Ancient Rome successfully fought against voter intimidation − a political story told on a coin that resonates today

A History of the Mad Stone, the One-Time ‘Cure’ for Rabies

After coming back from the dead, the world’s largest aircraft just flew a real payload

The enormous but unknown curative power of old drugs

The James Webb Space Telescope hones in on star-forming region in the Triangulum Galaxy (images)

Matrix multiplication advancement could lead to faster, more efficient AI models

Arguing Ourselves to Death: On the ideology of the Internet

Why Was the Lyme Disease Vaccine Tossed Away?

‘Larger than Everest’ comet could become visible to naked eye this month

Gloriously Grotesque: How the Cherry Sisters Personified “So Bad It’s Good”

Our microbiome is social like us

The Moroccan Sultan Who Protected His Country’s Jews During World War II

Human Computer: The Forgotten Women’s Profession

Mysterious Easter Island Engravings Question When Writing was Invented

Shields up: New ideas might make active shielding viable

1,100-year-old Viking sword pulled from UK river by magnet fisher

80 years ago today, police in occupied Paris were alerted to a foul-smelling smoke emerging from a fine arrondissement

The Most Dangerous Woman in the World

Tiny Tweaks to Neurons Can Rewire Animal Motion

Insect hunter: The creepy-crawly origins of daylight savings

‘Alien’ signal was likely a very big truck

Aging batteries? A simple injection could bring them back

Strange Things Happen at Point Nemo, the Most Remote Place on Earth

$500K Sand Dune Designed to Protect Coastal Homes Washes Away in Just 3 Days

The ‘Largest Creature of All Time’ May Have Been a Physical Impossibility

Brain waves found to travel in one direction when memories are made and the opposite when recalled

The Magic of Bird Brains

This week: North Sea pits, glitter ban, shouty fish, and more!

Death Care Has Turned into a Gold Rush

This Gas-Rich Cloud Could Be Growing Massive Exoplanets

Victims’ families express outrage after report clears police of wrongdoing over deadly 2022 Uvalde school shooting

How Cold Affects the Brain

Researchers jailbreak AI chatbots with ASCII art — ArtPrompt bypasses safety measures to unlock malicious queries

Our brains take rhythmic snapshots of the world as we walk – and we never knew

Video: The Oldest Unsolved Problem in Math [31:32]

When It Comes to Exploring Space, We’re Still Stuck in the Stone Age

NASA’s Network of Small Moon-Bound Rovers Is Ready to Roll

New DNA-infused computer chip can perform calculations and make future AI models far more efficient

Scientists Propose Desperate Plan to Insulate Entire Doomsday Glacier

Man Who Became Champion of Rehabilitation Is Charged With Murder

5800 pounds of batteries tossed off the ISS in 2021 will fall to Earth today

Astronomers detect ‘waterworld with a boiling ocean’ in deep space

Researchers have found an amphibian that makes milk for its babies

Scar-free surgery prints living skin (and maybe hair) right into wounds

The James Webb telescope may have found some of the very 1st stars in the universe

Mycorrhizal Fungi: The Roots of Life on Land

Scrambling for Air, Here’s What Trapped the Orca Pod in Ice in Japan

The Terrifying A.I. Scam That Uses Your Loved One’s Voice

Police car chases kill hundreds every year, most are not drivers

The world’s largest cruise ship rescued 14 people who had been stranded at sea for eight days

The Sea Creatures That Opened a New Mystery About MH370

The Deep and Enduring History of Universal Basic Income

We Have One Nuke-Building Facility. It’s Almost on Fire.

How Illegal Fishing Ships Hide

High-energy laser weapons: A defense expert explains how they work and what they are used for

Vintage Selfies: People Posing with Selfie Sticks Before They Were a Thing

Forty-three Mexican Students Went Missing. What Really Happened to Them?

Climate Change May Unearth Cold War-Era Nuclear Waste Stored by the U.S. in Other Countries

James Webb Space Telescope finds dwarf galaxies packed enough punch to reshape the entire early universe

This Bird Is Half Male, Half Female, and Completely Stunning