Now imagine opening it and finding that more than a billion years of pages are missing. That mystery is called the Great Unconformity. A ...

In this study, scientists developed a gentle optical clearing solution that allows fluorescence imaging of live mammalian tissues without harming them. Scientists unveiled SeeDB-Live, a new reagent ...

People who don’t eat animal-based foods and don’t take supplements risk not getting enough Vitamin B12. In addition, certain diseases can also lead to B12 deficiency. A lack o ...

This well-known ‘air-righting reflex’ has fascinated both pet owners and scientists for centuries. But how can cats twist their bodies in midair and not violate the laws of physics? A recent study by ...

During these phases, sunspots and solar eruptions are uncommon. At this time, the Sun’s magnetic field is mainly dipolar. Signs of magnetic activity at active latitudes become hard to see.

In a new study, MIT researchers and collaborators unveiled a new way to connect chips directly to the outside world using light. They have introduced a new solution, nicknamed “photonic ski‑jump”: a ...

When astronomers first observed comet 3I/ATLAS, they realized it was special. It is just the third confirmed interstellar object to pass through our Solar System, after the enigmatic ‘Oumuamua and the ...

Wrinkle structures are small ridges and pits in rock, often made by microbial mats. They’re best known from Precambrian and Cambrian strata, where they serve as important evidence of early life, and ...

Alzheimer’s touches millions of lives; an estimated 7.2 million Americans 65 and older live with it today, and the number is expected to rise, as more people are living longer but not necessarily ...

Among the strangest branches of the dinosaur family tree are the alvarezsauroids, small, bird‑like theropods that lived from the Jurassic into the Cretaceous. They don’t fit the image of sharp‑toothed ...

NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben Around 15 percent of near-Earth asteroids have small moons, which suggests binary systems are fairly common. Many of the larger asteroid pairs have likely formed ...

A new theoretical framework shows that tidal forces in inspiraling neutron star pairs can be described through oscillation modes, opening a new path to studying ultra-dense matter using gravitational ...