This specific iconography of subjugation — a bound captive struck by a weapon — has deep roots in Egyptian state ideology. It ...

Every mammal, every fish, every vertebrate (creatures that have a spine) has two eyes. It’s been that way for millions and ...

As gas falls toward a black hole, it heats up and shines. If the glow becomes intense enough, it can push incoming gas away. Astronomers call this balancing point the Eddington limit, and for decades ...

For people trapped in the cycle of severe depression, hope is a cruel tease. It arrives briefly with a new pill or a round of ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) keep finding the same impossible thing: ancient supermassive black holes; monsters millions of times the sun’s mass, existing when the cosmos ...

In a sweeping genetic study published on January 20 in Gut, researchers analyzed DNA and health data from more than a quarter-million people. They traced the genetic roots of how often people go to ...

During a close approach to the Sun, the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter watched that tipping point unfold in unusually ...

A team of researchers has seemingly managed to do just that: they successfully converted a Type A human kidney into a ...

Using data from more than 18,000 people across eight U.S. aging studies, researchers found that super agers carry a distinct ...

“By the time we examine an autopsied brain-tissue sample, a pathologist will have rinsed it with alcohol, removing lipids,” said Tony Wyss-Coray, PhD, the D. H. Chen Professor II, a professor of ...

The researchers took a “safety-first” approach. They deliberately excluded all viruses that infect humans or animals from the ...

The Perseverance rover is continuing its mission to find clues about the geological past of Mars. The rover’s main goals are ...