Science

A study of Gila monster venom helped start the revolution in weight-loss drugs. But scientists think that’s just the beginning.

What is Jupiter’s great red spot? Researchers have observed the red spot changing over time.

The unexpected discovery of a geometric phase shows how math and physics are tightly intertwined.

A new study has shattered historians’ long-held assumptions about some of the people who died in Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in 79 C.E.

A bribery experiment involving people from 18 countries reveals that the phenomenon is largely subject to circumstance

Our understanding of Uranus might have been all wrong for nearly 40 years. In January 1986, NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft zoomed past Uranus as part of a grand tour of the outer solar system.

Deep sleep could be key to forestalling slow declines in brain health that may one day lead to Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia.

An artificial-intelligence tool honoured by this year’s Nobel prize has revealed intimate details of the molecular meet-cute between sperm and eggs1. The AlphaFold program, which predicts protein structures, identified a trio of proteins that team up to work as matchmakers between the gametes.

There’s no doubt that exercise does a body good. Regular activity not only strengthens muscles but can bolster our bones, blood vessels, and immune system. Now, MIT engineers have found that exercise can also have benefits at the level of individual neurons.

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