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Scientists Warn 'Drylands' Could Spread to Over 40% of Earth by 2100

As the world gets hotter, many of its driest regions are expected to get even drier.

'This Can't Be Correct': Arctic Rivers Are Breaking The Rules of Erosion

Scientists have to follow the data, even if it doesn't make sense.

Scientists Built Prosthetic 'Skin' That Mimics One Crucial Feature of Pain

A prosthetic limb can help people to stand, walk, or run again.

This 17th-Century Aristocrat Had an Ingenious Secret For Keeping Her Teeth

In 1988, archaeologists cracked open a lead coffin inside the Château de Laval in northwestern France and found something peculiar.

'Game-Changing' New Sunscreen Ingredient Blocks One of The Most Elusive Types of Solar Radiation

Though the Sun bathes us in life-giving light, it is a scorching nuclear orb that dwarfs all the planets combined and blasts its children with g…

Ketamine Has a Hidden Effect on The Brain Researchers Have Been Missing For Decades

Ketamine is a weird chimera of a drug.

'Brand New' Frog Species Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight For Years, And It's Adorable

The discovery of a new species is always cause for celebration, but the arrival of Pristimantis milpe (or the Milpe Rain Frog) into the scientif…

Journalism Can Help Expose Bad Science And Trigger Real-World Change, New Study Shows

Thank you for reading this article: By supporting science journalism, you're also supporting higher standards in scientific research – which ben…

The Sun Contains More Silver Than Previously Estimated

The curious case of the solar system's missing silver has had scientists scratching their heads for years.

Record-Breaking Concentrations of Gold Discovered in The Seafloor

Japan has found a potentially perfect place to build a commercial underwater gold mine – although whether it should is another matter inspiring…

Ancient Ruins Found in Mexico Have 'Never Before Seen' Features

Mexican archaeologists unearthed ancient ruins with signs of Maya culture as well as "never before seen" characteristics in the eastern state of…

New Light Therapy Can Suppress a Key Marker of Hair Loss by 92%

Scientists in Korea are developing a comfortable light therapy hat that they hope will help with hair loss and growth.

JWST Finds Bizarre Planet Is Baked by Auroras, Far From Any Sun

What can auroras on a rogue planet teach astronomers about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in Astronomy…

Mysterious Alien-Looking Larva Identified as a Probable Parasite

While many of us are excited about the prospect of finding life on other planets, there's still also so much about life on Earth we have no idea…

Neanderthal 'Swiss Army Knife' Discovered in Belgian Cave

Neanderthals who lived 130,000 years ago crafted their tools from the bones of one of their deadliest predators.

'As If Time Froze': France's Deepest Shipwreck Stuns Archaeologists

Archaeologists have discovered what they say are the remains of a 16th-century merchant ship more than 2.5 kilometres underwater off southern Fr…

Looking at Images of Nature Does Something Powerful in The Brain

Simply looking at nature – or even just digital pictures of it – can relieve pain, according to new research which scanned the brains of people…

Quantum Physicists Just Found Evidence of 'Negative Time'

Scientists have long known that light can sometimes appear to exit a material before entering it – an effect dismissed as an illusion caused by…