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.

There's never been a more exciting time to study black holes.

A recent neuroscience study reveals how human brains differentiate between the imagined and the observed.

Researchers still don't understand whether machines will ever truly know the word "no."

A recent study found that the more time you spend with someone, the more likely you are to share strains of species in your microbiome.

A recently demonstrated quantum protocol teleports energy from one location to another without violating any sacred physical principles.

Loneliness doesn't just make people feel isolated. It alters their brain in ways that can hinder their ability to trust and connect to others.

Our brains have even less in common with reptile brains than was once thought.

To improve reinforcement learning algorithms, computer scientists are training them as if they were human.

Better treatments for depression may require a clear-eyed look at the condition's nuance.

A tapeworm has evolved the ability to make its ant hosts live longer. Researchers recently discovered how the parasite does it.

The "blurriness" of remembered images may help our brains distinguish memories from current perceptions.