The nuclei of atoms are often portrayed as round in textbooks, but it turns out they're rarely spherical. Since the atomic ...

By controlling individual atoms, researchers have demonstrated a way to turn previously unwanted atomic motion into an ...

A British metal detectorist discovered a gold band with an engraved date-of-death in Norfolk.

Scientists have found a way to monitor volcanic carbon dioxide levels — one of the first signs a volcano might be about to ...

An artificial intelligence safety firm has found that OpenAI's o3 and o4-mini models sometimes refuse to shut down, and will ...

The site's architecture may indicate the Judaean princess was buried there.

A large sunspot has just reappeared on the sun's Earth-facing surface, almost two months after it first emerged. The ...

First theorized in 1938, heat's wave-like flow through superfluids, known as "second sound", has proven difficult to directly observe. Now, a new technique has finally done it, and could be used to ...

Giant groundsels are rare plants that grow up to 30 feet (9 meters) tall. They are endemic to the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro ...

A study of more than 100 genomes from people who lived in ancient China has unmasked a "ghost" in their midst.

A cocktail of FDA-approved cancer drugs, trametinib and rapamycin, boosts the lifespan of lab mice by 30% and might help ...

A cutting-edge technique for analyzing fossil tooth enamel is revealing remarkable new information about 2 million-year-old ...