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Biochemist Kamala Baghvat, later known as Kamala Sohonie, forced open the doors of India’s male-only laboratories and used her knowledge to help feed a nation

Some neuroscientists argue that the roots of experience lie deep inside the brain. If they’re right, the consciousness club will get a lot bigger

Weapons-grade plutonium can fuel nuclear reactors known as mixed oxide reactors, but none of these exist in the U.S.

A record-setting collection of precisely measured gravitational waves reveals new information about how black holes behave and evolve

Generating and confirming the randomness of qubits could lead to breakthroughs in computer data encryption

The discarded fragments of this creature apparently refuse to die, leading researchers to claim immortality

At an event at NASA Headquarters, space agency officials unveiled the first rovers and landers headed to the future site of its planned lunar south pole outpost

A new study could help identify promising treatments to extend the human lifespan, researchers say

Debate still swirls around the nature of “little red dots,” black holes glimpsed in the early universe by the James Webb Space Telescope. A controversial new weigh-in may settle the matter

Advances in quantum technology might allow astronomers to circumvent age-old issues that limit the size of optical observatories

A small, aging fleet repairs the fiber-optic cables that carry data around the globe, and conflict zones can slow that work to a crawl

There Is No Antimemetics Division explores how to survive when memories and meaning are malleable

One in four abortions in the U.S. rely on telehealth access to mifepristone, but antiabortion activists want to ban it

Author Jeremy Lent argues that human society runs on a flawed, exploitative worldview—and that embracing interconnectedness could enable a more sustainable future

Anthropic has been consulting theologians and ethicists on Claude’s behavior, raising questions about who gets to shape a chatbot’s values

A statement can be true or false. But as Kurt Gödel demonstrated, there will always be mathematical assumptions that can neither be proven nor disproven

Western Europe is essentially trapped in the weather equivalent of a Dutch oven, a situation that one scientist said has “the fingerprints of climate change all over it”

China’s artificial embryos are part of an experiment to learn more about how human pregnancies could develop under microgravity conditions

Like modern crocodiles, this bizarre ancient reptile was likely a carnivore, but otherwise it bears little resemblance to them

A battle between “slimes” and “zoglins” could be the best way to calculate pi—at least for fans of this megahit game