Science

What if the pages of an old book could tell us who touched them, what medicines they made, and even how their bodies responded to treatment?

This low-cost mission is still only getting started, and it’s taking bigger risks than typical big-ticket NASA missions.

Tiny lab-grown brains are offering an unprecedented look at how schizophrenia and bipolar disorder disrupt neural activity. Researchers found distinct electrical firing patterns that could identify these conditions with high accuracy. The discovery opens the door to more precise diagnoses…

Hunt for key terms that define one of the universe’s most mind-bending phenomena—from event horizons to singularities.

We asked our staff to choose their favorite Space.com stories of 2025. Here’s what we got.

Here are eight of the most spectacular astronomical discoveries of 2025.

Weight loss restored healthy metabolism in both young and mid-aged mice, but the brain told a different story. In mid-aged animals, slimming down actually worsened inflammation in a brain region tied to appetite and energy balance. While this inflammation eventually…

A major new review has put hundreds of alternative autism treatments under the microscope—and most didn’t hold up. Scientists analyzed decades of research and found little reliable evidence that popular approaches like probiotics, acupuncture, or music therapy truly work. Alarmingly,…

When researchers lowered whale bones into the deep ocean, they expected zombie worms to quickly move in. Instead, after 10 years, none appeared — an unsettling result tied to low-oxygen waters in the region. These worms play a key role…

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