People are more likely to believe lies when there’s the possibility of a reward. Neuroimaging shows that the brain shifts ...

Ultra-processed foods, already known for their links to health problems in adults, are now shown to harm young adults too, disrupting blood sugar regulation long before illness appears. A four-year ...

Across the planet, animals are increasingly suffering from chronic illnesses once seen only in humans. Cats, dogs, cows, and ...

Hawaiian short-finned pilot whales are surprisingly voracious hunters, diving hundreds of meters beneath the Pacific to ...

A Princeton team built a new tantalum-silicon qubit that survives for over a millisecond, far surpassing today’s best devices ...

Electrons can freeze into strange geometric crystals and then melt back into liquid-like motion under the right quantum ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, recorded the moment a star’s explosion broke through its surface. The nearby supernova, SN 2024ggi, revealed a surprisingly olive-shaped blast when studied with ...

The “Seven Sisters” have far more relatives than anyone imagined. Using NASA and ESA space telescopes, astronomers found ...

GLP-1 drugs like tirzepatide and semaglutide offer powerful weight-loss effects but come with unanswered questions about long ...

Penn State scientists identified a striking rise in melanoma across several Pennsylvania counties dominated by cropland and ...

Researchers combined deep learning with high-resolution physics to create the first Milky Way model that tracks over 100 ...

LHAASO has uncovered that micro-quasars, black holes feeding on companion stars, are powerful PeV particle accelerators. Their jets produce ultra-high-energy gamma rays and protons that exceed ...