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Lonely people have worse memory but don’t decline faster, study finds

Whales go quiet during noisy underwater surveys

New research finds workers are leveraging AI for career mobility as employers struggle to keep pace

From autism to migraines, birth order may have wide-reaching effects

Logged forests burn more severely than old growth, Tasmanian study finds

Chandra explores interstellar medium of a bright low-mass X-ray binary

Human urine could help tackle global fertilizer and wastewater challenges, study finds

New model for understanding antisemitism can serve as framework, guide for developing interventions

The 'ungrateful lungfish': Study focuses on sustainable food sources for very hungry ancient fish

The real science of Pokémon

Unlikely paths to discovery

The engineering marvels hidden inside six-figure watches

The baffling ecological disaster that's killing America’s freshwater mussels

Science crossword: Hot stuff

Readers respond to the January 2026 issue

Poem: ‘How I Became a Spitfire Pilot during My Cataract Operation’

New evidence links heart disease to inflammation—and drugs can stop it

May 2026: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago

Mathematicians created an ‘impossible’ shape that shouldn’t exist

Math puzzle: A disassembly job

How two mathematicians solved a cryptography mystery

How to build a space hotel

How physicists found a new type of magnet hiding in plain sight

How cosmic rays are helping mining companies find critical minerals underground

How chemists engineer the signature smells of luxury perfumes

Expensive versus affordable binoculars—what’s the difference?

DARPA built an AI to fact-check enemy weapons claims

An asteroid extinguished all the dinosaurs except for birds. Here’s why

A hot pair of supplements, creatine and methylene blue dye, may not work together

No great equalizer: Young laborers were hit hardest by early modern plague

Contaminants, including ink, detected in meteorites suggest sample preparation needs improving

Is AI bad for critical thinking? It depends on when you use it

Ancient graves and DNA uncover family bonds that went beyond genetics

Information from starquakes provides theoretical evidence for 'fossilized' magnetism in stars

Quantum systems can remember and forget at the same time, scientists discover

Scientists finally know where the Colorado River’s missing water is going

When the boss burns out, the whole team loses energy, trust and performance

The humble ham sandwich inspired a math theorem for sharing food fairly

This strange “pearling” motion inside cells could change how we understand disease

The people you live with could be changing your gut bacteria

The dirtiest thing in public bathrooms isn’t the toilet seat

Free online lipid network aims to unite researchers and speed collaboration worldwide

Predictably unpredictable: Building resilient crops for a changing world

New research exposes the deadly exploitation of migrant fishers in poorly regulated waters

Envisioning just futures: Framework can make distributive justice explicit in global emission scenarios

How hidden soil fungi 'steal' bacterial DNA to control the rain

New 'molecular handle' uses common amino acid to build complex medicines

Building 'green' protection for fragile enzymes

Low-cost robotic chemistry system can be built and deployed in any lab

A new fruit wash removes pesticides and extends shelf life