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Researchers are deploying an unlikely ally in the effort to improve hurricane forecasting.

You can’t always judge a book by its cover. That is a lesson scientists have recently learned about the nectocaridid — a 500-million-year-old marine creature that looked like a squid but turned out to be something completely unexpected.

For…

What does it mean to be healthy in 2025? Bryan Johnson, an entrepreneur and venture capitalist who’s well known for his extreme attempts to slow the aging process, thinks he knows the answer. Does Johnson really have the healthiest body on…

When most people think of the Paleolithic era, they likely think of ancient hominins with spears chasing after wooly mammoths. Or they think of cave men numbly knocking rocks together, waiting for a spark. 

But most people living during the…

Earth’s land is drying out so rapidly that it’s now contributing more to rising sea levels than melting glaciers, a new study shows.

Researchers found that water lost from soil, lakes, and underground aquifers is accelerating sea level rise…

A parasite spread by cats may be manipulating half of the world’s population’s brains, causing them to take more risks and behave more aggressively.

A new review article brought together multiple studies to highlight how important it is to…

A “bead of sweat” is a beautiful turn of phrase, but the imagery is not quite right. Scientifically speaking, it may be more accurate to say a “film of sweat”.

A new study has found that human perspiration emerges from pores not as discrete…