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by Samantha Tracyfigures by Wei Wu Walking down your neighborhood street you might notice the cars driving past, people waving hello, and the buildings lit up by the daytime sun. At night this view changes: we see fewer cars, and people have mostly…

A mathematical deep-dive into the function of the lungs may provide clinical insight for low blood oxygen levels in COVID-19 patients.

Scientists from North Carolina State University have applied deep learning algorithms to track neurodegeneration in worms, allowing for much faster image processing and extraction of cellular features that can distinguish between neurodegeneration…

Scientists have discovered four lakes buried under the icy surface of the red planet. Could they lead us to biological life?

Ravens can pick up on negative emotions from another raven they know well, causing them to be more pessimistic themselves.

by Insa Mohrfigures by Hannah Zucker The past year has been momentous for quantum computing, a technology that applies the almost-mystical phenomena of quantum mechanics to build novel supercomputers, high performance computers used to solve large…

Dust creates an agricultural soil base, making ancient human migration possible.

By simulating the Antarctic Ice Sheet's fragile future under rising temperatures, scientists have found concerning tipping points that drastically change how much ice is lost.

A toxic and scorching hot planet, Venus has never been considered a likely candidate for harboring extraterrestrial life, but a molecule detected in its clouds is turning heads.

For dogs, the rhinarium is the furless tip of their snouts. Researchers have found that this cold and wet small surface area may detect heat even from far away.