(Image Credit: 3dMedisphere/Shutterstock)

T cells attacking cancer cell

The body's home-grown microbiota and bile acids could help boost the immune system to suppress tumor growth. 

The Gut Microbiome Could Help Our Bodies Fight Cancer

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A charming chimpanzee laughs

Chimps' enjoyment of and willingness to share alcohol-infused fruit hints at possible ancient roots of social drinking.

Just Like Us, Chimpanzees Love To Drink and Share Alcohol

(Image Credit: Jaromir Chalabala/Shutterstock) 

happy dog

Learn how the bonds between humans and dogs resemble the bonds between humans and humans, with some of the former being stronger than the latter. 

We May Value Our Dogs More than Our Human Relationships 

comet coming to earth

Learn about new evidence that suggests life on Earth may have started with the help of molecules that were delivered by comets and asteroids.

Molecules From Space May Have Sparked Life on Earth Billions of Years Ago

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Blue eye

Learn more about Olo, a new color that researchers at UC-Berkeley may have just discovered.  

Laser Tech May Have Discovered a New Color Never Before Seen by Human Eye

Micro-dosing psychedelics

However, more work on just how these compounds rewire the brain will be necessary before they become viable treatments for humans.

Microdosing Psychedelics as Treatment Could Increase Flexible Thinking 

A disintegrating planet orbits a giant star. “The extent of the tail is gargantuan, stretching up to 9 million kilometers long,” says Marc Hon, a postdoc in MIT’s Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research.  (Image Credit: Jose-Luis Olivares, MIT)


Disintegrating Planet

Learn why the planet, BD+05 4868 Ab, is only the fourth such discovered and will disappear in one to two million years.

A Disintegrating Planet Is Shedding Matter and Has a Comet-Like Tail 

Silkworm 

Healers have treated their patients with silk throughout history. Now they're harnessing its strength, biocompatibility, and biodegradability in innovative new ways.

Unraveling the Power of Silk

Earth's magnetic field

With aircraft increasingly targeted by GPS jammers, the search for new ways to navigate is hotting up.   

"Unjammable" Quantum Sensors Navigate by Earth's Magnetic Field

Woman holding supplements in hand

Learn more about the benefits and risks of L-tyrosine supplements, the “over-the-counter Adderall.” 

L-Tyrosine Supplements May be Trending, but Here are the Risks and Benefits

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Colossal squid in Te Papa New Zealand

The rare sighting of a living juvenile colossal squid has scientists stunned and thrilled.

Once Thought Mythical, Colossal Squid Spotted Alive for the First Time

Smell test perfume with friends

Learn about the role of olfaction in friendship, which indicates that finding a friend is, at least in some sense, related to smell.

Friends at First Sniff: Smell Preferences Predict People’s Friendship Potential

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Youth mental health declining

The young used to report high happiness levels that declined into middle age before increasing into and throughout retirement. Now those levels are changing.

Youth Happiness Levels Have Declined Before, During, and After COVID-19 Pandemic

psilocybin mushrooms

Learn more about the uptick in psilocybin use, particularly in younger and older adults in the U.S. 

Psilocybin Use Increases in the U.S. for Those with Chronic and Mental Health Conditions 

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Brain activity for lucid dreaming

Learn how the brain operates differently in a variety of states of consciousness, which could provide a variety of therapeutic benefits.

Understanding Lucid Dreaming Could Provide Therapeutic Benefits

(Image Credit: Robert Kneschke/Shutterstock) 

Two elderly and one younger person doing a puzzle

Discover more ways to keep your body and mind healthy and strong against dementia. 

Exercising Your Body and Mind Could Help Stop Dementia Before it Starts

Live reconstruction of a Bonapartenykus specimen by Abel G. Montes. (Image Credit: Meso et al. 2025, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/))

First unambiguous record of pneumaticity in the axial skeleton of alvarezsaurians (Theropoda: Coelurosauria)

Learn why some dinosaurs had air sacs in their vertebrae and how it relates to modern day birds.

Theropod Dinosaurs Could Have Had Hollow Bones Like Modern Day Birds

Sunita suni williams starliner astronaut

Learn more about who Suni Williams is and what her contributions have looked like throughout her career in space. 

