Yucatán's underwater caves host diverse microbial communities

With help from an experienced underwater cave-diving team, researchers have constructed the most complete map to…

A closer look at rebel T cells

New research sheds light on the genes and nutrients that give MAIT cells their fighting power.…

Low-intensity fires reduce wildfire risk by 60%

High-intensity, often catastrophic, wildfires have become increasingly frequent across the Western U.S. Researchers quantified the value…

Scientists found hundreds of toxic chemicals in recycled plastics

When scientists examined pellets from recycled plastic collected in 13 countries they found hundreds of toxic…

Any activity is better for your heart than sitting — even sleeping

Replacing sitting with as little as a few minutes of moderate exercise a day tangibly improves…

Found at last: Bizarre, egg-laying mammal finally rediscovered after 60 years

A long-beaked echidna named after Sir David Attenborough and last seen by scientists in 1961 has…

Ethical, environmental and political concerns about climate change affect reproductive choices

People are beginning to reconsider their reproductive decisions due to complex concerns about climate change, with…

How to use AI for discovery — without leading science astray

In the same way that chatbots sometimes ‘hallucinate,’ or make things up, machine learning models designed…

Atomic dance gives rise to a magnet

Researchers turned a paramagnetic material into a magnet by manipulating electrons’ spin via atomic motion. …

Milky Way-like galaxy found in the early universe

Astronomers have discovered the most distant barred spiral galaxy, similar to the Milky Way, that has…