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Scientists discover strange link between low vitamin D and pain

Low vitamin D levels may make recovery from breast cancer surgery more painful, according to a study of 184 women undergoing mastectomy. Patients with vitamin D…

South American 'Pompeii': Volcanic eruption 22 million years ago preserved a snapshot of the Andes forming

A volcanic eruption 22 million years ago froze a snapshot of the Andes in their youth, revealing a slow-and-steady formation of this formidable mountain range.…

The warmest summer on record: 2026 hit a scorching new high in the US

If this summer felt hotter than usual, you're not alone. As it turns out, this past summer was the hottest on record in the United States.…

The AI industry has taken a doomer turn. What now?

This story appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. This weekend, Dario Amodei, CEO o…

Football field flyover

Whether it "kicked off" or "launched" NASA's NFL Inspiration Tour is a matter of perspective, but the flyover of Acrisure Stadium on Sunday (Sep. 13) was the fi…

Genital Fillers: Here's What Can Go Wrong

Fillers are everywhere now – smoothing lines, plumping cheeks, adding volume around the eyes, nose and lips in clinics up and down the country. But some men are…

Plague was killing entire families thousands of years before the Black Death

Ancient DNA reveals that plague was already killing hunter-gatherers in Siberia 5,500 years ago, long before cities and flea-driven epidemics. The prehistoric s…

We now have an incredibly detailed map to help predict which areas of LA are the most at risk from 'The Big One'

A new 3D map of the Los Angeles basin reveals deep sediments that could intensify shaking in an earthquake.…

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS likely formed where its star's light couldn't touch it

It has now been just over a year since the comet 3I/ATLAS first captured the world's attention as the third known object to fly through our solar system from be…

Donated livers can be made biologically younger

Once an organ is removed from a donor’s body, the clock starts ticking. Surgeons usually flush the organ with a preservative solution, bag it, and put it on ice…

Cancer is rising in younger adults. Faster biological aging may help explain why

Cancer rates are rising in adults under 55, and new research suggests accelerated biological aging may be one piece of the puzzle. Scientists found that people …

Ancestral commemorative head: A 500-year-old brass bust depicting an African king

A striking depiction of an African king wearing coral necklaces and braids is one of the thousands of Benin Bronzes that the British looted from Nigeria in 1897…

Vega C rocket launches 2 European Earth-observing satellites to orbit from South America

A Vega C rocket launched Europe's FLEX and Copernicus-3C spacecraft toward orbit from French Guiana tonight (Sept. 14).…

AI agents blew the whistle on their cheating colleagues

A group of AI agents asked to solve a series of math problems split into rival factions—when some cheated, others tried to stop them. That whistleblowing behavi…

Chemistry textbooks have been getting this wrong for nearly 100 years

A foundational chemistry concept found in textbooks for almost 100 years may have been taught incorrectly. Researchers say the inductive effect in neutral molec…