Actions taken by the Trump administration have spurred changes at America’s major science agencies — and if worst comes to worst, these shifts may jeopardize our understanding of how the brain works and how to treat neurological conditions, experts told […]
You’re holding two wrinkly human brains, each dripping in formaldehyde. Look at one and then the other. Can you tell which brain is female and which is male? You can’t. Humanity has been hunting for sex-based differences in the brain
The skeleton of a child with both Neanderthal and modern-human features has been dated to around 28,000 years ago, according to new research that used a new chemical method to pull off the feat. The new dates, which range from
The second moon landing attempt by Houston-based Intuitive Machines has ended just as the company’s first did — with the lander dead after tipping over on its side inside a lunar crater, a new image confirms. According to NASA, which
Since the inauguration of President Donald Trump on Jan. 20, a number of actions aimed at slashing federal science spending and restricting research topics have begun to worry the American scientific community. These include firing many — then rehiring some
Einstein’s equations might need a rewrite — that is, if we want to explain how the insides of black holes work. Einstein’s theory of general relativity describes the relationship between space-time and matter. It successfully explains the structure of neutron
A knight in “shining armor” wielding a sword or lance is an iconic medieval image, but more advanced weapons also appeared in the Middle Ages — including guns that fired bullets. This leads to an interesting question: Could the metal
The rise of artificial general intelligence (AGI) — an artificial intelligence (AI) system with superhuman intelligence that can perform well at various tasks — is a matter of when, not if, according to a new analysis of thousands of expert
Archaeologists in Morocco have discovered the remains of a 4,200-year-old settlement that predates the Phoenicians — a surprise given that this region was thought to be uninhabited at that time. The Phoenicians are famous for settling northern Africa and later
On Independence Day 2020, Nick Kharufeh was enjoying a fireworks display on the street near his aunt’s house in California. Then, within a split second, the fun stopped. A wayward firework meandered off course and exploded on the ground near
