Axolotls Have a Surprisingly Clever Ability, Even in Complete Darkness

Axolotls Have a Surprisingly Clever Ability, Even in Complete Darkness

(Paul Starosta/Stone RF/Getty Images)

What's going on in those little heads?

In a Huge First, Physicists May Have Found a Shortcut to Fusion Energy

In a Huge First, Physicists May Have Found a Shortcut to Fusion Energy

An artist's rendition of a tokamak fusion system. (Kyle Palmer/PPPL Communications Department)

'Go around the peak.'

Astronomers Have Detected A Mysterious Signal Coming From Empty Space. Nobody Knows What It Is.

Astronomers Have Detected A Mysterious Signal Coming From Empty Space. Nobody Knows What It Is.

The dark nebula Barnard 68, a dense cloud of dust that blocks the light of stars behind it, creating the appearance of a hole in space. This is an illustrative image, not the location of the mysterious JWST detection. (ESO)

This is a head-scratcher.

Creatine Could Protect The Brain From Gut Inflammation

Creatine Could Protect The Brain From Gut Inflammation

(karetoria/Moment RF/Getty Images)

An "excellent candidate".

A Rock Dragged 90 Km Into Earth Came Back With a Temperature Story That Breaks The Models

A Rock Dragged 90 Km Into Earth Came Back With a Temperature Story That Breaks The Models

(Science Photo Library/Getty Images)

That's whack.

Healthy Coral Reversed Bleaching in Its Neighbor With Just 1 Week of Contact

Healthy Coral Reversed Bleaching in Its Neighbor With Just 1 Week of Contact

(Danny Collins)

Emergency medicine for a coral reef.

Ending Clock Changes? Health Experts Say There's a Winner Between Standard And Daylight Saving Time

Ending Clock Changes? Health Experts Say There's a Winner Between Standard And Daylight Saving Time

(AN Studio/Moment/Getty Images)

Brighter mornings may protect health.

Study Shows Meat Eaters Are More Likely to Survive to 100, But There's a Catch

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

A Major Superconductor 'Speed Limit' Was Just Broken

(US Dept. of Energy/Flickr)

Probing the fundamental root of superconductivity at trillionths of a second.

Ovaries Develop an Intriguing Second Role After Menopause

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.

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