Since the beginning of the Russian offensive against Ukraine, the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) has ...

Well-preserved genomes show a “rare” leprosy strain thriving in ancient Chile, rewriting when and where Hansen’s Disease ...

Milko van der Boom talks to Chemistry World about dealing with destruction at the Weizmann Institute, saving samples and ...

Breakthroughs from two rival experiments, Germany’s Wendelstein 7-X and the Joint European Torus, suggest the elusive dream of controlled nuclear fusion may be within reach ...

This black hole merger animation was created using data collected by the LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors, an ...

A new study finds that entering N2 sleep—a deep phase of non-rapid eye movement sleep—may help lead to more “eureka” ...

In the U.S., the monthly payments increase the longer one works—researchers have now examined whether delaying retirement is ...

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...

Brain analysis reveals steeper sleep patterns correlate with creative problem-solving by resetting neural connections.

Scientists discovered three new species of sea spiders that live near the ocean floor and feast on bacteria that convert ...

“For people, even a short nap can have significant restorative effects,” noted the researchers. “It’s possible that these ...

For the first time, scientists have sequenced the oldest and complete DNA set of an ancient Egyptian man, dating to when the ...