Category: Science
Listen to These Photographs of Sparkling Galaxies
Most celestial objects—from stars and nebulas to quasars and galaxies—emit light at a range of wavelengths. Some include visible light, which is how astronomers are…
A Neurotoxin Is Causing Sea Lions to Bite People in California
More than a thousand Californian sea lions have been poisoned by a toxic algae bloom that can cause seizures, brain damage, and death. Across California’s…
Incredible Video: A Swarm of Raging Thunderstorms, as Seen From Space
Lightning, for all its ubiquity here on Earth, is still a relatively poorly understood weather phenomenon. We know more or less how it happens, but…
AI May Have Found The Most Powerful Anti-Aging Molecule Ever Seen
Finding new drugs – called “drug discovery” – is an expensive and time-consuming task. But a type of artificial intelligence called machine learning can massively…
The FDA Just Opened Up Access to a Promising New Alzheimer’s Drug
The US drug regulator gave full approval to a new Alzheimer’s medicine on Thursday, a move that makes it more widely available to the public…
‘Giant’ Axes Discovered From The Ice Age, But Why Are They So Huge?
Two giant prehistoric hand axes, one of which is about a foot long, have been uncovered in deep Ice Age sediments in the south of…
Winning The Nobel Prize May Bestow an Unfortunate Side Effect
Winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine tend to reduce their research output after claiming the prestigious honor, according to a new study…
Common Blood Pressure Drug Extends Lifespan, Slows Aging in Animals
The hypertension drug rilmenidine has been shown to slow down aging in worms, an effect that in humans could hypothetically help us live longer and…
The Seeds of Schizophrenia Could Be Planted in The Very Earliest Moments of Life
There’s a window of time in our lives we’ve all passed through yet still know so little about: early gestation. Now researchers have found a…
500-million-year-old Fossil Reveals Ancient Ancestor to Modern-Day Tunicates
Tunicates, strange tube-like creatures in various colors, shapes and sizes, are found on ship hulls, larger seashells, pier pilings, seafloors and the backs of enormous…