wafer. The edge of the wafer is first cut (illustrated on...
Pigeons that do somersaults, snakes that fake death with extra flair and surprised canines are among the organisms that enthralled the Science News staff. Beluga whales like this one at Connecticut’s ...
A homeowner in New York uncovered a complete mastodon jaw in their backyard in what officials are calling a "remarkable discovery." The jaw of the extinct mammal, which was similar to an elephant, and...
Preserved brains, arthritis in ancient Egypt and other finds made headlines A large stone that lies in the center of Stonehenge, called the Altar Stone (shown center with two rocks lying on top of it)...
A quick swab may tell ranchers if their livestock are eating a sinister salad on the range Free-choice eating sheep like these near Ashton, Idaho can encounter toxic death camas (the sprays of pale ye...
The first full map of fruit fly’s brain charted 139,255 nerve cells and their millions of connections. Tyler Sloan for FlyWire, Princeton University, (Dorkenwald et al/Nature, 2024) Each year, scienti...
A new way of seeing axons reveals they can be shaped like strings of pearls The mouse axon shown in the center of this electron microscope image has bumps connected by thin tubes, similar to beads on ...
Bones of at least 37 Bronze Age victims found in a shaft had tool incisions and human gnaw marks Marks on nearly half of the 20 skulls pulled from a British mass grave holding the remains of at least ...
