Odd gamma ray burst may be from a smash-up between two dead stars
Astronomers have found a blast of gamma rays from space that seems to have been caused by two stellar corpses…
Never-before-seen space explosion is incredibly bright but fades fast
An explosion that was billions of times brighter than the sun but faded within a month may have occurred when…
Simple blood test tweak could make intensive care treatment safer
Taking less blood for intensive care tests reduces the risk of transfusions, which can cause allergic reactions or infections
A curious history of famous body parts
Suzie Edge is a medical historian who frequently surprises (and sometimes shocks) her TikTok followers with health stories of famous…
Lung-targeted CRISPR therapy offers hope for cystic fibrosis
Gene therapies for cystic fibrosis have previously struggled to reach the faulty lung cells, but a new approach has succeeded…
DeepMind AI gets silver medal at International Mathematical Olympiad
AlphaProof, an AI from Google DeepMind, came close to matching the top participants in a prestigious competition for young mathematicians
Bacteria found in asteroid sample – but they’re not from space
The unexpected discovery of microbial life in a piece of rock from an asteroid shows how hard it is to…
Blue Ghost spacecraft makes second-ever commercial landing on the moon
The second-ever commercial landing on the moon comes amid a flurry of lunar exploration activity that will see around a…
LIGO has spotted the most massive black hole collision ever detected
A puzzling gravitational wave was detected, and astronomers have determined that it comes from a record-breaking black hole merger
Ancient tools on Sulawesi may be clue to origins of ‘hobbit’ hominins
The Indonesian island of Sulawesi was a likely stepping stone for ancient hominins to reach nearby Flores, the home of…