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Last year delivered doses of drama and excitement in the space business, with a record number of launches, breathtaking vistas of other worlds, and a multitude of breakthroughs and…

Supplying nerves with a fresh supply of mitochondria could curb chronic nerve pain, a new study hints.

The research, conducted with mouse cells, live mice, and human tissues, reveals a previously unsung role of mitochondria, the powerhouses of…

PHOENIX — Like a motorboat doing doughnuts in a lake, Betelgeuse’s companion star leaves a wake in the giant star’s atmosphere.

Signs of the smaller star’s trail around the red supergiant are the best evidence yet that…

The discovery of 773,000-year-old fossils in a cave in Morocco is transforming the geography of human origins by placing the start of the modern-human lineage squarely in northwestern Africa, according to a new study.

In the research, published…

PHOENIX —Thousands of newly spotted galaxies are dressed for a Victorian ball: in hoop skirts. The cache of “polar structure galaxies” — with large starry or dusty structures oriented perpendicular to their main body — might…

While these traits, along with having a complex neocortex in their brain, are…

Why Does Venezuela Have So Much Oil? Geology

By Meghan Bartels

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman.

This week federal officials announced major revisions to the U.S. vaccine schedule for kids.

The number of immunizations the health…

Most people know what a difficult day at work feels like. It can be tiring, draining and tense, leaving you unable to switch off. But there are also days when work feels lighter and more energising.

These good days are not necessarily defined…

The patient: A 35-year-old man in Iran

The symptoms: The man visited a urology clinic in a hospital and described discomfort in his bladder. He had no issues with urination and no history of surgery or disease in that region of his body. Nor was…