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For the first time, physicists have created a one-dimensional gas made out of pure light, and they want to use it to study how photons, or…
A simple blood test could speed the diagnosis of the deadly nerve disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), new research suggests. If the test gets regulatory approval,…
Tardigrades are well-known for being nearly indestructible. Now, scientists have reanalyzed ancient, amber-encased fossils, revealing when the super-tough critters may have first got the ability to…
Life and death are traditionally viewed as opposites. But the emergence of new multicellular life-forms from the cells of a dead organism introduces a “third state”…
The worst mass extinction in Earth’s history may have been caused by a supercharged El Niño cycle.New research suggests that an overload of carbon dioxide in…
Primeval fish that were thought to be “living fossils,” largely unchanged since the time of the dinosaurs, are actually evolving dramatically — and they evolved faster…
Scientists have finally identified the cause of a mysterious seismic signal that shook Earth for nine consecutive days last year. It turns out that our planet…
A spectacular image of sunlight streaming through mountains on the moon during a solar eclipse has been crowned this year’s grand prize winner in the annual…
Archaeologists in Poland have discovered a rare find — a 2,300-year-old bronze helmet and other artifacts that establish for the first time that Celtic peoples lived…
The gut microbiome, the community of microorganisms that live in the colon, may shape a person’s risk of developing chronic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes…