In the film The Martian, astronaut Mark Watney (played by Matt Damon) survives being stranded on the Red Planet by farming potatoes in Martian dirt…
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Long-necked sauropods, the largest animals ever to walk on Earth, may have thundered into dominance during the Jurassic Period thanks to a large burst of…
From gulls to grouse to grackles, more than 10,000 bird species live on this planet. Now, scientists are one step closer to understanding the evolution…
Hallucinogenic mushrooms’ key ingredient, psilocybin, can swiftly and dramatically ease depression in the right therapeutic setting, a small study suggests. A month after receiving two…
On the heels of the preliminary success of one COVID-19 vaccine in the United States, another leading vaccine candidate is showing promise. Preliminary results indicate…
If you’re looking for life beyond the solar system, there’s strength in numbers. A new study suggests that systems with multiple planets tend to have…
A long-standing puzzle in evolution is why new genes — ones that seem to arise out of nowhere — can quickly take over functions essential…
Rock the boat Scientists made a toy boat float upside down on the bottom of a layer of levitating liquid, Maria Temming reported in “Toy…
The question of whether dietary supplements might help combat the coronavirus reveals an essential tension between what people want and what we’ve got. What we…
Measles has come back with a vengeance around the world in recent years, wiping out steep declines in cases seen since the start of the…