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Astronomers have detected a strange, repeating radio signal near the center of the Milky Way, and it's unlike any other energy signature ever studied. According to a new paper accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal and…

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…

Russian security agents have detained the head of an institute researching hypersonic flight, on suspicion of treason, Tass news agency reports. Alexander Kuranov, an expert on plasma physics, is chief designer at the…

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…

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…

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…