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Experimental eye drops help blind mice see again

Scientists have created light-activated drugs that helped blind mice perceive light again and restored visually guided behavior without gen…

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NASA’s Roman telescope will see 100 times more sky than Hubble

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will combine Hubble-like detail with a field of view 100 times larger, giving astronomers a sweeping new way t…

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Chimpanzees have been hurling rocks at the same trees for more than a decade

Some chimpanzees in West Africa repeatedly throw rocks at particular trees, creating piles of stones that can remain in use for more than a…

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Scientists tested 212 plant-based meat alternatives. Every one contained fungal toxins

Every one of 212 plant-based meat alternatives and drinks tested in the UK contained at least one naturally occurring fungal toxin, though …

Scientists tracked 4,500 animals and found a surprising human effect

Scientists tracking thousands of animals found that our physical presence can reshape where wildlife moves and lives, sometimes as strongly…

Why scientists asked 1,000 people to bury their underwear

More than 1,000 volunteers buried cotton underwear across Switzerland to help scientists measure how active different soils are. The faster…

Scientists find a huge hidden ice reservoir beneath Utah’s mountains

Beneath the rocky slopes of Mount Timpanogos lies far more ice than anyone walking across the surface might suspect. Researchers used gravi…

AI searched 100 million possibilities and found a cheaper way to 3D-print a NASA rocket alloy

Researchers used AI to search through more than 100 million possible settings for 3D-printing a high-performance NASA alloy. After only 40 …

“I jumped from my chair” – Astronomers spot Betelgeuse’s hidden companion

Astronomers have captured their clearest image yet of Betelgeuse’s long-suspected companion, potentially ending a search that lasted about …

Your dislike of eating bugs may be 9,000 years old

Ancient teeth and human DNA are revealing a surprising history of insect eating. Modern humans in northern Eurasia appear to have eaten ins…

A mysterious cosmic hum may come from 13-billion-year-old dark stars

Today’s mysterious gravitational-wave background may preserve clues about how the Universe’s first supermassive black holes formed. Descend…

Scientists switch on a strange new form of magnetism in an ultrathin material

Scientists have found a surprising way to potentially switch on an unusual form of magnetism in ruthenium dioxide, a material that normally…

324-million-year-old fossil reveals how insects conquered land

Ancient fossils suggest insects conquered land through a long amphibious phase rather than making an abrupt jump from water to dry ground. …

Smart nanoparticles light up brain cancer and destroy what surgery misses

Scientists created smart nanoparticles that can both illuminate hidden glioblastoma cells during surgery and destroy microscopic cancer lef…

Scientists discover a brain “brake” that can shut down chronic pain

Researchers discovered a brain-based “brake” that can shut down chronic nerve pain in mice by calming an overactive pain circuit. Targeting…

Scientists may have finally caught “empty” space changing light

A magnetar with an astonishingly powerful magnetic field may have revealed a quantum effect predicted by Werner Heisenberg nearly 90 years …

NASA just used satellites and debris to navigate without GPS

NASA has successfully tested a system that allows satellites to navigate without GPS by using other spacecraft and debris as landmarks in o…

Scientists may have found a shortcut to calorie restriction’s anti-aging benefits

Moderate calorie restriction lowered an immune protein called C3 that appears to help drive chronic inflammation as the body ages. Blocking…