Consciousness Begins Before Birth

Newfound evidence indicates that conscious experiences start as early as in late pregnancy. The study suggests that an infant’s brain is capable of forming conscious experiences that shape their emergent self.

Tiny Plant Can Survive The Crush of 20 Times Earth's Gravity

Not all plants are created equal, and not all can survive the harsh conditions of space. One that might thrive on long spacefaring voyages also happens to be the smallest flowering plant on Earth. It is called Watermeal.

How to test if we're living in a computer simulation

There is some evidence suggesting that our physical reality could be a simulated virtual reality rather than an objective world that exists independently of the observer.

Amazon rainforest hides thousands of records of ancient communities

The world's most diverse forest, the Amazon, may also host more than 10,000 records of pre-Columbian earthworks (constructed prior to the arrival of Europeans), according to a new study.

Iron Atoms Discovered on the Move in Earth's Solid Inner Core

An international study found that certain groupings of iron atoms in the Earth’s inner core are able to move about rapidly, changing their places in a split second while maintaining the underlying metallic structure of the iron.

For The First Time, Scientists Have Bent Lightning

A powerful laser was able to deflect a lightning bolt almost 200 feet before it hit a lightning rod, greatly improving the rod's function.

'Assembly theory' unifies physics and biology to explain evolution

An international team of researchers has developed a new theoretical framework that bridges physics and biology to provide a unified approach for understanding how complexity and evolution emerge in nature.

Almost every mammal has some form of fluorescence

Acurding to a recent reserch, every species of mammal they examined emitted a green, blue, pink, or white hue under UV light.

Largest ever solar storm identified in a 14,300-year-old tree rings

A similar solar storm today would be catastrophic for modern technological society—potentially wiping out telecommunications and satellite systems, causing massive electricity grid blackouts, and costing us billions of pounds.

Three scientists win Nobel Prize in physics

The Nobel Prize in physics was awarded Tuesday to three scientists who look at electrons in atoms during the tiniest of split seconds.

Heat extremes in the soil are underestimated

A research team has now found that climate change has a much greater impact on the intensity and frequency of heat extremes in the soil than in the air.

Pioneers of mRNA COVID vaccines win medicine Nobel

This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to biochemist Katalin Karikó and immunologist Drew Weissman for discoveries that enabled the development of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

The first observation of neutrinos at CERN's Large Hadron Collider

Two large research collaboration have observed these neutrinos for the very first time, using detectors located at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Switzerland.

Scientists develop artificial kidney that may end dialysis

Scientists at the University of California San Francisco have developed a bioreactor device that uses human kidney cells cultured in the laboratory and mimics some of the key functions of a kidney.

Earth's Core Appears to Be Wrapped in an Ancient, Unexpected Structure

The most high-resolution map yet reveals something we previously never knew about: an ancient ocean floor that may wrap around the core. This thin but dense layer exists around 2,900 kilometers below the surface.