Elephant trunks, more sci-fi face-tentacle than ho-hum mammal nose, are getting new scrutiny as researchers explore how the wrinkles grow.

Taking off no earlier than October 10, the spacecraft will repeatedly buzz Europa in search of water, energy and organic compounds.

Researchers already knew that pumping electricity through stitches could speed healing, but previous technologies relied on bulky external batteries. The new sutures are powered by the body itself ( ...

A possible sacrificial ritual from around 2,800 years ago suggests mounted herders from Siberia shaped a Eurasian culture thousands of kilometers away.

John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton used tools from physics to develop data analysis methods that underlie machine learning.

Mice given semaglutide, the key ingredient in drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, lost weight, but they also voluntarily ran less on a wheel.

A clinical trial found blood pressure readings were higher with the arm on the lap or along the side, compared with supported at heart height.

A species of comb jelly can fuse its body with another jelly after injury. Some of the pair’s body functions then synchronize.

A high dose of the psychedelic psilocybin temporarily dissolves brain networks, Laura Sanders reported in “Psilocybin erases brain ‘fingerprints’” (SN: ...

Science has long been a team sport, despite the lingering presence of the “great man” trope. Einstein was a noted collaborator and mentor, and a savvy Nobelist takes care to note the legions of grad ...

In the past, the satellites and probes launched by NASA and others successfully avoided conflict with the radio frequency bands reserved for radio astronomy. But now there is trouble. The ...