A common and treatable cause of heart attacks is being overlooked
Research suggests inflammation may be just as important as cholesterol as a cause of heart attacks, suggesting different treatments should…
Megalodon may have been warm-blooded unlike most other sharks
Evidence is mounting that megalodon could have been warm-blooded, unlike most modern sharks, hinting at how it grew to be…
Distant planet may be the first known to share its orbit with another
Exoplanet PDS 70b, a gas giant seven times the mass of Jupiter, appears to share an orbit with a ball…
In 2024 the Hera mission will revisit the asteroid punched by NASA
NASA’s DART mission slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos in 2022, and the European Space Agency is sending the Hera mission…
How the US is preparing for a potential bird flu pandemic
As the US grapples with an ongoing bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle, the country’s health agencies are ramping up…
MDMA therapies hit a roadblock – what’s next?
The US Food and Drug Administration has rejected the psychedelic drug MDMA as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, leading…
Brain implant lets man with paralysis fly a virtual drone by thought
A man with paralysis was able to fly a virtual drone through a complex obstacle course simply by thinking about…
Deepfake makers can now evade an unusual detection method
AI-powered deepfake videos with altered facial expressions can display realistic heartbeats through skin colour changes, which may hinder one deepfake
Mathematicians create a tetrahedron that always lands on the same side
With the help of powerful computers, researchers discovered a four-sided shape that naturally rests on one side, and built a…
Urine tests detect high-risk HPV as effectively as DIY vaginal swabs
Several countries now offer at-home vaginal swabs to detect HPV status in place of traditional cervical cancer screening, but urine…