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U.S. to Dismantle System Tracking Atlantic Currents That Are at Risk of Collapse

The Trump administration is dismantling the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a system of over 900 instruments monitoring…

A Mathematician's Lament – Paul Lockhart (2002) [pdf]

Flesh-eating screwworm infection detected in South Texas, USDA says

If confirmed, it would be the fly's first breach of the US-Mexico border.

Explore a place where science, politics and culture collide

Film exploring the human stories behind mankind’s biggest experiment in particle physics.

The looming El Niño could be bad – but much worse is to come

Global warming will amplify the impacts of El Niño events, and could also make them much stronger and more far-reaching

Escher: The paradoxical artist beloved by mathematicians

A new retrospective of M.C. Escher’s work opens this week.

Alice Roberts: 'We are fundamentally, at the end of the day, animals'

Why do we have big brains? Or walk on two legs?

New Scientist recommends a deep dive into our organs by Giulia Enders

Giulia Enders made her name with Gut, an exploration of our intestines.

Embryos shape their limbs: a key discovery of "genetic brakes"

Canadian researchers at the Montreal Clinical Research Institute have discovered that two protein complexes, known as…

CERN’s new chief on the gamble that could fix our picture of reality

Mark Thomson has taken the reins at CERN just as particle physics confronts some of its deepest unknowns – and faces…

Earth has a mysterious triple symmetry that may influence its climate

A circle running along the 27° east and 153° west meridians divides the globe into two halves with equal reflectivity –…

Atom-based quantum computers are catching up in the race to usefulness

A quantum computer made from extremely cold atoms can correct its own errors during long computations, an important…

I was recently diagnosed with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis

The author was diagnosed with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis, a rare autoimmune disorder where antibodies attack the…

REST3D: Reconstructing Physically Stable 3D Scenes from a Single Image

REST3D is a framework that reconstructs physically stable 3D scenes from a single image by combining physical scene…

Keto diet shows real promise for anorexia recovery

Restricting carbohydrates may sound like an unlikely approach to treating anorexia, but following a ketogenic diet was…

Beans use an immune receptor to call in airstrikes on caterpillars

When they're being eaten, bean plants release chemicals that draw in parasitic wasps.

The world’s largest privately owned laser just turned on

Fusion startup Xcimer fired up the world's largest privately owned laser.

She watched a wildfire destroy her town, so she's building fire-proof bunkers

From goats to hydraulic homes, US businesses are coming up with ways to mitigate the damage of wildfires.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong’s Newlimit Raises $435 Million, Tripling Valuation to $3.1 Billion

Newlimit, the longevity biotech co-founded by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, has raised $435 million in a Series C round…

The Unreasonable Redundancy of Nature's Protein Folds

Recent advances in deep learning for protein structure prediction, exemplified by DeepMind's AlphaFold3, have enabled…

HHS is overriding peer review to require changes to research scope, design

Ötzi's frozen remains may harbour metabolically active microbes

Researchers studying a 5300-year-old mummified man have identified bacteria that lived in his gut when he was alive, as…

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Male bowerbirds hope to dazzle females with bright human-made items

"It’s a reminder of how human activity is changing the natural world in unanticipated ways.”

4K years ago, Mohenjo-daro grew more equal over time

A new study of Mohenjo-daro, a major Indus Civilization city that flourished between 2600-1900 BCE, reveals that…

If I had a hammer... it might actually be a rhino tooth

Neanderthals had some wild stuff in their toolkits.

Feds failing in bid to take a supercomputer from a climate research center

The National Center for Atmospheric Research won't be losing its supercomputer.

Why you need to future proof your brain in middle age and how to start

Ages 40 to 65 see a period of turmoil in the brain that has previously been overlooked.

How the electromagnetic spectrum opened our eyes to the universe

Our understanding of the electromagnetic spectrum goes back to Isaac Newton, but astronomers are still finding new ways…