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Another, rather terrifying, scenario has caught Lowes’ attention. The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) is a system of ocean currents...

Seismic Data Reveals Unexpected Water Reservoir on Mars A team of geophysicists has uncovered evidence of a massive underground water...

August 12, 20243 min readWest Nile Cases Are Rising. Here’s How to Protect YourselfWest Nile is the most common mosquito-borne...

All living creatures use only the left or right-handed forms of certain molecules, and now we might understand why Original...

The US Food and Drug Administration has rejected a first-of-its-kind proposal to use the psychedelic drug MDMA, also known as...

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine stretches into its third year, international trade has felt the effects as sanctions on...

Perseid Meteor Shower Joins Stunning Mars and Jupiter ConjunctionEarly risers get a double sky treat: a Mars and Jupiter conjunction...

A building’s design can influence its temperatureAlistair Scott/Getty Images Walls with a protruding zigzag pattern could stay up to 3°C...

After 30 days, the algae in the middle were still unicellular. As the scientists put algae from thicker and thicker...

Under white weight,ancient Earthbonesgrind and groan –shifting in their sleepto ageand shrugand sigh.Restless beast-landarches lifttheir frozen cloakagainst the ocean’stiresome claim.Distant...

Colds Bring Lots of Snot—But Just How Much? Science Is Strangely SilentSnot is one of the immune system’s efforts to...

Illustration of a tidal disruption eventMark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Images Astronomers have caught a supermassive black hole eating a giant...

In a new study, a global team of researchers hijacked the system Toxoplasma uses to secrete proteins into its host...

Cargo ships and cruise liners may soon be harnessing the power of wind and waves to reduce their carbon emissions...

New U.N. Cybercrime Treaty Could Threaten Human RightsA recently adopted United Nations treaty could lead to invasive digital surveillance, human...

JN.1 spread widely despite many people being vaccinated and having previous covid-19 infectionsDebarchan Chatterjee/NurPhoto/Shutterstock One mutation may have been crucial...