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'You could feel the energy and wonder': Despite clouds, totality wows crowds during solar eclipse in SyracuseThe total solar eclipse on April 8 plunged Syracuse, New York's Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology into darkness for 90 seconds, creating a wondrous and memorable totality.
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Protein in human sweat may protect some people against Lyme diseaseA mutant gene that produces proteins in sweat may raise some people's risk of Lyme disease, while the standard version of the gene may protect against infection.
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New self-powered throat patch could help people speak without vocal cordsThe patch might offer a non-invasive communication tool for people who cannot speak due to vocal cord problems.
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What would happen if you moved at the speed of light?There's nothing faster than the speed of light. So, what would happen if a human managed to move at this universal speed limit?
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'Mini placentas' may reveal roots of pregnancy disorders like preeclampsiaTiny models of the human placenta are helping scientists study which proteins and genes are key to maintaining a healthy pregnancy.
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Tinnitus often causes distress. A new app could help.A new app could help make behavioral therapies aimed at easing distress from tinnitus more accessible, a small study suggests.
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Biased AI can make doctors' diagnoses less accurateAI systems have the potential to help improve doctors' diagnoses, a new study suggests. But if bias is baked into the system, their diagnostic accuracy falls.
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In a 1st, scientists combine AI with a 'minibrain' to make hybrid computerResearchers plugged a "brain organoid" into an artificial intelligence system, using the neural tissue to help complete computational tasks. The experiment could mark a step toward "biocomputers."
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Injection might help long COVID patients smell normally againEarly studies hint that a nerve block in the neck could help restore long COVID patients' normal sense of smell, but more research is needed.
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The brain may interpret smells from each nostril differentlyThere might be an advantage to separating scent information from each nostril, a new study hints.
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Menstrual cycle linked to structural changes across whole brainA study of 30 women with regular menstrual cycles suggests that the structure of the brain fluctuates in time with hormonal shifts.
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Meet the 'exclusome': A mini-organ just discovered in cells that defends the genome from attackA newly described organelle in mammal cells may serve as a genome defense system and its function may reflect how the early nucleus formed.
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DNA's 'topography' influences where cancer-causing mutations appearThe topographical features of DNA in the body may dictate where and when cancer-causing mutations appear in its code.
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Relatives of the 1st mitochondria may be living in geothermal hot springs todayScientists say they've identified a potential living relative of the ancient microbe that gave rise to the "powerhouse of the cell."
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Strange, two-faced brain cells confirmed to exist, and they may play a role in schizophreniaResearchers have confirmed the existence of an odd type of brain cell that other neuroscientists once thought might be only a technical quirk or error.
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Could Ozempic be used to treat addiction? Studies hint yes, but questions remainIn animal studies, the weight-loss drug Ozempic has shown promise as an anti-addiction medicine. Whether it could work the same in humans remains to be seen.
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NYC's air quality ranked worst of any major city on Wednesday. With climate change, will it happen again?New York City's normally good air quality rating recently plummeted to the worst of any major city in the world, as wildfire smoke drifted over the city from Canada.
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Sleep apnea linked to changes in the brain's wiring that may raise risk of dementia, strokeSleep apnea and a lack of deep sleep may be linked to abnormalities in the brain's white matter.
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Newfound 'brain signature' linked to multiple psychiatric disordersResearchers identified patterns of brain wiring that seem to be linked to a person's risk of having multiple psychiatric disorders.
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Hormonal birth control slightly increases breast cancer risk, regardless of typeHormonal contraceptives slightly raise users' risk of breast cancer, regardless of whether they're combination or progestogen-only.
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What is the vaginal microbiome?The vaginal microbiome is made up of around 300 species of bacteria. But its links to health are still being uncovered.
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What is oxidative stress?Oxidative stress occurs when there is an imbalance between the production of free radicals and the body’s ability to counteract them.
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Human brain looks years 'older' after just one night without sleep, small study showsA study suggests that just one night of sleep deprivation may be linked to structural changes in the brain, similar to those seen in aging.
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Telomeres: What are they, and how do they impact aging?Telomeres are sections of DNA that are found at the ends of chromosomes and seem to play a role in aging.
