'Ghost Ship of the Pacific,' which fought on both sides in WWII, discovered near San Francisco
The newfound wreck could help maritime archaeologists better understand how 20th-century warships were designed.
By Emily Cooke published
Unlike past flu shots, flu vaccines for the 2024-2025 season don't contain the "Yamagata lineage" of influenza viruses because evidence suggests that type of flu no longer exists.
By Emily Cooke published
Very little is known about the origins of stuttering, but there are several possible explanations.
By Kamal Nahas last updated
The latest human case of bird flu in the U.S. occurred in a patient with no reported exposure to affected animals, sparking questions over whether the virus is spreading between people. Experts say that's unlikely but argue the case raises other concerns.
By Hannah Osborne published
Filmmakers captured a mother eastern lowland gorilla nursing her infant for the PBS show "Silverback."
By Sascha Pare published
Researchers found the carcass in August 2020 in Russia's Sakha Republic, and the discovery has revealed a never-before-seen characteristic of woolly rhinos: a fatty hump on the animal's back.
By Shannon Sauer-Zavala published
Can people change their personality? Yes, by "making intentional tweaks to their thinking and behavior," research finds.
By Alexander McNamara published
Science news this week Sept. 28, 2024: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.
By Ben Turner published
The discovery of two entangled quarks at the large Hadron Collider is the highest-energy observation of entanglement ever made.
By Andrey Feldman published
New research suggests that black holes may actually be "frozen stars," bizarre quantum objects that lack a singularity and an event horizon, potentially solving some of the biggest paradoxes in black hole physics.
By Tom Metcalfe published
The special chemistry of this shiny iron alloy creates a protective layer on its surface that prevents it from rusting.
By Ben Turner published
Yoshua Bengio played a crucial role in the development of the machine-learning systems we see today. Now, he says that they could pose an existential risk to humanity.
By Edd Gent published
Although quantum computing is a nascent field, there are plenty of key moments that defined it over the last few decades as scientists strive to create machines that can solve impossible problems.