Physicist Richard Feynman turned a lunch dilemma into a math problem. Researchers finally cracked his notes and found people ...

Tones, oddball sounds and words can spark brain cell responses, hinting at nuanced processing without consciousness.

A new survey estimates 8 million young people use AI chatbots for help when stressed, angry or sad, an increase from 2024.

Ice cubes float in water because they’re less dense than the liquid. But a newfound type of ice has a density nearly equal to what’s in your water glass, researchers report in the Feb. 3 Science. If ...

She has a master’s degree in science and health journalism from Columbia University, as well as a master’s degree in ...

Daraxonrasib, which nearly doubled patients' survival time, fights the disease in a new way. It bear-hugs a cancer protein that drives cell growth.

Back in July, Russia launched a satellite into space that carried a harem of geckos so scientists could study sex in weightlessness. But bad news came this week with the report that the “sexy space ...

One of nuclear fusion’s biggest advances wouldn’t have happened without some impeccable scientific artistry. In December 2022, researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California ...

How animals navigate by Earth's magnetic field is hotly debated. New research in pigeons points to iron-laden liver immune ...

The key to landing your dream job could be connecting with and then sending a single message to a casual acquaintance on social media. That’s the conclusion of a five-year study of over 20 million ...

The debate could reopen in 2030 when NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft gets the closest view of the icy moon’s surface.

Lab experiments suggest mosquitoes can smell DEET and learn to associate it with food, but it’s unclear whether that happens ...