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Some of the creepiest sounds ever recorded aren't from horror films. They're real. From mysterious noises from the deepest parts of the ocean to the eerie voices of people who died more than a century ago, the world…

In November 2024, environmental police in Brazil stumbled on an unexpected sight: thousands of orange-and-black bumblebee catfish scaling the slippery rocks behind waterfalls on the Aquidauana River. A week later, a team of Brazilian scientists arrived to document…

With high-speed cameras and a “pitch cannon,” researchers are refining the automated ball-strike system about to call its first World Series.⁠ Journalist Jon Cohen takes a closer look.⁠ ⁠ Learn more: https://scim.ag/47zvXYm ⁠ CREDITS: (FOOTAGE) SHANNON BRADLEY; (IMAGES)…

Do you have what it takes to win Science’s “Dance Your Ph.D.” competition? We want you to top our last winning entry from a scientist who translated physics’ piezoelectric effect into dance. As always, we’re challenging scientists to…

A sundial can be almost 16 minutes fast in November and 14 minutes slow in February, yet there's nothing wrong with it. So why does the Sun, our oldest timekeeper, disagree with the clock on your wrist? In…

New tools provide an optogenetic switch for G proteins, how two immune-suppression treatments lower or raise the risk of complications in recipients of stem cell transplants, and a new “digital twin” framework shows that two out of nine…

In many parts of the world, people rest in a deep squat every day. In others, most adults can barely get down there. So what’s going on? Hannah Fry and Michael Stevens dig into the history of squatting…

Some microorganisms may have little trouble surviving being blasted into space on planetary debris when an asteroid hits. That finding, published in PNAS Nexus, comes from subjecting a particularly hardy species of desert bacteria to a simulation of…

About 130 million years ago, when giant dinosaurs stalked the earth, a mysterious mammal scurried across a damp sand dune in what is today southern Brazil. Mammals at that time were usually small and skittish, the better to…

Can science tell us how long we’re going to live? By recording every moment of the lives of African turquoise killifish, researchers are learning about possible longevity markers for these short-lived fish. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4AY4dtM CREDITS: (FOOTAGE) CHRIS…

OpenAI claims a swarm of AI agents has solved the Navier-Stokes problem, one of the hardest unsolved questions in mathematics, with a $1 million prize attached. Then it released more than 700 more mathematical manuscripts, including claims touching…

Building a telescope more than a kilometer under the ice in Antarctica was a gamble. But Francis Halzen had the audacity to try. Decades later, his visionary work has opened a new era of neutrino astronomy, and won…

Uncovering "clocks" of human aging that may predict chronic disease, an AI framework for champion-level drone racing, a "cell-in-a-box" strategy for reversing intervertebral disc degeneration, and revealing how exploding neutrophils drive rare autoinflammatory disorders: check out new covers…

What might happen to mathematics, and to mathematicians, when artificial intelligence can solve in hours or days what humans have struggled with for decades or longer. Brian Greene reflects on OpenAI’s release of more than 700 papers, claiming…

Science Editor-in-Chief Holden Thorp talks to reporter Jeff Horwitz, who shared the 2026 Pulitzer Prize with Engen Tham for their coverage of Meta, which exposed information that was held internally at the company on how Facebook and Instagram…

A can of fizzy drink has been violently shaken. The pressure is building, the bubbles are ready to erupt, and Michael Stevens is about to open it. But Hannah Fry has a trick up her sleeve. Can a…

After decades of warnings, new data suggest the Atlantic’s vital circulation may withstand climate warming better than feared. Paul Voosen, reporter at Science, explains. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4xq2RX7 CREDITS: (SCRIPT) P. VOOSEN/SCIENCE; (FOOTAGE) NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE; (MUSIC) C. BURNS/SCIENCE;…

The first genome sequence of an 194-year-old Aldabra giant tortoise, fueling T cell inflammation in inflammatory bowel diseases, and repurposing neuroplasticity to defeat cancer: check out this week’s issues of #ScienceAdvances, #ScienceSignaling, and #ScienceTranslationalMedicine. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4hzTTAQ CREDITS:…

For the past few decades, something strange has been happening in clinical trials. Painkillers aren't getting worse, but the placebos they're tested against appear to be getting better. In one landmark study, the advantage of pain medication over…

Major discoveries—including the role of DNA, the biological basis of psychology, and the human genome—missed out on the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.⁠ Learn more: https://scim.ag/4sgadKF CREDITS: (SCRIPT) A. MCWHINNIE/SCIENCE; (IMAGES) NIH GENOME PROJECT; DESIGNCELLS/ISTOCK; PER HENNING/NTNU;…

