Science

Scientists recently grew mini brains with their own sets of "eyes," according to a new study. Organoids are miniature versions of organs that scientists can grow in the lab from stem cells, or cells that can mature into any type of cell…

A new study offers insight into why Stonehenge has remained unchanged since it was built 5,000 years ago. Sarsens, the massive boulders that make up part of Stonehenge, contain interlocking quartz crystals. Those crystals — some…

Unfiltered water can already conduct electricity — meaning negatively charged electrons can easily flow between its molecules — because unfiltered water contains salts, according to a statement about the new study. However, purified water…

Astronomers have been able to look behind a black hole and see light coming from the other side for the first time, proving Albert Einstein's theory of relativity. Using high-powered X-ray telescopes, the team of international…

Fusion energy science is a multi-disciplinary field focused on the science needed to develop an energy source based on a controlled thermonuclear fusion reaction. Fusion occurs when two nuclei combine to form a new nucleus. This process…

Snake Venom usually the stuff of nightmares. Animals that wield it send instinctive shivers down our spines. But scientists are teasing out useful purposes for these powerful substances that (sometimes incidentally) can cause us so much…

Chinese government scientists have unveiled plans for a first-of-its-kind, experimental nuclear reactor that does not need water for cooling. The molten-salt nuclear reactor, which runs on liquid thorium rather than uranium, is expected…

NASA's Juno probe has flown closer to Jupiter and its largest moon, Ganymede, than any other spacecraft in more than two decades — and the images it beamed back of the gas giant and its icy orb are breathtaking. Juno approached Ganymede …

A group of scientists discovered ancient viruses frozen in two ice samples taken from the Tibetan Plateau in China, and most of them are unlike anything ever seen before. The findings, published Wednesday in the journal Microbiome, came…

Annie Murphy Paul is an acclaimed science writer whose work has appeared in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, Scientific American, TIME magazine, and the Best American Science Writing. She is currently a fellow in New America’s…