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Scientists have long agreed that early humans mated with Neanderthals, but two recent studies have shed light on exactly when this DNA mixing occurred. Such a…

Miracle drugs for weight lossFollowing the dazzling success of The “miracle” drug Wegovy (semaglutide) and others GLP-1 agonists2025 will likely bring results and approvals for a…

BRIDGEWATER — The Center for Advancing STEM Education at Bridgewater State University is hosting a Winter Science Academy, according to a university news release. This program…

The abstract in PubMed or on the publisher’s site is linked when available and will open in a new window. Allred AR, Austin CR, Klausing L,…

December 16, 2024: Configuration of the International Space Station. Five spacecraft are stationed at the space station, including the SpaceX Dragon…

December 17, 20243 min readingWhy Some Brains Don’t Rot and Other Strange Things We Learned About the Human Body in 2024From periods of rapid aging in…

Friday December 27, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with the PBS appSCIENCE investigates the unexpected intersection between art and science, covering…

This is a James Webb Space Telescope image of NGC 346, a massive star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy that is one…

Henry, the world’s oldest known crocodile, turns 124th birthday at a conservation center in South Africa today (December 16).The Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) has lived at…

Just as the outlines of an Iron Age hut or the remains of a Roman sword spark excitement today, archaeologists of the future might brush the…