Learn how the fossils of ancient organisms help scientists navigate deep time — and uncover Earth’s hidden history.

Learn about the collection of ritualistic items unearthed at the largest and oldest known Maya monument, Aguada Fénix.

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The world’s smallest neural implant is powered and connected entirely by light, opening new possibilities for long-term brain monitoring.

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Learn about the closest black hole from Earth, Gaia BH1. This recently discovered black hole is dormant, but it’s only 1,600 ...

Learn how tardigrades are able to tolerate extreme radiation with a unique protein that unwinds their DNA.

A 14th-century teenager died from the Black Death in Edinburgh. Learn how researchers discovered the pathogen in his teeth, ...

Learn more about bowhead whales and how they routinely see out their 200th birthday — and this DNA-repair protein might just ...

Learn how chemists were studying a known antibiotic when they discovered a molecule 100 times more potent at defeating ...

Learn more about the connection between nighttime light exposure and heart disease, and how you can help protect yourself.

Learn more about the ways viral infections can impact people with and without chronic diseases.