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Zebra finch neurons appear to tunnel through adult brain tissue, offering clues about learning, repair, and human brain limits.
New zebra finch neurons seem to push through dense brain tissue, raising fresh questions about memory, repair, and regeneration.
Hannah Shavit-Weinerupda
Chemicals in your tooth enamel record evidence of your diet that can last millions of years.
DiscoveriesAncient teeth unlock million-year-old secrets of where early humans evolvedBreaking Science
Astronomers confirmed three bodies in TOI-201, a rare exoplanet system changing in real time. An artist rendering of the system.
SpaceStrange hidden forces are shaping a rare three-body exoplanet systemJoseph Shavit
Live reconstruction by artist Sophie Vrard. Fossil evidence shows mammal ancestors like Lystrosaurus laid eggs and used reproduction to survive mass extinction.
Discoveries250-million-year-old fossil proves that mammal ancestors laid eggsHannah Shavit-Weiner
The strong stellar wind from the supergiant star pushes the jets launched by the black hole away from the star. This causes the jet direction to vary as the black hole and the supergiant star move around their orbit.
Space‘Dancing jets’ from black hole reveal their immense powerJoseph Shavit
Scientists solved a century-old mystery behind reinforced rubber, explaining why carbon black makes tires and seals so strong.
DiscoveriesResearchers solve 100-year-old mystery behind rubberRebecca Shavit
Sperm whale clicks may contain vowel-like patterns that closely parallel human speech structure.
DiscoveriesSperm whale clicks contain vowel-like patterns similar to human speechHannah Shavit-Weiner
Somewhere between clean mathematics and lived experience, time seems to pick a side.
SpaceEinstein claims the past and future are identical – then why do we ageJoseph Shavit
Ancient DNA from 16,000 people reveals natural selection shaped West Eurasian genomes more deeply than scientists thought.
HealthNatural selection is accelerating, massive DNA study findsMac Oliveau
Scientists propose spotting alien life through patterns across many planets, not just single biosignatures.
SpaceResearchers propose a broader new way to detect life beyond EarthJoseph Shavit
Astronomers find three distinct groups of merging black holes hidden in gravitational-wave data.
SpaceAstronomers discover three distinct groups of merging black holesJoshua Shavit
The cosmic microwave background, the faint afterglow of the Big Bang that fills all of space, passes through massive galaxy clusters whose motion slightly alters the light, allowing scientists to measure how fast the clusters are moving toward one another and test how strongly gravity pulls across the largest distances in the universe.
SpaceScientists reveal the hidden forces shaping how gravity works across the UniverseJoseph Shavit
Simba Srivastava is a senior majoring in geosciences.
DiscoveriesStudent discovers new carnivore dinosaur 3x older than T. rexRebecca Shavit
Galaxy GN-z11, shown in the inset, is seen as it was 13.4 billion years in the past, just 400 million years after the big bang, when the universe was only three percent of its current age.
SpaceAstronomers find compelling new evidence of the first stars formed after the Big BangJoshua Shavit
Apophis will pass close to Earth in 2029, giving scientists a rare chance to watch gravity reshape an asteroid.
Space‘God of chaos’ asteroid Apophis will pass very close to Earth in 2029Joseph Shavit
A vanished inland sea larger than the Great Lakes combined helped reshape North America’s land, rivers, and climate.
Green ImpactThe lost inland sea that dwarfed the Great Lakes and reshaped North AmericaRebecca Shavit
New research suggests nicotine-exposed lung cells may send signals that disrupt brain iron balance and trigger neurodegenerative stress.
HealthNew research finds clear link between smoking and dementiaHannah Shavit-Weiner