Science

Someone in 17th century Poland really did not want one particular girl rising from the dead.In 2022, archaeologists unearthed an unsettling grave in a cemetery in Pień, north-central Poland. A young woman had been buried with the handle of...

A honeycomb-shaped pattern in marine sediments has befuddled scientists for more than 150 years, but a new study points to a potential culprit.The formations, known as Paleodictyon, are probably burrows created by arthropods, possibly a crustacean subgroup that includes...

Scientists have discovered a new species of wild cat for the first time in more than a century, a Bolivian researcher told AFP on Thursday. The Tilcayo tiger cat, a small feline with a spotted,...

Only one confirmed living member of the species is known - a cat in a rescue sanctuary in Bolivia - but scientists believe others exist.It was this 10-year-old cat, nicknamed 'Tigrino', that set scientists on the path to discovery....

Since 1989, astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell has tracked every human-made object in space. McDowell’s meticulously maintained catalog, updated every few weeks, is more comprehensive and detailed than that of most governments.From his front-row seat, he has watched with growing alarm...

When an immense and inexorable flow of rock, mud and water barreled through northern Nepal on August 26, it killed more than 1,200 people and left thousands still missing. The magnitude of the event caught even experts on the...

Major hormonal changes during pregnancy and the first menstrual period, known as menarche, are reflected in the brain. But during menopause, brain changes seem to take a break.In a study of more than 1,000 female brains, brain gray matter...

This year, AI agents have been escaping their confines to go on hacking sprees. In July, news broke that AI agents had snuck out of what was supposed to be an isolated test environment at OpenAI. The agents communicated...

MIT’s Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (MKI) is launching a pilot artist-in-residence program to facilitate cross-disciplinary dialogue between art, science, and the public. MKI is a world-leading institution for research in astrophysics, combining more than 60 years of...

MIT researchers have created a new computing platform that could be used to develop intelligent and adaptive next-generation electronics that can simultaneously perform multiple functions, like computing and memory, all within one extremely compact, energy-efficient device.Such a platform opens...