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Every cancer is unique – why different cancers require different treatments,...
Most tumors are made up of many different kinds of cancer cells, as shown in this pancreatic cancer sample from a mouse.Ravikanth Maddipati/Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania via...
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What causes volcanoes to erupt?
An aerial view of the Mauna Loa volcano, which erupted on the island of Hawaii in December 2022.Andrew Richard Hara/Getty Images NewsCurious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a...
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The thinking error that makes people susceptible to climate change denial
Expecting black-and-white answers can make it hard to see the truth.bubaone via Getty ImagesCold spells often bring climate change deniers out in force on social media, with hashtags like #ClimateHoax...
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Enigmatic human fossil jawbone may be evidence of an early *Homo sapiens*...
Close examination of digital and 3D-printed models suggested the fossil needs to be reclassified.Brian A. KeelingHomo sapiens, our own species, evolved in Africa sometime between 300,000 and 200,000...
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Online predators target children’s webcams, study finds
Children's webcams are a safety risk.Peter Dazeley/The Image Bank via Getty ImagesThere has been a tenfold increase in sexual abuse imagery created with webcams and other recording devices worldwide...
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How do _Candida auris_ and other fungi develop drug resistance? A...
Candidiasis is a severe fungal infection that can spread easily in medical facilities.Atlas of Pulmonary Pathology/Flickr, CC BY-SAOne of the scariest things you can be told when at a doctor’s office...
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AI is helping astronomers make new discoveries and learn about the universe...
The sky is big and full of information that AI tools can help astronomers unlock. Yuga Kurita/Moment via Getty ImagesThe famous first image of a black hole just got two times sharper. A research team...
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May 5, 2023, lunar eclipse will be a subtle show of astronomical wonder
Penumbral lunar eclipses slightly darken the Moon.H. Raab/Wikipedia Commons, CC BY-SAOn May 5, 2023, people around the world will witness a a lunar eclipse when the Earth gets between the Sun and the...
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Peanut butter is a liquid – the physics of this and other unexpected fluids
The knife easily leaves swirls in the spread.rimglow/iStock via Getty Images PlusThose Transportation Security Administration requirements are drilled into every frequent flyer’s head: You can carry on...
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Cloud seeding can increase rain and snow, and new techniques may make it a...
Cloud seeding can increase rainfall and reduce hail damage to crops, but its use is limited.John Finney Photography/Moment via Getty ImagesWhen an unexpected rainstorm leaves you soaking wet, it is an...
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Reconstructing ancient bacterial genomes can revive previously unknown...
Ancient DNA preserved in the tooth tartar of human fossils encodes microbial metabolites that could be the next antibiotic.Werner/Siemens FoundationMicroorganisms – in particular bacteria – are...
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AI exemplifies the 'free rider' problem – here's why that points to regulation
Catching a ride for free?Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty ImagesOn March 22, 2023, thousands of researchers and tech leaders – including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak –...
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Gain-of-function research is more than just tweaking risky viruses – it's a...
Gain-of-function experiments in the lab can help researchers get ahead of viruses naturally gaining the ability to infect people in the wild.KTSDesign/Science Photo Library via Getty ImagesThe term...
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Debunking the Dunning-Kruger effect – the least skilled people know how much...
David Dunning and Justin Kruger tested psychology students to see whether the least skilled were also the most unaware.Rich Vintage/E+ via Getty ImagesJohn Cleese, the British comedian, once summed up...
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Clothes moths: Why I admire these persistent, destructive,...
*Tineola bisselliella* can survive on as little as a hairball and some vitamin B.Olaf Leillinger/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SAEvery day, I come into the lab to check the moth jar. The jar, which...
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Memories may be stored in the membranes of your neurons
Changes in the synapses between neurons is responsible for learning and memory.KTSDESIGN/Science Photo Library via Getty ImagesYour brain is responsible for controlling most of your body’s activities....
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I unintentionally created a biased AI algorithm 25 years ago – tech companies...
Facial recognition software misidentifies Black women more than other people.JLco - Ana Suanes/iStock via Getty ImagesIn 1998, I unintentionally created a racially biased artificial intelligence...
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Astronomers just saw a star eat a planet – an astrophysicist on the team...
New research shows that the destructive merging of a star and a planet expels huge amounts of gas, as shown in this artist's impression.K. Miller/R. Hurt (Caltech/IPAC), CC BY-NDFor the first time,...
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Gene therapy helps combat some forms of blindness – and ongoing clinical...
New gene therapies are helping to treat certain forms of inherited blindness.GettyImagesAn estimated 295 million people suffer from visual impairment globally. Around 43 million of those people are...
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Lessons from 'Star Trek: Picard' – a cybersecurity expert explains how a...
Editor’s note: This article contains plot spoilers.Society’s understanding of technology and cybersecurity often is based on simple stereotypes and sensational portrayals in the entertainment media....
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