Suni Williams Has Set Many Records for Women in Space

General image of an astronaut. (Image Credit: Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock) 

Happy astronaut looking towards Earth

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will have to recover from their time in space. Learn more about what happens to the human body when they live in microgravity for months. 

Adjusting to Earth: How Butch, Suni, and Other Astronauts Readjust After Space Travel

(Image Credit: Ludovik Slimak)
Fossilized Neanderthal Thorin


Fossilized Neanderthal Thorin

Learn more about Thorin the Neanderthal, one of the last remaining specimens of ancient humans to be found in Eurasia.

Thorin the Neanderthal Was One of the Last of These Ancient Humans

A diver samples a bacterial mat within the Middle Island Sinkhole. (Image Courtesy of Nick Zachar/NOAA) 

Middle Island Sinkhole Core Collection

Learn more about the Middle Island Sinkhole, an under water sinkhole with no oxygen. 

Lake Huron's Middle Island Sinkhole Could Help Us Understand Earth's Evolution 

Eating plant based diet

Learn how following a plant-based diet could help you live longer. 

Adding More Plant-Based Proteins to Your Diet Could Increase Your Life Expectancy

Rocky cliffs on Iceland's Coast (Image Credit: EricLiu08/Shutterstock) 

Iceland coast

Learn what the rocks in Iceland tell researchers about climate conditions at the time of the Roman Empire’s collapse.  

A Little Ice Age May Have Assisted in the Roman Empire's Collapse

Photomicrograph of Basiceros enana, a newly discovered extinct dirt ant species preserved in Dominican amber, formed from tree resin that fossilized millions of years ago. (Image Credit: Gianpiero Fiorentino (NJIT))

Head basiceros

Learn about the extinct species of "dirt ant" that was found in 16-million-year-old Dominican amber, adding an important piece to an evolutionary puzzle.

Ancient Amber Has Kept a Dirt Ant Frozen in Time For 16 Million Years

Medieval human remains not related to the site. (Image Credit: DeStefano/Shutterstock)

Medieval human remains

This southwest England area has served as a crossroads for multiple civilizations, dating back 12,000 years.

More Than 300 Skeletons Uncovered From Medieval and Post-Medieval Eras in UK

Curiosity Mars Rover exploring the surface of red planet. Elements of this image furnished by NASA. (Image Credit: Paopano/Shutterstock)  

Curiosity Rover On Mars

Learn more about the Curiosity’s carbonate discovery on Mars, and what it tells of about Mars’ past and Earth’s future. 

Mars May Have Experienced a Great Dying Event Similar to Earth's

Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they remain cautious. Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the astronomers, led by the University of Cambridge, have detected the chemical fingerprints of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and/or dimethyl disulfide (DMDS), in the atmosphere of the exoplanet K2-18b, which orbits its star in the habitable zone. (Image Credit: A. Smith, N. Madhusudhan (University of Cambridge))

Artist's impression of the exoplanet K2-18b

While cautious about the findings, astronomers detected traces of a chemical that, on Earth, is produced by phytoplankton.

JWST May Have Found Strongest Evidence of Life on Exoplanet K2-18b

cartoon image of people moving across the world

Tracking global migration has long been hampered by poor, outdated data. Now researchers have harnessed social media data to create a near real-time map of international movement.

How Three Billion Facebook Users Helped Map Global Migration

Portable seismometer deployed at Yellowstone. (Image Credit: Jamie Farrell, University of Utah)

Yellowstone geophone

Learn how the boundaries of the magma chamber beneath Yellowstone have been located, and discover how these boundaries hint at the volcano’s future behavior.

Yellowstone’s Magma Reservoir Reveals Insights Into Future Volcanic Activity

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 #MuseumSelfie Day has received international engagement and coverage, from news outlets including the Guardian, CNN, and more. (Credit: Mar Dixon)

Museum Selfie Day

Where culture, creativity, and selfies collide—#MuseumSelfie Day returns January 15. 

Celebrate Museum Selfie Day on January 15

Elm Rye Male Libido

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