Brain fun for curious people.
Scientists determined that Lucy, a human ancestor from 3.2 million years ago, couldn’t have beaten modern humans in a foot... more
Researchers tagged mouse RNA with the enzyme that makes fireflies glow, in hopes of better understanding how viruses and memories... more
On the heels of some big quantum computing advances in 2024, at least one company is telling businesses to get... more
Early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the residue of an icy brine, and a soup of... more
When a fire burns in an urban area, it unleashes a slurry of chemicals. Scientists are trying to understand the... more
The outbreak of H5N9 avian influenza occurred at a California duck farm in November 2024. Also, new research pinpoints 298... more
A psychologist and author of “How To Winter” explains what we can learn from people thriving in the coldest, darkest... more
An analysis of 140,000 vocalizations from 77% of bird species showed that beak size and geography play a big role... more
Research on long COVID patients who took an extended course of Paxlovid shows mixed results.
AI models are able to design molecules that don’t even exist in nature. Some have proven effective as snake antivenom.