For The Better

Results from the largest prospective study of its kind indicate that in the initial days and weeks after experiencing trauma, individuals facing potentially threatening situations who had less activity in their hippocampus developed more severe posttra…

Researchers identify physical factors that determine how quickly two DNA strands can come together, resolving a decades-old conundrum.

In a new study, researchers used CRISPR technology to test the impact of every human gene on SARS-CoV-2 infections in human lung cells. Their findings revealed new pathways that the virus relies on to infect cells, as well as the antiviral pathways tha…

Coral reefs are home to a spectacular variety of fish. A new study shows that much of this diversity is driven by a relatively recent innovation among bony fish — feeding by biting prey from surfaces.

Research drawing on the quantum ‘anti-butterfly effect’ solves a longstanding experimental problem in physics and establishes a method for benchmarking the performance of quantum computers.

A team led by planetary scientists has discovered shady locations within pits on the moon that always hover around a comfortable 63 degrees Fahrenheit. The pits, and caves to which they may lead, would make safer, more thermally stable base camps for l…

A new AI program observed physical phenomena and uncovered relevant variables — a necessary precursor to any physics theory. But the variables it discovered were unexpected.