Gravitational Tug-of-War Turns up the Heat on Jupiter's Moon Io, Causing Underground Temperatures to Soar

Learn how Jupiter's gravitational pull impacts its moon Io, producing strong underground heat that powers hundreds of volcanoes. 

A New Eyeless “Demon” Cavefish Species Lurked Undetected in an Alabama Cave for Decades

Meet Demogorgonichthys arcanus, a new genus and species of cavefish named for the underworld creature made famous by Stranger Things.

Sleeping Sperm Whales Release Bubbles Up to 36 Times to Keep From Floating to the Surface

Learn how sperm whales regulate their buoyancy while resting vertically just below the waves.

Tiny Black-and-White Ruffed Lemur Twins Born at Central Park Zoo Represent a Conservation Win for a Species in Decline

Learn more about black-and-white ruffed lemurs, their unique pollinating abilities, why they're so endangered, and how the arrival of twins at Central Park Zoo is a step in the right direction for conservation. 

A Medieval Hunter May Have Turned a 220-Pound Wild Boar's Tusk Into a Lucky Charm

Learn how an engraved boar tusk from medieval Novgorod combined elite hunting, silver imitation, and an enduring belief in animal power.

Hair Loss May Be a New Potential Side Effect of GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs

After people reported hair loss when using a GLP-1 drug, researchers confirmed this side effect by comparing it to other type 2 diabetes drugs.

Orcas Make a Dead Sunfish Explode With a Coordinated Body Slam, Possibly to Feed Juveniles or Just Have Fun

Learn how orcas in the Gulf of California use coordinated body slams to break sunfish into thousands of pieces, possibly to feed juveniles or play.

Prion Diseases May Begin When Proteins Misfold, Triggering Rapid Brain Damage

Learn how prions can turn the body’s own proteins into a threat, and how studying this group of diseases could help us better understand dementia.

Eerie 2,100-Year-Old Statue, Skull Fragments, and Ruined Sword Hint at Ritual Activity in Ancient Gaul

Learn how discoveries at an Iron Age settlement near Tours, France, connect ceremonial acts with moments of change, abandonment, and daily Gaulish life.

Two Children With a Rare Epilepsy Mutation Show Improvement After Personalized Genetic Treatment

Learn how personalized genetic therapy helped researchers treat two children with a rare form of epilepsy, enabling one to walk independently for the first time. 

Microbes From Healthy Donor Stool May Help Treat Chronic Insomnia

Learn how capsules containing donor stool microbes improved sleep efficiency and reduced nighttime wakefulness in adults with chronic insomnia.

NASA's Psyche Flyby Captures "Rarely Seen Views of the Red Planet" as Mars Appears as a Thin Red Crescent

Discover more about NASA's Psyche mission and how it recently tested its instruments on the Red Planet.

Rare Arctic Bobtail Squid Filmed With Eggs in Remote Greenland Waters for the First Time

Learn more about the Arctic bobtail squid and why this new sighting is so important to understanding its ecology. 

Ancient Ash in an Australian Cave May Have Helped Track the Footsteps of Spirit-Beings

Learn how microscopic plant remains in Cloggs Cave connect 25,000 years of grass burning with GunaiKurnai magic and ritual traditions.

How Legionnaires’ Disease Can Turn Deadly as Bacteria Multiply Inside Immune Cells

Learn how Legionella bacteria invade the lungs and cause pneumonia, respiratory failure, and other life-threatening complications.

A Researcher Stopped Wearing Mineral Sunscreen Because of Its White Cast — Now She May Have Fixed It

Learn how a research team created a mineral sunscreen without a white cast, a change especially important for skin cancer prevention for those with darker skin tones.

Railway Excavations Uncover a 1,740-Year-Old Coin of Britain's Breakaway Roman Emperor

Learn how archaeological work for England’s East West Rail uncovered Roman coins, Iron Age pottery, and evidence of ancient communities.

The Streisand Effect Shows Why Suppressing Information Can Backfire

Learn more about the Streisand effect, describing how efforts to censor public information may draw even more attention to an issue.

A 90,000-Year-Old Skeleton May Be One of the Earliest Known Victims of a Sharp-Object Attack

Learn about a fossil shedding light on violence and funerary practices during the Middle Paleolithic.

The Brain Develops Differently in People Born Blind — but Not in the Way Previously Thought

Learn more about the differences in brain structure for those born blind and how a new study is changing our understanding of these developments.