The Sagaing Fault region has a long history of devastating earthquakes A magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck March 28 in neighboring Myanmar turned this building in Bangkok, Thailand, into a mountain...
Engineers are exploring propulsion methods that could enable longer-distance travel Perhaps someday spacecraft will be able to take humans beyond the solar system. GLENN HARVEY Pilots in Star Wars ent...
ANAHEIM, CALIF. — At the world’s largest gathering of physicists, a talk about Microsoft’s claimed new type of quantum computing chip was perhaps the main attraction. Microsoft’s February announcement...
Mice given fecal transplants from elite cyclists and soccer players had increased energy stores Cyclists sprint to the finish line at the European Championship 2024. Fecal transplants from a group of ...
When the countdown hit zero on September 23, 1992, the desert surface puffed up into the air, as if a giant balloon had inflated it from below. It wasn’t a balloon. Scientists had exploded a nuclear d...
Context may lead people to misread canine emotions, a small study suggests Human perception of canine emotions is strongly influenced by the overall context, not just body language such as wagging tai...
The marker is an unexpected bubble that could signal cosmic reionization earlier than thought The extremely distant galaxy JADES-GS-z13-1 is the small red dot in the center of this image from the Jame...
Surgeons have now published the first report of a gene-edited pig liver transplanted into a person. The liver, which came from a genetically modified pig, appeared to stay active, producing bile and l...
A genetic data giant is falling, and it’s unclear what will happen to millions of people’s most intimate personal information in the aftermath. On March 23, DNA testing company 23andMe announced it wa...
In honor of April Fools’ Day, I offer the puzzling case of the Lesser Fool. In a fictional town, there lived an odd wanderer. People would present him with two amounts of money or goods and ask which ...
When handled, a small crustacean-munching shark from New Zealand clacked its teeth together This small shark, called a rig or smoothhound, could be the first shark documented to make deliberate sounds...
The iconic Cape Verde date palm comes from cultivated trees gone feral New data for a long-running debate on the origins of Cape Verde’s treasured date palms raise questions about tweaking their scien...
