A repurposed glue gun has helped repair broken bones in rabbits. Instead of a regular glue stick, it melts a material that helps bones heal. Some breaks in bones need…

A ringing black hole made ripples in spacetime. Spotted for the first time in January, these ripples are the clearest yet observed. Researchers reported detecting the signal in the September…

On a snowy night in 2021, four shivering scientists in Michigan set down their shovels and studied a hand-drawn map by flashlight. The map led to a secret location. They…

Is my red the same as your red? It’s a classic puzzler, one that’s fun to debate with your friends and family. Do colors look the same to you as…

When you think of words that describe poop and pee, “useful” is probably not one of the first that comes to mind. Feces and urine are, after all, basically everything…

New materials could snatch harmful “forever chemicals” out of water in a faster, more sustainable way than previous ones. So-called forever chemicals are a group of more than 10,000 infamous…

Microcin (noun, “MY-krow-sin”) Microcins are tiny protein-like molecules that take down bacteria. They are made by bacteria, for other bacteria. Not all bacteria make microcins. Those that do use them…

níje lí?  This phrase might sound like gibberish to anyone on Earth. But if you ever ran into a gray Ríli humanoid in the fantastical world of Aeniith, those words…

Egypt’s mummies are old, but not the record-holders. Southeast Asians preserved their dead some 7,000 years before Egyptians, new research shows. Hunter-gatherers across southern China, Southeast Asia and nearby islands…