These metallic mergers support our tallest buildings and our finest jewelry.

High resolution bathymetric data has allowed submarine landslides triggered by the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake in New Zealand to be mapped (Gnesko et al. 2026). In total 853 slope failures were identified. I rarely feature submarine landslides in this blog –…

Brain-computer interface technologies help people regain communication, movement, and sensation while revealing fresh insights into how the human brain works.

The most famous giant spiral galaxy in the universe has been revealed not to be the star factory it once was, just as NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to unlock even more breathtaking cosmic insights.

Differences in how the immune system controls a cyclospora infection explains why some people experience mild symptoms while others develop severe disease.

Resipher measures cellular respiration (OCR) continuously in standard 96-well plates inside your incubator, for days to weeks. No media swaps, dyes, or transfers. A live-cell functional readout for drug safety, metabolism, and mitochondrial health.

While much funding for dementia research goes toward treatments, some scientists want to reduce people’s risk of developing the condition in the first place.

Here’s why ‘leg whiskers’ are useful to cats and other animals.

Math Puzzle: Can you outsmart the game show?

Earlier this year, the Lacks estate settled a lawsuit regarding a company’s profiting off of HeLa cells. The case serves as a reminder of the importance of proper ethics in human research.

A century ago, resident wolves were eliminated from the park. In 1995, biologists brought them back, marking a historic reintroduction of a top carnivore

Explore Marie Tharp’s groundbreaking 1977 World Ocean Floor map and discover how it transformed our understanding of the Earth.

Katalyst Space’s LINK spacecraft is recovering from an unexpected spin in orbit, and will need a little more time to rescue NASA’s falling Swift observatory.

What to know about postpartum psychosis

Two research efforts gave AI the same open problem. Their papers were submitted three hours apart

New HIV treatment and prevention options hailed at the International AIDS Conference offer greater choice, but is it enough?

Through piecemeal advances involving dentists, adventurers, and Queen Victoria, anesthesia evolved from a crude, risky practice into a sophisticated specialty.

Over the past two weeks, large wildfires in southwestern France and central Spain have burned 255,000 hectares, displaced hundreds of thousands of people, and created extremely poor air quality even hundreds of kilometers away. Though firefighters have now contained the…

Astronomers have identified a supernova remnant beside the well-known Jellyfish Nebula (IC 443), and evidence suggests both are the wreckage of two stars that once orbited each other before exploding separately.

How flowers shaped the world as we know it

In honor of Tharp’s birthday, Ferrini discusses the geologist’s pioneering work and how it paved the way for her own collaborative efforts to map the ocean floor.

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