Superconductors promise loss-free electricity, but most only work at extreme cold. Hydrogen-rich materials changed that—yet their inner workings remained hidden because they only exist under enormous ...

By studying tiny distortions in the shapes of distant galaxies, scientists mapped dark matter and dark energy across one of the largest sky surveys ever assembled. Their results back the standard ...

Old military air samples turned out to be a treasure trove of biological DNA, allowing scientists to track moss spores over ...

A major new meta-analysis finds that vegetarian and vegan diets can support healthy growth in children when properly planned.

Balanophora is a plant that abandoned photosynthesis long ago and now lives entirely as a parasite on tree roots, hidden in ...

An instrument aboard NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft captured rare ultraviolet observations of an interstellar comet while Earth-based telescopes were blinded by the Sun. The spacecraft’s unique ...

For years, scientists thought Saturn’s moon Titan hid a global ocean beneath its frozen surface. A new look at Cassini data ...

Long before opioids flooded communities, something else was quietly changing—and it may have helped set the stage for today’s ...

Getting ahead financially is mainly about what you earn at work, not what you make from investments. Researchers found that ...