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Experimental drug shows potential against Alzheimer's d...
Researchers have designed an experimental drug that reversed key symptoms of Alzheimer's disease in mice. The drug works by reinvi...
Among COVID-19 survivors, an increased risk of death, s...
Researchers showed that COVID-19 survivors -- including those not sick enough to be hospitalized -- have an increased risk of deat...
Astronomers release new all-sky map of Milky Way's oute...
The highlight of the new chart is a wake of stars, stirred up by a small galaxy set to collide with the Milky Way. The map could a...
The wave beneath their wings
It's a common sight: pelicans gliding along the waves, right by the shore. These birds make this kind of surfing look effortless, ...
Fearsome tyrannosaurs were social animals, study shows
The fearsome tyrannosaur dinosaurs may not have been solitary predators as popularly envisioned, but social carnivores with comple...
Analysis of famous fossil helps unlock when humans and ...
Researchers examined the shoulder assembly of Little Foot, an Australopithecus that lived more than 3 million years ago, and may h...
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter succeeds in historic f...
The small rotorcraft made history, hovering above Jezero Crater, demonstrating that powered, controlled flight on another planet i...
Tarantula's ubiquity traced back to the Cretaceous
Tarantulas are among the most notorious spiders, due in part to their size, vibrant colors and prevalence throughout the world. Bu...
COVID-19: Scientists identify human genes that fight in...
Scientists have identified a set of human genes that fight SARS-CoV-2 infection, the virus that causes COVID-19. Knowing which gen...
Hidden magma pools pose eruption risks that we can't ye...
Volcanologists' ability to estimate eruption risks is largely reliant on knowing where pools of magma are stored, deep in the Eart...
A new super-Earth detected orbiting a red dwarf star
Researchers report the discovery of a super-Earth orbiting the star GJ 740, a red dwarf star situated some 36 light years from Ear...
New CRISPR technology offers unrivaled control of epige...
Scientists have figured out how to modify CRISPR's basic architecture to extend its reach beyond the genome and into what's known ...