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Photonics advance could enable compact, high-performance lidar sensors

When faith meets a melting point: New study warns Hajj pilgrimage is breaching human survivability limits

Magnetic checkerboard separates microparticles by size and sends them along different paths

Shake it off—NASA’s Curiosity rover gets its robotic arm stuck inside a rock on Mars

Coffee's mood-boosting effects aren't just down to caffeine

Team steers electron spin ballistically in graphene

Urban trees cool the world's cities more than we thought—but we can't rely on them alone

25 people learned to fly with virtual wings. Here’s how the brain changed

Ancient sea fossils indicate millipede and centipede ancestors evolved their legs while still underwater

Transcribing speech is never neutral—it shapes power and bias

Artificial intelligence may accelerate the path to radicalization

Countries must back commitments to transition from fossil fuels with action

Recreational fishing in the US catches far more fish than previously estimated

Archaeologists unearth evidence of dogs being traded within Mayan societies

How to Build a Trustworthy Robot

Study seeks to stave off mitochondrial dysfunction believed to cause aging

Streetlights trigger bizarre 'death spirals' in thousands of isopods, scientists find

Tree communities shape hidden energy flows under European forests

Drones match farm planning effectiveness of more expensive tech, study finds

Satellite captures a sea of spinning clouds

Deforestation lessens Amazon rainfall—and climate change hastens that process, study finds

Sexual arousal can lead to tunnel vision, blinding people to rejection cues

Going to space? Always, always pack a camera

Does Sexual Attraction Cloud Our Rejection Detection?

Brexit did not just shake Britain—it sent financial shockwaves across Europe, research indicates

Construction sector adapts to global shocks faster than expected

Protecting the future of Southeast Asia's giant clams

Testing quantum collapse theory with the XENONnT dark matter detector

Properly crediting employees for their ideas is key to building a strong workplace culture, research finds

Chilean wasp named in honor of Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday

The best new popular science books of May 2026

Ice Age butcher's tools are a sign of ancient humans' creativity during hard times

Poop, stomach oil and ostrich eggshells keep records of Earth’s ancient climate

New “Trojan horse” obesity drug supercharges weight loss in early tests

Scientists discover why Ozempic works better for some people

Skeletons of four doomed Franklin Expedition sailors identified with DNA

Scientists find a way to stop dangerous belly fat as we age

Rapidly melting Antarctic ice shelves may cause global sea levels to rise far faster than expected

These monster black holes did not form the usual way—their history of violence is written into spacetime ripples

Troubled waters: Jakarta battles deadly, invasive suckerfish

Scientists accidentally discover DNA that breaks the rules of life

Pressure from individual particles measured for the first time

People once risked everything just to keep their hats on

Math and statistics help explain the FBI's ‘missing scientists’ cases

Your DNA may predict your future success more than your upbringing

Scientists reverse diabetes in mice with lab-grown insulin cells

Scientists finally solve 40-year-old physics puzzle about how things grow