Science

Angrite meteorite NWA 12774 suggests a long-lost protoplanet as large as the moon once orbited the sun, a new study finds.

Harvard's Gershman lab couldn't replicate 1960s planarian memory transfer experiments, raising fresh questions about foundational assumptions in memory research and model organism selection.

With no Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine available, three developers just got $60m in emergency funding to speed trials.

Giulia Enders' Organ Speak tours the lungs, immune system, skin, muscles, and brain, revealing the quiet work they do.

A federal judge blocked the NCAR supercomputing transfer, ruling that the NSF’s decision was arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedures Act.

The meteor sonic boom Massachusetts felt on 30 May came from a fireball that fragmented 40 miles up, releasing energy equal to 300 tons of TNT before falling into Cape Cod Bay.

Parker Solar Probe delivered the closest-ever images, capping a history of solar observation from Galileo to the corona.

Week in wildlife: from a baby pangolin treated for sinusitis to a gorilla super-mum and Formula One geese, a selection of global wildlife images.

Blastoid IVF is moving from lab to market as startups Simbryo and dawn-bio develop tests and optimized media to cut IVF failure rates.

A new study ties low-temperature subduction to Earth's oxygen rise, suggesting plate tectonics enabled an oxygen-rich atmosphere.

River Lugg restoration will take 20-30 years after farmer John Price illegally removed gravel and trees, jailed in 2023, fined £600,000.

IBM Quantum System Two achieved first quantum enhancement in a production LLM, cutting perplexity 1.4% on Llama 3.1 8B with 6,000 extra parameters.