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Some people hit their stride in the morning, while others feel most awake and productive at night. But a growing body of evidence suggests that being part of the latter…
COPENHAGEN — The makers of mobile apps designed to help shoppers identify and boycott American goods say they saw a surge of interest in Denmark and beyond after the recent flare-up in…
As high-latitude soils warm, microbes in the soil change how they handle nutrients like nitrogen. Normally, these microbes are nitrogen recyclers, pulling it from the soil and turning it into…
Scientists just watched a bizarre phase of matter turn into an even stranger one. For the first time, they saw a superfluid turn into a supersolid — a transition they…
QUICK FACTSWhat it is: Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS)Where it is: 220 million miles away, in the constellation PiscesWhen it was shared: Jan. 28, 2026Just as the mythological Icarus melted his…
Ancient Olympians were renowned for their strength and agility, but were any of these athletes women? And were there other sporting opportunities in which women in ancient Greece could compete?The…
Beneath Earth’s surface lies a kingdom of undiscovered microscopic life. These “intraterrestrials” survive in some of the harshest conditions on the planet — and scientists are hunting for these microbes.In…
Milestone: Principles of inheritance discoveredDate: Feb. 8 and March 8, 1865Where: Brno, in what is now the Czech RepublicWho: Gregor MendelOn a cold day in February, an Augustinian friar described…
Four early Anglo-Saxon swords uncovered during a recent archaeological excavation I took part in each tell a story about how weapons were viewed at the time. There was also a…
A first-of-its-kind trial demonstrates that AI-assisted mammography can improve the outcomes of patients with breast cancer, particularly those with aggressive disease.While many people have only recently begun to use artificial…