Over the past few days, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has captured something striking on the Sun’s surface — a giant dark gap, or rather two of them, each stretching nearly 800,000 ...

Built in Naples during the Roman Empire, the Temple of Venus has long resisted the passage of time, and for centuries no one quite knew why. A new study of its materials now reveals the extraordinary ...

The natural world has always fueled the myths and stories of Indigenous cultures. But what if some of those myths were inspired by animals that disappeared hundreds of millions of years before humans ...

The next generation of prosthetics could soon feel far more natural to use. In a breakthrough study, researchers from the University of Utah have modified a prosthetic hand to include a neural network ...

What if one of the most powerful ways to slow cancer’s advance was already inside us—hidden within our own metabolism? A groundbreaking study from Yale University has explored how physical activity ...

A new study has found that deep sleep may protect memory even in people showing early signs of Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers observed that individuals who enjoyed consistent, high-quality sleep ...

We often enjoy this fruit for its vivid color and tangy sweetness—but few realize it might also benefit metabolic health. Its antioxidants, once processed by gut bacteria, appear to turn into active ...

Artificial intelligence has done what decades of human effort couldn’t — it’s uncovered hundreds of massive, ancient designs hidden beneath the sands of Peru’s desert. These intricate figures, ...

Franck Marchis, a French-American astronomer and planetary scientist at the SETI Institute, has a knack for predicting the future. Decades ago, he foresaw the rise of adaptive optics, which ...

A modest cut in meat consumption could have massive effects on public health. According to new research, eating less meat could help prevent diabetes, heart disease, and colorectal cancer — ...

The mighty mosasaurs were once thought to have ruled only the oceans — but a new discovery is rewriting that story. In North Dakota, scientists have uncovered a massive tooth lodged in the sediments ...

To grasp why this made sense, picture life in medieval Europe: small, drafty homes with little insulation and a single fireplace struggling to heat the room. Winters were long, dark, and biting. In ...