Talk about a bizarre feature of the human body: If you happened to swallow a razor blade, your stomach acid would dissolve it. Acids are ranked on a scale from zero to 14—the lower the pH level, the ...

Graphic showing the different ways that numerical data is expressed in different cultures (Barbican Centre).Image by Tim Sandle. When assessing scientific rigor in terms of numbers and patterns, it is ...

Jupiter’s colossal storms generate lightning flashes at least 100 times more powerful than those on Earth, according to scientists analyzing data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft. The findings were ...

The biosynthesis of the great variety of natural plant products has not yet been elucidated for many medically interesting substances. In a new study, an international team of researchers was able to ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. We got to share in a rare moment of collective awe this week as four astronauts blasted off toward the moon, beginning a 10-day journey that ...

Maze Therapeutics, a kidney disease therapy developer, recently IPO-ed with a market cap of $487mn and significant early-stage investor backing. Lead asset MZE829 targets APOL1 Kidney Disease, showing ...

Relay Therapeutics has a promising 4D drug design platform but faces challenges with limited clinical data and high R&D expenses. Despite a strong IPO and substantial cash reserves, the stock has ...

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AI agents that can model the human process of research will accelerate discoveries in science. Every few decades, someone announces that science has reached its end. In 1903, the revered physicist ...

Since the beginning of May, the US Department of Defense has been uploading files relating to unidentified anomalous (or aerial) phenomena (UAPs) — aka UFOs — on a public database that you can freely ...