Sex is a natural, common, and pleasurable part of human life, yet its impact on the health of the brain is surprisingly understudied.A longitudinal study on life, sexuality, and mental sharpness in...
At around 3,300 meters (2 miles) below the surface off the coast of Alaska, where the warm light of the Sun never penetrates, an NOAA Ocean Exploration remotely operated underwater vehicle came...
Scientists have isolated a possible new antibiotic from a strain of bacterium found in sandy soil from North Carolina.The way it works could make pathogens less likely to develop drug resistance.The potent...
The far reaches of the Solar System are a dim and distant realm with particulars that elude us. So far from the light of the Sun, even a relatively large planet could...
A newly observed isotope of oxygen is defying all our expectations for how it should behave.It's oxygen-28, with the highest number of neutrons ever seen in the nucleus of an oxygen atom....
Black holes could be right now zooming through the Universe at astonishing speeds just under 10 percent of the speed of light.Based on simulations of collisions between these extreme objects, that's...
Scientists have identified the maximum mix of heat and humidity a human body can survive.Even a healthy young person will die after enduring six hours of 35-degree Celsius (95 Fahrenheit) warmth when...
Scientists keep peeling back new layers of life on our planet like a seemingly endless onion.Most recently, aquanauts on board a vessel from the Schmidt Ocean Institute used an underwater robot to...
