Sugar has been humanity’s edible sidekick for centuries. It sweetens our tea, fuels our bodies, and is found in just about everything we eat. But in recent decades, it’s also become the villain of the ...

Forget your umbrella, today’s weather forecast comes not from Earth, but from a blazing rogue planet adrift in the cosmos. SIMP-0136, a lonely world without a parent star, has just delivered one of ...

The two Yunxian skulls used in the study were highly distorted, but Xijun Ni and his colleagues were able to reconstruct them using 3D modelling. ©Mr. Guanghui Zhao In the quiet bends of the Han River ...

Subthreshold depression (StD) is a mild form of depression, not strong enough for a clinical diagnosis, but still a warning sign for future mental health issues. Think of it as being on the edge of ...

Caption:“Our system can turn a seemingly static, abstract image into an attention-catching animation,” says MIT PhD student Ticha Sethapakdi, a lead researcher on the FabObscura project. “The tool ...

Every year, hundreds of thousands of Americans opt for LASIK, a laser-assisted surgery that reshapes the cornea to correct vision. It’s fast, effective, and widely considered safe. But it’s still ...

Emojis serve as modern digital tools that enhance text-based communication by adding emotional and visual context. Rooted in long-standing interpersonal practices, they help compensate for the lack of ...

In a significant leap forward for battery innovation, scientists from Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University and China’s Huaiyin Normal University have teamed up to create an AI-powered system ...

Exoplanet HIP 67522 b triggers flares from its host star (artist’s impression). A bright, fiery, orange-yellow star with swooping magnetic field lines, releasing an intense flare of light into space.

For the first time in history, carbon dioxide concentrations have surpassed 430 parts per million (ppm) during their seasonal peak, according to scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

Images of dwarf planets: NASA/JPL-Caltech; image of 2017 OF201: Sihao Cheng et al. A composite image showing the five dwarf planets recognized by the International Astronomical Union, plus the newly ...

Astronomers discover Eos, a vast cloud of hydrogen near the Solar system. (Thomas Müller [HdA/MPIA] and Thavisha Dharmawardena [NYU]) In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers at Rutgers University ...