New results suggest that dark energy is fading with time.

A recent study hints that electroconvulsive therapy might help restore the brain's balance of excitation and inhibition.

The proton is the anchor of every atom that makes up the bulk of our world. Now, physicists have mapped the mechanical properties of its interior. The pressure is on.

Researchers claim that five new maps reveal the orderly magnetic fields tucked into massive galaxy clusters.

When yellow dwarfs like our sun die, they first balloon into red giants, and then smolder, ember-like, as white dwarfs for trillions of years. Orbiting planets that survive could live on indefinitely, and maybe even host life - a possible future for Earth.

Scientists can fingerprint the function of tens of thousands or even millions of cells in a single experiment. This expansive data may fundamentally reshape our understanding of human anatomy and biology.

Everything is made of stardust. Gamma-ray bursts may help physicists learn how each element in the periodic table is born in the cosmos.

When it comes to bizarre forms of electricity, superconductivity is just the beginning.

Gut feelings, like the stomachache one might get from overeating, are driven by the enteric "second brain" in our digestive systems.

The placenta has a unique trick for keeping immune defenses on standby, even when no viral infections threaten a pregnancy.

A recent neurological study provides an unprecedented look at how number sense works in the human brain.

An Icelandic peninsula that hadn't seen any volcanism for 800 years has now awoken. Eruptions could continue for decades or even centuries.

Physics is a rich well of inspiration for mathematicians to draw from.

Using large language models to generate training data for smaller models might be more effective than vacuuming up text from the internet and filtering out the garbage.

Astronomers have long known of rogue worlds - cosmic loners that drift through space, untethered to a star. Now JWST is spotting them in pairs.

We're all used to hearing about mitochondria as the powerhouse of the cell. It turns out that they are also the timekeepers.

Many discoveries in mathematics make things simpler, but a recent disproof instead creates a universe of new, complicated possibilities.

Biologists have discovered that even one of the weakest, simplest self-replicating organisms on the planet can evolve.

Genetic elements known as "Mavericks" may be responsible for transferring genes between different species throughout the history of life.

Earth has a magnetic field, but Venus, Earth's sister planet, doesn't. Why does one rocky planet have a magnetic field while the other does not?

If you've ever entered a room, and then completely forgotten how you got there, you may have something in common with a quantum computer.

In the groundwaters beneath Alberta, Canada, researchers have found microbes that can produce abundant oxygen, even in the absence of light.

A system of sophisticated pumps and receptors protects the brain like bouncers at the door of an elite club.