Rheumatoid arthritis begins years before pain ever appears, and scientists have now mapped the hidden immune battle that unfolds long before symptoms. By studying people with RA-linked antibodies over seven years, researchers discovered sweeping inflammation…

Prions are infectious agents that are made up of misfolded prion proteins that are present in our body. They cause transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

Prions are the infectious agents that cause Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). Prions are abnormally folded proteins that lack DNA.

China is introducing a 13% value-added tax on contraceptives, including condoms, for the first time in 30 years. This move aims to boost birth rates, which have been declining and pose a threat to the nation's economy. The tax reversal comes after decades…

National Geographic looked at more than 3,000 Instagram posts for our recent hashtag challenge to find the 10 most inspiring travel photos from our readers.

Between 1931 and 1945, the Japanese Empire controlled the Chinese province of Manchuria by installing a puppet regime under the last Chinese emperor.

Researchers have devised a new way to define thermodynamic concepts in microscopic quantum systems, where conventional distinctions between heat and work begin to blur. Researchers at the University of Basel have introduced a new way to apply thermodynamic…

Discover how seven non-GCC countries are transforming their visa policies to boost tourism, including China, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Iran, and Japan. Learn how easing visa restrictions is a key strategy to unlock tourism growth.

Cat Goetze, who goes by CatGPT online, launched Physical Phones to help people spend less time on their smartphones.

The famous double-slit experiment brings into question the very nature of matter. Its cousin, the quantum eraser experiment, makes us question the very existence of time – and how much we can manipulate it

Scientists at Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI) have made a major discovery about cancer cells. This new understanding could help make chemotherapy work better, reduce side effects, and lead ...

In southern Africa, a group of people lived in partial isolation for hundreds of thousands of years. This is shown in a new study based on analyses of the genomes of 28 people who lived between 10,200 ...

The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction.

Want to learn more quickly, and retain more of what you learn? Neuroscience says boosting your memory is relatively easy.

Nature Biotechnology - Single-molecule chromatin fiber sequencing exposes single-cell-level heterogeneity in the chromatin architecture of individual regulatory elements.

Mathematics is the cornerstone of science, technology, and money. It comprises branches like Calculus and Algebra, encouraging creativity and developing critical, logical problem-solving skills.

Huge "regreening" efforts in China over the past few decades have activated the country's water cycle and moved water in ways that scientists are just now starting to understand.

Macrolactones—large ring lactones—are core components of many natural products and pharmaceutical agents. Traditional synthetic routes rely on seco acids activated with condensing reagents, often ...

Well, here's something you don't see every day: all 2.75 billion buildings of the world shown together in a single 3D map.

After two decades in the making, scientists have cracked the code on a drug that can repair DNA, setting the scene for a new class of therapeutics that can fix tissue damage that occurs through heart attack, inflammatory disease and other conditions.