This AI can predict ship-sinking ‘freak’ waves minutes in advance
Rogue waves are freakishly large ridges of water known for rising out of the blue to ambush hapless ships and…
The odds of developing long COVID dropped as the coronavirus evolved
As new varieties of the coronavirus took center stage during the COVID-19 pandemic, the odds of developing long COVID dropped.…
Psilocybin temporarily dissolves brain networks
Inside your skull, your brain hums along with its own unique pattern of activity, a neural fingerprint that’s yours and…
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot may be less than 200 years old
Jupiter’s signature feature — its Great Red Spot — might not be the same dark spot seen on the giant…
This python-inspired device could make rotator cuff surgeries more effective
Each year, 2 million people in the United States suffer from rotator cuff injuries — but only 600,000 get surgical…
Rogue antibodies may cause some long COVID symptoms
Rogue antibodies may be to blame for some of long COVID’s pernicious symptoms. Two new studies suggest that antibodies that…
Sulfur was key to the first water on Earth
A chemical element that’s not even in H2O — sulfur — is the reason Earth first got its water, a…
Plants might not hold on to carbon as long as we thought
Earth’s plants aren’t holding onto carbon as long as we thought. A new analysis of pulses of radioactive carbon-14 from…
Jurassic Park’s amber-preserved dino DNA is now inspiring a way to store data
Sometimes science fiction does inspire science research. À la Jurassic Park’s entombed mosquito, scientists have developed a method to store…
‘Space hurricanes’ churn at both of Earth’s magnetic poles
On Earth, hurricane season isn’t just surface level. The ionosphere, an upper layer of the atmosphere charged by solar radiation,…
