How ‘River Piracy’ Helped Give Mount Everest a Growth Spurt
A model suggests a massive uplift caused by a phenomenon called “river piracy” partly explains Everest’s impressive height
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How ‘River Piracy’ Helped Give Mount Everest a Growth Spurt
A model suggests a massive uplift caused by a phenomenon called “river piracy” partly explains Everest’s impressive height
Largest Brain Map Ever Reveals Fruit Fly’s Neurons in Exquisite Detail
Wiring diagram lays out connections between nearly 140,000 neurons and reveals new types of nerve cell
Power-Thirsty AI Turns to Mothballed Nuclear Plants. Is That Safe?
As Microsoft strikes a deal to restart a reactor at Three Mile Island to power AI, nuclear specialists weigh in on the unprecedented process
How Your Brain Detects Patterns without Conscious Thought
Neurons in certain brain areas integrate ‘what’ and ‘when’ information to discern hidden order in events happening in real time
‘Spooky Action at a Distance’ Observed in Quarks for the First Time
Physicists report the first observations of quantum entanglement in top and anti-top quarks, the heaviest known fundamental particles and their antimatter counterparts, inside the Large Hadron Collider
Scientists Nuke an Asteroid in a Lab Mock-Up
Experiment shows that a nuclear explosion could save the planet from a deadly asteroid impact
Obesity-Drug Pioneers Win Prestigious Lasker Award for Medical Science
Three scientists are honored for developing a class of blockbuster weight-loss drugs. Is a Nobel prize on the way?
Ultra-Precise Particle Measurement Narrows Pathway to ‘New Physics’
A long-awaited calculation of the W boson’s mass agrees with theory, contradicting a previous anomaly that had raised the possibility of new physics beyond the Standard Model
The Brain Really Does Choke Under Pressure
Study links choking under pressure to the brain region that controls movement
Europa Clipper, NASA’s Mission to Jupiter’s Oceanic Moon, Is ‘Go’ for Launch
The Europa Clipper spacecraft is only weeks away from lifting off on an epic voyage to one of the solar system’s most enigmatic and enticing moons
How Deadly Is Mpox, What Vaccines are Effective, and Other Questions Answered
Infectious disease specialists explain whether vaccines will curb the mpox outbreak that was recently declared a global health emergency
A Dolphin That Has Been Biting People May Just Be Friendly
Dolphin ecologist Tadamichi Morisaka discusses common dolphin behaviors that could explain instances of the animals biting people in Japan
Massive Megalith That Predates Stonehenge Shows Science Savvy of Neolithic Humans
A survey of the Dolmen of Menga suggests that the stone tomb’s Neolithic builders had an understanding of science
Queen’s Brian May Is a Champion for Badgers and Science
Queen guitarist Brian May has spent a decade studying the science of bovine tuberculosis, which can be carried by badgers, and has identified a new method of spread
Brains Age in Five Different Ways
Brain scan study hints that methods could be developed to detect the earliest stages of neurodegenerative disease
Solving Inflammatory Bowel Disease’s Mysteries May Lead to New Therapies
Understanding genetics, immunology and the microbiomes of people with inflammatory bowel disease could aid in finding the right treatments for the condition
1 in 4 Unresponsive People with Brain Injuries May Be Conscious
More people than we thought who are in comas or similar states can hear what is happening around them, a study shows
These Pathogens Could Spark the Next Pandemic, Scientists Warn
Scientists have identified more than 30 different pathogens that they fear could cause the next big pandemic in humans
Seventh Person ‘Cured’ of HIV after Stem Cell Transplant
A man in Germany is HIV-free after receiving stem cells that are not resistant to the virus
Musical Memories Don’t Fade with Age
Eighty-year-olds are able to identify familiar tunes just as well as teenagers can
JWST Images Freezing Giant Exoplanet 12 Light-Years Away
The Jupiter-like world Epsilon Indi Ab is one of the coldest—and closest—exoplanets that astronomers have ever seen
China-U.S. Science Collaborations Are Declining, Slowing Key Research
The U.S. and China are collaborating less on projects across scientific disciplines amid a culture of fear in both countries
What a Kamala Harris Presidency Would Mean for Science
As the daughter of a cancer researcher, Kamala Harris would bring a lifelong familiarity with science to the presidency, experts say
How Countries Are Preparing for a Potential Bird Flu Pandemic
Virologists say that the bird flu strain that is infecting cattle in the U.S. is unlikely to cause a pandemic in humans, but countries are gathering vaccines and stepping up surveillance just in case