On 6 October, the artificial intelligence company OpenAI released more than 700 AI-generated papers presenting results related to more than 370 previously unsolved mathematical problems, including some of the field’s hardest. The massive dump marks yet another landmark…

Hannah surprises Michael with a mammoth bone from Doggerland, the lost Ice Age land that once joined Britain to mainland Europe, and now lies beneath the North Sea. Who lived there, what roamed it, and how did an…

Astronomy lovers around the world mourned when beloved underdog Pluto got downgraded out of our Solar System model to a “dwarf planet.” There may be more pearl clutching yet to come: Uranus and Neptune probably aren’t real “ice…

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The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics has been announced. Brian Greene explains the science behind it, and why detecting neutrinos from deep space opens a genuinely new way of observing the universe. Neutrinos were proposed in the 1930s…

Picture reaching for something on a high shelf and coming up short. You don’t give up; instead, you find a stool, carry it over, and climb up. Buried in that action is something remarkable: You held the goal…

Why do we turn on innocent people? A convincing story, a suspicious glance and suddenly everyone’s an armchair detective. But what happens when the crowd gets it completely wrong? Hannah Fry and Michael Stevens explore the psychology of…

A new topical therapy for scabies, Tibet’s oldest climate record, and light-dependent phosphorylation patterns in the eye of the fruit fly: check out new issues of #ScienceTranslationalMedicine, #ScienceAdvances, and #ScienceSignaling. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4hzTTAQ CREDITS: EYE OF SCIENCE/SCIENCE SOURCE;…

Scientists frequently use biology as inspiration for robots, resulting in devices that swim like zebrafish, fly like birds, and grow like vines. Some teams have gone beyond mere inspiration, creating “biohybrid” robots that directly combine living tissue with…

Michael hands Hannah a kendama, the Japanese cup-and-ball toy, and asks her to land a single catch. Then he brings out one built for him by Adam Savage of MythBusters and explains why a heavier kendama is a…

Climate policies are missing something important: indirect greenhouse gases. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4rLSb2E CREDITS: (GRAPHIC) M. HERSHER/SCIENCE; (VIDEO FOOTAGE) RHONDA MILLER/NATIONAL CONSERVATION TRAINING CENTER; (VIDEO PRODUCTION) K. MCLEAN/SCIENCE; (SCRIPT EDITOR) B. WIBLE/SCIENCE #Science #ScienceShorts #Climate

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Bungee-jumping mice may reveal why astronauts skip on the Moon. Phie Jacobs, a reporter at Science, explains. Learn more: https://scim.ag/46OWMY1 CREDITS: (FOOTAGE) SANTUZ ET AL./ BIORXIV; (MUSIC) C. BURNS/SCIENCE; (VIDEO PRODUCTION). P. ACKERMAN/ SCIENCE #Biology #Science #ScienceShorts

What is fire, and why does watching it hold our attention in a different way from scrolling on your phone? Hannah Fry and Michael Stevens start with the science of a flame: why it glows, what its different…

Acoustofluidic cryo-EM enhancing imaging, modulating T cell function, and preventing preterm labor: check out new issues of #ScienceAdvances, #ScienceSignaling, and #ScienceTranslationalMedicine. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4hzTTAQ CREDITS: JUN HUANG, YING CHEN, AND COAUTHORS; MOORE ET AL./SCIENCE SIGNALING; JENNIFER L. HERINGTON/VANDERBILT…

This autonomous underwater robot can follow sights and sounds to discover coral reef biodiversity. #ScienceTok #STEMTok #ScienceRobotics Learn more: https://scim.ag/4dUhSrL CREDITS: (FOOTAGE) SETH MCCAMMON; (SCRIPT) P. JACOBS/SCIENCE #Science #ScienceShorts #ScienceRobotics

Welcome to the first episode of our new podcast series "We CAN have nice things, actually" where we discuss solutions to the many problems the world is currently struggling with. Often you gain more from solving many small…

Recently discovered genetic variants seem to protect against Alzheimer’s disease, suggesting a path toward a cure. But are their powers believable? Meagan Cantwell, senior video producer at Science, explains. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4gJ4FUx CREDITS: (PHOTOS) FEDERICO RIOS/THE NEW YORK…

How much space junk is too much? Science Contributing Correspondent Hannah Richter delves into a recent preprint that suggests swarms of satellites may reach a threshold known as Kessler syndrome. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4yP0Xz0 CREDITS: (IMAGE) EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY…