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The study of dreams: Scientists uncover new communication channels with dreamers
In 1981, Keith Hearne and Stephen Laberge asked dreamers to send “telegrams” to the outside world. More than…
The strange story of the grave of Copernicus
Astronomer Copernicus, or Conversations with God (1873) Jan Matejko / Wikimedia Commons Darius von Guttner Sporzynski, Australian Catholic…
Drugs of the future will be easier and faster to make, thanks to mRNA – after researchers work out a few remaining kinks
Two hurdles mRNA drugs face are a short half-life and impurities that trigger immune responses. BlackJack3D/iStock via Getty…
How we almost ended up with a bull’s-eye bar code
Peering into the past. C.J. Burton/The Image Bank/Getty Images Jordan Frith, Clemson University Few objects in the world…
I set out to investigate where silky sharks travel − and by chance documented a shark’s amazing power to regenerate its sabotaged fin
Rather than a tracking tag telling scientists where this shark traveled, its violent removal let them observe an…
Plant roots mysteriously pulsate and we don’t know why – but finding out could change the way we grow things
Nikita M production/Shutterstock Etienne Farcot, University of Nottingham You probably don’t think about plant roots all that much…
A heatwave in Antarctica totally blew the minds of scientists. They set out to decipher it – and here are the results
DM Bergstrom, Author provided Dana M Bergstrom, University of Wollongong Climate scientists don’t like surprises. It means our…
After an 80-year absence, gray wolves have returned to Colorado − here’s how the reintroduction of this apex predator will affect prey and plants
A wild gray wolf at Yellowstone National Park near Mammoth Hot Springs, Montana. John Morrison/iStock via Getty Images…
As Zepbound dominates headlines as a new obesity-fighting drug, a nutritionist warns that weight loss shouldn’t be the only goal
Overall health and well-being are about much more than just weight management. Carol Yepes/Moment via Getty Images Mandy…
19-million-year-old fossil jaw bone hints the biggest whales first evolved somewhere unexpected
The baleen whale fossil at Museums Victoria Research Institute. Eugene Hyland, Museums Victoria James Patrick Rule, Monash University…