It’s cold outside. You’re tired, way less motivated than usual, and the only emotion you can muster is...meh. Winter is here, and so are the blues that often come with it. For some people, it isn’t ...

Important everyday products—from plastics to detergents—are made through chemical reactions that mostly use precious metals such as platinum as catalysts. Scientists have been searching for more ...

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Researchers mimicked the air-trapping tricks of diving bell spiders to create aluminum that stays afloat—even when punctured ...

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Spark plugs help you start gasoline engines and glow plugs do the same in diesel engines. But how do they go about providing that boost? And how do they differ?

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A Sydney Ph.D. student has recreated a tiny piece of the universe inside a bottle in her laboratory, producing cosmic dust ...

Zepbound works by mimicking the action of two hormones: glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1). GIP and GLP-1 activate certain receptors (binding sites) ...

You’ve never seen a Bic Cristal like this before. Almost everywhere you go, from the doctor’s office to the library to the car dealership, there’s one ubiquitous design gem hidden in plain sight: the ...

Today’s observatories document every pulse and flash in the sky each night. To understand how the cosmos has changed over longer periods, scientists rely on a more tactile technology.