On the heels of some big quantum computing advances in 2024, at least one company is telling businesses to get “quantum ready ...

Early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the residue of an icy brine, and a soup of amino acids ...

Research supporting the amyloid hypothesis—the idea that Alzheimer's is caused by a buildup of amyloid plaques in the ...

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A “mycology thriller” imagines a hidden healing mushroom. In real life, scientists are searching far and wide to map the world’s unseen fungi.

New research pinpoints 298 parts of the genome associated with higher risk of bipolar disorder. This could lead to better ...

The award-winning novel 'Orbital' explores the inner thoughts of astronauts during a single day aboard the International ...

President Trump and the first lady issued their own meme coins, the value of which inflated and then dropped. What’s the ...

Experts stressed that the new strain did not itself appear to be an immediate human threat. But the rise of a new strain is troubling and points to the risk of a viral phenomenon known as ...

It’s been estimated that about 400 million people worldwide have had long COVID. Some researchers say that number is much ...

Researchers tagged mouse RNA with the enzyme that makes fireflies glow, in hopes of better understanding how viruses and ...