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Researchers seek, and find, a magical illusion for the ears

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science news By  Sushmita Pathak     Close your eyes and imagine a sound, someone’s voice, coming from your left. It slowly shifts to come from behind you, then moves to your →

A twisted protein sheds light on chronic wasting disease in deer

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​science news​​​ By Erin Garcia de Jesús     The misfolded proteins responsible for a fatal neurological illness in deer have a twist. The first detailed structure of an →

Uranus may have looked weird when NASA’s Voyager 2 flew by

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​science news​​​ By Lisa Grossman     Some of Uranus’ apparent oddities might be due to bad timing.     In 1986, the Voyager 2 spacecraft flew past the planet, →

A common drug may help treat a rare genetic disease

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​science news​​​ By  Tina Hesman Saey     DENVER — A drug found in almost every medicine cabinet may be a treatment for a rare genetic disease. Ibuprofen may help children with →

A distant quasar’s black hole is oddly huge for its galaxy

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​science news​​​ By Ken Croswell     The first-ever sighting of starlight from a galaxy hosting one of the most distant quasars known has revealed an astronomical oddity. Quasars →

Limiting sugar in infancy reduces the risk of diabetes and hypertension

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​science news​​​ By  Skyler Ware     The occasional sweet treat likely won’t ruin your health. But too much added sugar at a young age could increase the risk of health →

‘Uncovering Dinosaur Behavior’ unearths paleontology’s biases

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​science news​​​ By Aaron Tremper     In 1971, paleontologists stumbled upon the remains of an 80-million-year-old battle in the sandstones of Mongolia’s Gobi Desert. Dubbed the →

Archaeologists reconstruct face of 400-year-old "vampire" buried with iron sickle across her neck

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cbs news​​​​ By Stephen Smith     Two years ago, archaeologists in Poland made a discovery at a gravesite they could only describe as "astonishing" — the remains of a woman with a →

A race to save Indigenous trails may change the face of archaeology

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science news By Sujata Gupta    Wind jostles the helicopter as we skim over dense forest and the snow-covered peaks of the Coast Mountains. We are flying over northwestern British →

Are synthetic food dyes bad for you? Here’s what the science says.

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​science news​​​ By  Sophie Hartley     Synthetic food dyes — and their links to neurobehavioral issues in children — are having a moment.     Last month, →

Two teenagers have once again proved an ancient math rule

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​science news​​​ By Nikk Ogasa     Two years ago, a couple of high school classmates each composed a mathematical marvel, a trigonometric proof of the Pythagorean theorem. Now, →

The ‘Mekong ghost’ megafish has resurfaced after an extinction scare

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science news By Stefan Lovgren     The “Mekong ghost” fish is a ghost no more.    Like the legendary Rip Van Winkle, who wandered into the woods and →

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