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An artistic view of Earth uses subtle axis lines to illustrate polar motion linked to groundwater depletion. The lines are conceptual and not to scale.
Geophysical Research Letters study used polar motion to check groundwater depletion estimates, linking lost underground water to nearly 80 centimeters of rotational-pole drift.
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Strangers help an older shopper gather dropped groceries, illustrating how a brief exchange of kindness and appreciation may foster human connection and belonging.
DiscoveriesThe kindness of strangers inspires a new theory of human connectionJoshua Shavit
An artistic reconstruction shows an early human examining a colorful pebble beside collected stones and flint tools. Researchers propose that such keepsakes may have helped people recall personal experiences and supported the evolution of autobiographical memory.
DiscoveriesAncient keepsakes may have helped shape human memory and identityRebecca Shavit
A young chimpanzee watches an adult grooming another in this illustrative scene. Research suggests adult role models help shape when chimpanzees use raspberry-like calls.
DiscoveriesChimpanzees learn vocal communication much like humans learn wordsHannah Shavit-Weiner
An artist’s impression depicts TOI-2535 b and a possible planetary companion. Gravitational interactions appear to have tilted the hot Jupiter’s orbit until its transits disappeared from Earth’s view.
SpaceA hidden giant planet may explain TOI-2535 b’s strange disappearing actJoseph Shavit
A pregnant woman considers an Ozempic pen at home in this illustrative scene accompanying research into semaglutide exposure during pregnancy.
HealthOzempic and Wegovy use during pregnancy: What scientists are discoveringJoseph Shavit
An artistic reconstruction depicts a young Australopithecus africanus in a wooded southern African landscape, inspired by research placing the Taung Child around 3 million years ago. Its appearance and surroundings are approximate.
DiscoveriesThree-million-year-old Taung child adds a new twist to human originsJoshua Shavit
A slow dopamine pathway helps mice link flavors with gut nutrients, while human brain scans reveal related activity in the left amygdala.
HealthUCSF study reveals how digestion helps the brain learn to love coffee, chocolate, fat, and sugarJoseph Shavit
Illustration of a hypothetical giant primordial black hole surrounded by glowing gas. New research constrains such objects as a significant source of dark matter based on their predicted imprint on ancient cosmic light.
SpaceBig Bang afterglow rules out giant black holes as a major dark matter sourceJoseph Shavit
A spontaneous collapse model explores how a simplified quantum universe could acquire a definite geometry without an outside observer.
DiscoveriesA new twist on Schrödinger’s Cat could finally unite quantum mechanics and Einstein’s relativityJoseph Shavit
Men and women with varied body sizes share a conversation in this illustrative scene. New mouse research explores how sex differences in fat-tissue immunity may influence obesity-related inflammation.
HealthResearchers discover why obesity impacts males and females differentlyRebecca Shavit
An octopus grips a rocky opening as it pulls its flexible body through in this AI-generated illustration, inspired by research into the coordinated movements behind octopus escapes.
DiscoveriesResearchers reveal how octopuses squeeze and escape through tiny holesHannah Shavit-Weiner
Bees, butterflies and other insects fill the air above California wildflowers as researchers collect specimens in the distance. AI-generated illustration inspired by the statewide insect diversity survey.
DiscoveriesMassive DNA study discovers far more insects in California than scientists previously thoughtRebecca Shavit
Reconstruction of an ultracold-atom experiment aboard Tiangong, where researchers used laser traps to prepare a rubidium cloud with a record-low equivalent temperature of 9.7 picokelvin.
SpaceChina’s Tiangong space station sets a record with 9.7-picokelvin quantum gasJoseph Shavit
A home cook seasons a vegetable dish in this illustrative scene. A global modeling study suggests replacing regular salt with a potassium-enriched blend could lower blood pressure and prevent millions of deaths annually.
HealthPotassium-enriched salt could prevent nearly 3 million deaths a yearMac Oliveau
Inspectors examining equipment in the LHCb underground cavern. Upgraded detector technology helped physicists identify evidence of an exceptionally rare beauty meson decay into two muons.
DiscoveriesCERN’s upgraded detector finds evidence of a one-in-10-billion particle decayJoseph Shavit
An artist’s illustration depicts gas being pushed away from a star-forming region in the early universe, showing how radiation from young stars can clear surrounding material.
SpaceA cosmic ‘leaf blower’ could expose the universe’s earliest galaxiesJoseph Shavit