Natural immunity from COVID infection is stronger than vaccine immunity, massive study in Israel finds
This shouldn't be taken as a licence to get infected on purpose.
U.S. Army tests its first high-energy laser weapon
The high-power laser weapon is meant to be deployed against drones, as well as rockets, artillery, and mortars.
LED street lights may be decimating insect populations
This could have a cascading effect on other wildlife that depend on insects for food.
Batman cloak-like chainmail switches from flexible to tough on command
When jammed, the chainmail particles stiffen into a fabric that can support a load 50 times its weight.
What’s the evolutionary explanation for homosexuality? Ironically, genes that help people make more babies may be involved
The same gene variants that may give people a reproductive edge with the opposite sex are associated with same-sex behavior.
Police-seized fossils in Brazil belong to exceptionally preserved flying reptile
The large head-crested pterosaur employed a terrestrial foraging style, similar to today's peacocks.
Scientists use ‘smell of fear’ to ward off insect pests from crops and gardens
Chemicals released by predators could serve as a pesticide alternative for ridding fields of insects.
China’s ethnic cleansing could prevent 4.5 million Uyghur births by 2040. Researchers say this is genocide
Evidence so far points to actions of genocide against Uyghur people in Xinjiang by Chinese authorities, according to a new...
World’s largest offshore wind turbine will be a 16 MW behemoth
When installed, the wind turbine will sweep an area equivalent to more than six football fields.
Why we say ‘ums’ and ‘uhs’: your brain is actually working harder
Filler sounds may have an important purpose.
Physicists make 2-D supersolid that flows without friction, a world first
It's like an ice cube flowing on water without friction.
Highly venomous sea snakes may be attacking scuba divers as a mating behavior
Olive sea snakes may charge at human divers because they mistake them for rival males or potential mates.
COVID vaccines saved at least 140,000 lives as of early May
The vast majority of current COVID hospitalizations and deaths are among unvaccinated people.
Archaeologists find best-preserved human remains in Pompeii
The remains of the former slave turned high-ranking priest are so well preserved they retained white hair and even a...
Aspirin could become a potential treatment against breast cancer
The cheap and iconic drug could improve chemotherapy in patients with triple-negative breast cancer.
Our cities are making mammals bigger
Credit: Pixabay. City-dwelling mammals have grown both larger and heavier than their rural counterparts over the last 80 years. According...
With Delta surging, it’s time to talk about upgrading masks
Cloth masks just don't cut it anymore.
Scientists calculate Pi down to 62.8 trillion digits, set new record
That's a bit overkill.
Meet the people who literally feel no fear
Fear is hundreds of millions of years old. But some people have the superhuman ability to laugh in its face.
How your labrador’s yellow coat may shed secrets about canine evolution
Hundreds of dog breeds share five distinct coat patterns, whose genes originated more than two million years ago in the...