Titanoboa has long been heralded as the largest of large snakes. Slithering through the Paleocene at an estimated 45 to 50 feet, this ancient snake appears in almost every list of large snakes, and almost always at the top. But now another ancient snake is sli... More »
Vampires don't only haunt the pages of classic novels and spook us in horror movies — they're also lurking inside the human body.In new research, scientists have found that several bacteria responsible for life-threatening bloodstream infections enter our bloo... More »
Images of a saturated desert metropolis startled the world, prompting talk of cloud seeding, climate change and designing cities for intensified weather.Scenes of flood-ravaged neighborhoods in one of the planet’s driest regions have stunned the world this wee... More »
A bizarre type of magnetic quasiparticle that looks like a tiny, swirling bubble could one day be used as a computing bit in future memory devices after scientists sped it up enough to transmit data."Skyrmions" — informally called "nanobubbles" by the scientis... More »
Development and groundwater pumping are causing land subsidence and heightening the risks of sea level rise.As China’s cities grow, they are also sinking.An estimated 16 percent of the country’s major cities are losing more than 10 millimeters of elevation per... More »
Published1 hour agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesBy Matt McGrathEnvironment correspondentNearly half of China's major cities are sinking because of water extraction and the increasing weight of their rapid expansion,... More »
For people going through menopause or seeking birth control options, medications that help replace and supplement key sex hormones — known as progestogens — are an essential part of treatment. However, new research published last month suggests that these typ... More »
Netflix's 3 Body Problem has been generating a lot of buzz since its premiere last month, and it's not hard to see why: The hit new series is being helmed by Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, along with screenwriter Alexander Woo, and a... More »
You take a sip of water but suddenly burst into uncontrollable coughing — your drink has "gone down the wrong pipe." It turns out that this familiar, protective response is instigated by rare, tiny cells in your airways, scientists discovered in a new study in... More »
SpaceX launched its 40th mission of the year this evening (April 18).A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 of the company's Starlink internet satellites lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida today at 6:40 p.m. EDT (2240 GMT).The Falcon 9's firs... More »
Scientists at Intel have built the world's largest neuromorphic computer, or one designed and structured to mimic the human brain. The company hopes it will support future artificial intelligence (AI) research.The machine, dubbed "Hala Point," can perform AI w... More »
The change followed a sweeping review by England’s National Health Service that found “remarkably weak” evidence for youth gender treatments.Scotland’s National Health Service has stopped all new prescriptions of puberty-blocking drugs and other hormone treatm... More »