Category science

There’s a theoretical limit to the maximum sustained wind speeds of hurricanes, but climate change may increase that “speed limit.”

The more scientists study the Red Planet, the more they find unusual objects and patterns scattered across Mars’ surface. Here are some of the most baffling.

Tiny bits of genetic material known as microRNAs help control how cells throughout the body produce proteins. And that may give these genetic bits an outsized role in health and disease. For the discovery of microRNAs, two scientists will take…

A new test uses a cheek swab to predict your risk of death within one year — how does it work?

Experiments show how concentrations of rare earth elements, critical to the green energy transition, might be hiding in plain sight in iron-rich deposits around the world.

A 3,775-year-old log found in Canada had barely lost any of its carbon content since being buried, indicating “wood vaulting” is a viable means of carbon storage.

Taking off no earlier than October 10, the spacecraft will repeatedly buzz Europa in search of water, energy and organic compounds.

Newfound comet C/2024 S1 will light up Earth’s skies in late October before a super close slingshot around the sun.

Scientists were able to treat a “macular hole” in a monkey, helping to restore the animal’s vision thanks to human stem cells.

In rats, the sutures hastened recovery and reduced the risk of infection.