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Dopasia formosensis in natural habitat. Photographed by Y-JL.
A long-debated lizard in Taiwan is finally confirmed as its own species after decades of confusion.
Hannah Shavit-Weinerupda
XRISM observations suggest Gamma Cassiopeiae’s strange X-rays come from an accreting white dwarf companion.
SpaceGamma Cassiopeiae may be hiding a magnetic white dwarf companionJoseph Shavit
Human infants’ helplessness may help explain cooperation, learning and social development, researchers argue.
HealthWhy humans are helpless at birth and what it tells us about human natureMac Oliveau
VLT images of two planets forming around the young star WISPIT 2.
SpaceIn a dusty young solar system, two giant planets are taking shapeJoseph Shavit
A new study reveals that DNA organizes into a complex 3D structure before genes activate, changing how scientists view early life.
HealthThe human genome begins organizing itself far earlier than expectedRebecca Shavit
Researchers detected antibiotic residues in a Brazilian river ecosystem and tested a floating plant’s ability to reduce contamination and damage.
Green ImpactResearchers develop plant-based cleanup for harmful antibiotics found in rivers and fishHannah Shavit-Weiner
A new study reveals that stretched, not tilted, disks may explain strange brightness patterns in binary star systems.
SpaceAstronomers solve decades-old mystery of flickering binary starsJoshua Shavit
New research argues AI is reshaping political legitimacy, national power, trust, and education worldwide.
AIAI is forcing a complete reimagining and reconfiguration of educationShy Cohen
Up to 9.3 million U.S. jobs could be lost to AI, with major cities and high-paying roles most at risk.
AIFirst-ever American AI Jobs Risk Index released by Tufts UniversityShy Cohen
A new study shows how tendon cells and immune cells drive scar formation after rotator cuff tears, pointing to new treatments.
HealthNew study findings could change how rotator cuff injuries are treated in the futureRebecca Shavit
A new MIT study suggests astrocytes, once seen as support cells, may play a central role in memory storage and brain capacity.
HealthMIT study suggests astrocytes play key role in brain memory storageMac Oliveau
An artist's impression shows the giant spiral galaxy NGC 1365 as it collides and merges with a smaller companion galaxy, stirring up star formation and redistributing gas and heavy elements.
Space‘Space archaeologists’ use oxygen map to reconstruct a galaxy’s 12-billion-year pastJoshua Shavit
New surveys reveal freshwater beneath Great Salt Lake, raising questions about dust control and hidden groundwater reserves.
Green ImpactScientists discover freshwater hidden beneath Utah’s Great Salt LakeRebecca Shavit
Antarctic ice reveals 3 million years of climate history, with cooling tied to only modest greenhouse gas changes.
Green ImpactThree million years of climate history, captured in Antarctic iceJoshua Shavit
The Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog 4.0, pictured, is a record of cosmic mergers detected between 2015 and 2024 by the LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA gravitational wave observatories. Each panel is a time and frequency signature of an individual event — the merger of two black holes, two neutron stars, or one of each, somewhere out in the cosmos.
SpaceExpanding catalog of black hole collisions is rewriting the history of the universeJoseph Shavit
Study finds ChatGPT often answers research hypotheses correctly, but remains inconsistent and weak at spotting false claims.
AIScientists are rethinking how much we can trust ChatGPTShy Cohen
New research reveals how NR2F1 triggers lens scarring and cataracts, opening the door to non-surgical treatments.
HealthWhy do many patients develop scarring after cataract surgery?Mac Oliveau