Science

FLEX and Sentinel-3C sealed within Vega-C fairing

At Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, preparations for one of the year’s most anticipated Earth-observation launches…

More trees are needed to cool down European cities in heat waves—but they must be planted near homes

Heat waves claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people in Europe's capital cities this summer as they experienced…

How cells teach themselves to move together

Scientists have long wondered how cells organized into sheets begin to move together to form organs, especially when…

Venus may have had a moon for nearly 2 billion years

A moon may once have been consumed by Venus, after existing alongside the planet for up to 1.7 billion years

Scientists may have found first hint of dark matter

The mysterious material has eluded scientists for nearly a century.

Scientists make surprising discovery after extracting DNA from mummified cheetah

An analysis of three of the mummies’ DNA has revealed something that could help reintroduce cheetahs to the Arabian…

New 'devil flower' species discovered in Thai national park

Researchers have described a new species of leafless flowering plant found on the forest floor of a national park in…

Rising Over Louisiana

On Aug. 28, 2026 (the evening of Aug. 27 in some time zones), the Moon passed into Earth’s shadow, creating a deep…

Tracking emperor penguins from space

For the first time, geographers from Durham University have used freely available satellite radar images to track…

“Broken heart syndrome” can look just like a heart attack. This test can tell them apart

“Broken heart syndrome” can mimic a heart attack so closely that patients often need invasive testing to tell the…

Exotic pines in the Southern Hemisphere grow faster and are more drought-resistant, study reveals

A new study published in the journal Nature reveals that conifers planted outside their native range in the Southern…

Electric fish keep from blinding themselves with these brain cells

The brain cells you see in the above image help an African fish decode electric signals to spot prey, scan its murky…

New clustering method uncovers hidden regularities in data

One dataset, one model? This approach does not always produce the most useful insights, as a dataset often contains…

Mammalian genes can combine to make previously unknown mRNAs and proteins

For decades, scientists have understood that each of the roughly 20,000 genes in the human body carries instructions…

What remains of the last Neanderthals tell us about their demise

An isolated population of Neanderthals is shedding new light on their species’ final days. Palaeoanthropologist Ludovic…

Supermassive black holes 'too big' for the early universe may not be so massive after all

Over massive supermassive black holes too big for early galaxies and detected by the James Webb Space Telescope may not…

GLP-1 weight-loss medication could slow aging and extend lifespan

Giving old mice semaglutide—commonly sold as Wegovy or Ozempic—extends their lifespan remarkably, a new study finds

Daily food tracking linked to greater weight loss: study

Click here for more articles by Kormedi.com. People who make a habit of recording what they eat every day may lose more…

Korea's ancient dolmens take center stage in Gochang

Long before the rise of modern architecture, Bronze Age communities across the Korean Peninsula were moving massive…

NASA Rocket Takes First Multi-Point Look Inside Radio-Disrupting Clouds

High above Earth, thin veils of metallic haze drift through the edge of space. Known as sporadic E layers, these…

A prison memoir of the Egyptian revolution

Abdelrahman ElGendy recounts his six years as a political prisoner in the wake of Egypt’s January 25 revolution.

Interstellar solar sails hit a strange problem at 75% of light speed

Solar sails pushed by powerful lasers could reach incredible speeds, but relativity may eventually make the light…

Toyohiro Akiyama, first Japanese citizen and journalist in space, dies at 84

He reported from space that only "fat" Japanese tree frogs enjoyed weightlessness.

Why lower-class workers are less likely to negotiate for higher pay—and how it could cost some nearly $800,000

Michele Gelfand has studied and taught negotiation for years. A professor of organizational behavior at Stanford…

Wind damage can trigger years of forest vulnerability

Windstorms are among the most important natural disturbances in Northern Europe, where they cause extensive tree…

Scientists defy century-old limit on turning heat into electricity

Money problems may age your brain faster

Persistent financial hardship in early and middle adulthood was linked to poorer thinking skills by the 50s and more…

Young people often try to help in gun-related crises—but they need better tools

Nearly three-quarters of young people who witnessed or became aware of a firearm-related danger tried to help in some…

Chemists design extra-sticky adhesives that degrade on command

A good adhesive is unequivocally sticky. A great adhesive is sticky until you don't want it to be sticky anymore—a…

Hawai'i high school students name image of glittering galaxy pair

Nā ʻUhane Māhoe Huki Pū i ke Ola is the Hawaiian name given to NGC 7253—a pair of spiral galaxies caught in each…

Falcon Heavy brings the heat | Space photo of the day for Sept. 2, 2026

An incredible launch photo captures fire spewing from a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket during the launch of NASA's Roman…

Bio-based plastic turns into fertilizer after use

Plastic waste is one of the world's fastest-growing environmental problems. According to the Organization for Economic…

DNA testing shows what's really in Western Australian fish and chip shop 'shark' filets

Shark products sold at Western Australian fish-and-chips shops are often labeled too ambiguously or, in some cases,…

Groundbreaking laser of ghostly particles may be impossible to build

A year ago, researchers made a splash with a wildly creative idea for building a laser from notoriously elusive…

On this day in space! Sept. 2, 2016: Rosetta spacecraft finds long-lost Philae lander on Comet 67P after 2-year search

On Sept. 2, 2016, the European Space Agency finally located Philae, its long-lost comet lander on the surface of the…