Scientists warn that a weakening Atlantic circulation could trigger severe climate disruption, prompting European governments to intensify monitoring and planning.
The discovery of a light-sensitive protein in pond algae led to optogenetics, a technique that allows researchers to control specific neurons with light and has transformed neuroscience.
Dr Ann Jones has created a quiz that invites the public to become "animal investigators," identifying wildlife by the evidence they leave behind, from scat and tracks to feathers and nests.
Memory is one of the defining features of being human. It allows us to remember people, places, experiences and the story of our own lives. But what if memory could eventually become something technology could read, preserve, enhance or even replay? Neuroscience is beginning to reveal that memories are represented through complex patterns of activity distributed across neural networks. At the same time, artificial intelligence and brain-computer interfaces are becoming increasingly capable of interpreting brain activity. Researchers have already demonstrated experimental systems that can decode aspects of memory, reconstruct features of mental imagery and influence memory performance through targeted neural stimulation. The ultimate possibility is extraordinary: a future in which memories could become partially accessible outside the brain. But if that future arrives, humanity will face an entirely new question—who owns a memory?
Recent Anak Krakatau eruptions expanded the island by 32.8 hectares and produced two new nearby land formations.
Francis Halzen wins the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for pioneering IceCube, the South Pole observatory that detects high-energy cosmic neutrinos.
South Korea’s homegrown Nuri rocket carried 15 satellites into orbit, including five microsatellites for a new domestic Earth-observation constellation.
The chemists were honored for discoveries enabling reactions to favor one molecular mirror image, advancing research into pharmaceuticals and other compounds.
A magnitude-4.8 earthquake struck near Korumburra in southeast Victoria, the strongest in the region in two decades. Experts warn aftershocks may continue for weeks and further quakes are possible.
The Australian Wildlife Conservancy is translocating northern quolls from Brooklyn Wildlife Sanctuary to a feral predator-free refuge near Townsville, as the endangered species continues to decline due to cane toads and feral predators.
A new forensic study of 46 skulls from Abydos finds evidence that servants of Egypt's First Dynasty kings may have been sacrificed, with 39% showing potentially lethal head trauma.
SCI_ART 2026 brings EU and Canadian artists and scientists together in British Columbia to explore climate futures through collaboration, residencies, and public dialogue.
A haplotype-resolved genome of Vernicia montana reveals that inverted-repeat structural remodeling—not a novel master gene—shapes sex determination in this woody tree.
Francis Halzen wins the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for advancing IceCube and revealing high-energy neutrinos from distant cosmic sources.
For decades, the idea of freezing a human being and awakening them centuries later has belonged largely to science fiction. Yet the science behind the concept is becoming increasingly sophisticated. Researchers can already preserve cells, embryos and biological tissues at extremely low temperatures, while vitrification is being investigated as a way to preserve organs without the formation of destructive ice crystals. The challenge becomes dramatically more difficult when the entire human body—and particularly the brain—is considered. Could future biotechnology, nanotechnology and regenerative medicine eventually make human cryostasis possible? The answer remains unknown, but the research surrounding biological preservation is revealing just how far the boundaries of medicine could eventually extend.
The Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Darwin has issued an advisory for Krakatau, with an ash plume rising to 9,000 feet. The volcano has been active for weeks, producing new island formations and grounding flights across Indonesia.
ESA and Vast have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen cooperation on post-ISS commercial space stations, potentially enabling future European astronaut missions aboard Vast's Haven station.
A giant clam shell from the Great Barrier Reef has yielded a month-by-month climate record from 1785–1827, showing summers were 0.9–1.2°C cooler than today while winters were similar.
Researchers have identified a far-infrared moving point source in IRAS and AKARI archival data that matches theoretical predictions for Planet Nine, though the detection remains unconfirmed and debated.
A new VLT Survey Telescope image reveals faint tidal streams of stars around the Sombrero Galaxy, indicating past interactions with smaller galaxies and providing clues to its merger history.
A Washington state woman and U.S. Navy officer is returning to space on NASA's next mission to the International Space Station, continuing a career that has taken her from the Pacific Northwest to orbit.
NASA has unveiled PRIMA, a far-infrared space telescope scheduled for launch in 2031 that will survey the universe in wavelengths that reveal cold dust, forming planets, and distant galaxies.
NASA's FIREX-AQ mission has flown aircraft directly into pyrocumulonimbus clouds formed by wildfires, revealing how fire-generated storms inject smoke into the stratosphere and affect climate and air quality.
University of Maryland researchers have developed an electrical impedance spectroscopy technique that detects living cells by their voltage signatures, offering a potential new tool for finding life on other planets.