Health
After Near Death, What Helps People Heal And Rebuild Most
The first days back can feel unreal, like stepping from bright, humming ICU lights into a quieter world that no longer fits.
Oct 13, 2025
Health
Programmable Logic Proteins Target Drugs With Precision
A new twist in protein engineering points toward smarter medicines that know where to act and when.
Oct 11, 2025
Health
How Gut Microbes Could Reshape Mental Health Treatment
Inside every person lives a vast community of microbes that quietly influences how we think, feel, and respond to the world.
Oct 11, 2025
Brain & Behavior
Brain Cells That Thrive On Uncertainty Found At UCLA
In a quiet UCLA lab, a rat peers at a glowing touchscreen. Its task seems simple: tap the right icon to earn a sugary pellet.
Oct 10, 2025
Technology
Robot Glider Redwing Begins Historic Mission To Circle Globe
On a gray Atlantic morning, a carbon fiber torpedo the length of a kayak sits at the dock in Woods Hole.
Oct 10, 2025
Space
Astronomers Spot Million-Solar-Mass Dark Lurker In Deep Space
At first glance, the picture looks like abstract art. A thin black ring encircles a speck of light while an orange glow spills across the frame, as if someone traced the cosmos with a neon crayon.
Oct 10, 2025
Life
Fires Give Birds a Lasting Boost in Sierra Nevada Parks
In the forests of California's Sierra Nevada, what once looked like destruction is turning out to be renewal.
Oct 10, 2025
Earth & Environment
The Hero We Need: Scientists Call For International Coccolithophore Day
Smaller than a speck of dust yet pivotal to Earth's survival, coccolithophores, the ocean's microscopic, disc-shaped architects, are finally getting their moment in the spotlight.
Oct 10, 2025
Technology
Lantern-Like Meta-Unit Snaps Into 13+ Shapes, Remotely
Engineers at North Carolina State University have built something that looks like a paper craft and behaves like a pocket transformer.
Oct 10, 2025
Technology
Paper-Thin LED Shines Like the Sun Indoors
Light bulbs have changed a lot since Edison, yet few could be mistaken for wallpaper.
Oct 10, 2025
Health
Five AI Models Collaborate To Ace US Medical Licensing Exams
A council of five artificial intelligence systems working together scored higher on the United States Medical Licensing Examination than any single chatbot tested to date, according to a new study published October 9, 2025 in PLOS Digital Health.
Oct 9, 2025
Life
Europe's Largest Bat Caught Dining on Birds Mid-Flight
After a quarter century of speculation, scientists have finally proven how Europe's largest bat, the greater noctule, pulls off its most audacious feat: catching and eating songbirds while flying more than a kilometer above the ground.
Oct 9, 2025
Health
54,000 Gaza Children Wasting Away as Food Access Falters
The numbers tell a story that unfolds in waves. In January 2024, health workers in Gaza screened 722 children under five for malnutrition.
Oct 9, 2025
Health
No Evidence Supports Hospital Glove Ritual Used Daily
Nurses across Australia and the UK routinely snap on disposable gloves before preparing intravenous antibiotics.
Oct 9, 2025