Some 40 kilometers east of the Tanzanian coast in East Africa lies Latham Island, a rocky, utterly isolated and uninhabited ...

Scientists have known for decades that many animals use the Earth's magnetic field for navigation. It's less clear how they do it. A new study suggests earthworms may be a good way to figure it out.

Space news in 2025 is just wild. Every week, it feels like something new is happening—Mars rovers sending back weird photos, ...

Could tiny magnetic objects, that rapidly clump together and instantly fall apart again, one day perform delicate procedures ...

Transmission spectroscopy offers advantages over conventional neutron diffractometry for high-throughput analysis and imaging of internal structures.

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The weak spot, known as the South Atlantic Anomaly, was identified in the 19th century and expanded in recent years.

Living with a sense of purpose may not just enrich life, it could also guard against dementia. A UC Davis study tracking over 13,000 adults for up to 15 years found that people with higher purpose ...

Compass Inc. agreed to buy Anywhere Real Estate Inc. in a $1.5 billion stock deal that would cement Compass’s status as the largest residential brokerage in the US. Anywhere shares will be exchanged ...

The proposed merger with Anywhere Real Estate would create a nationwide real estate behemoth. By Rukmini Callimachi In a merger that would bring together the largest and second-largest real estate ...

People are far more likely to lie and cheat when they use AI for tasks, according to an eyebrow-raising new study in the journal Nature. “Using AI creates a convenient moral distance between people ...