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This week’s science news was filled with unearthed mysteries from ancient tombs, including the discovery of the possible true purpose of hundreds of stone jars scattered across Laos’ highlands.The Plain…
Babies and small children do not handle dry air as well as adults. Their skin and airways are still developing, which makes them more susceptible to nasal congestion, poor sleep…
When Earth first formed around 4.5 billion years ago, it was a ball of molten rock. Over time, heavier elements, like iron and nickel, sank to the planet’s center, forming…
SpaceX’s Starship 12 rocket had a successful launch Friday night, before concluding its test run around the Earth with a planned fireball explosion as it splashed down in the Indian…
An Ebola epidemic in Central Africa has been declared a “public health emergency of international concern” by the World Health Organization (WHO).As of May 22, over 800 Ebola cases have…
Two decades ago, a landmark study showed that the brains of kids with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) take longer to mature. But new research suggests that this result, which was based…
Sable Island, off the coast of Nova Scotia, is home to the world’s largest gray seal breeding colony — and the site of a gruesome, decades-old mystery that’s finally been…
In recent years, researchers across the world have been publishing increasingly older ages for prehistoric rock art. Among the headliners is a painting of a warty pig in Indonesia that…
Harvard scientists have been honored for creating the world’s first “vagina-on-a-chip,” a groundbreaking device that mimics the female reproductive tract using living human cells. The tiny lab-grown model allows researchers…
Researchers have cast doubt on an influential 2025 study that claimed a new artificial intelligence (AI) model could accurately simulate human thought.That study, published in the journal Nature, concluded that…