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Brief blasts of light might make some materials into fleeting superconductors. Magnetic measurements strengthen the case for this controversial claim.

NASA’s Curiosity rover revealed an ‘oasis’ of rare elemental sulfur on Mars after accidentally crushing a rock with its tires. The yellow crystals have never been spotted on the Red Planet before.

Infections peak in the summer and winter. Up-to-date vaccinations, testing and masking can slow the spread.

So much is still unknown about consciousness, nevermind whether brain organoids will achieve it, explains a leading neuroscientist.

Blocking a pro-inflammatory protein extended the life span of mice by around 25%. Could it do the same in humans?

Coastguards had to tow a 40-foot-long sailboat back to port after two young orcas severely damaged the boat’s rudder near Guilvinec in the French region of Brittany.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released a final proposal to kill around 450,000 invasive barred owls in the Northwest, in an attempt to save two native species.

Science News talked to a meteorologist and Twisters’ tornado consultant to separate fact from fiction in Hollywood’s latest extreme weather thriller.

Scientists consider Last Chance Lake to be an analog for lakes that may have existed on Earth 4 billion years ago and contained the ingredients for early life on our planet.

A beaked whale that recently washed up dead on a New Zealand beach likely belongs to the world’s rarest cetacean species. If confirmed, researchers could dissect the species for the very first time.