
Study Shows Meat Eaters Are More Likely to Survive to 100, But There's a Catch
(punhha/Canva)
It's important to get the full story.

A Major Superconductor 'Speed Limit' Was Just Broken
(Jörg Harms/Eryin Wang/MPSD)
Probing the fundamental root of superconductivity at trillionths of a second.

Ovaries Develop an Intriguing Second Role After Menopause
These are the egg-producing follicles of an ovary. (Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library RF/Getty Images)
There's still so much to learn about ovaries.

Partial Vision Restored in Some Blind Patients With New Experimental Treatment
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Incredible.

Incredibly Creepy Video Shows You a Bee Stinger Like You've Never Seen It Before
A disembodied bee stinger pierces into a skin-like gel. (Ramirez-Esquivel et al, 2026., CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Ouch.

Dogs Seem to Agree With Humans That 'Bouba' Is Round And 'Kiki' Is Spiky
(Westend61/Getty Images)
Do we share a bizarre perceptual quirk?

After 40 Years, Physicists Finally Observe The 'Energy Ladder' at Quantum Tipping Points
A chain of strontium atoms (orange) held in place, with the evenly spaced lines above representing the energy ladder. (Stephen Naus/AI)
"To see those predictions borne out is a beautiful thing."

Microbe Discovered With One of The Smallest Genomes on Record, Pushing The Bounds of What It Means to Be Alive
Within this dinoflagellate plankton is a tiny microbe that acts more like a virus than a cell. (Takuro Nakayama/University of Tsukuba)
What is an organism, anyway?

FDA-Approved Drug Could Be Repurposed to Relieve Osteoarthritis Pain And Protect Cartilage
(Mohammed Haneefa Nizamudeen/iStockphoto/Getty Images)
A double benefit for the condition.

Scientists Had Mice Eat Olive Oil Before Carbs, And It Changed Their Blood Sugar Response
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It’s not just what you eat – when you eat is important too.
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