sciencenews.orgadded August 2026
Science Newsby Erin Garcia de Jesús25 Aug 2026
A new vaccine could soon protect patients from returning skin cancer. In a large clinical trial, patients with high-risk melanoma given an experimental vaccine alongside an approved immunotherapy...
Science Newsby RJ Mackenzie25 Aug 2026
How do you fit a human life’s experiences into 1.3 kilograms of brain? Neuroscientists have searched for the cells that generate and store our memories for decades.
Science Newsby Alessio Cozzolino25 Aug 2026
Parents of toddlers know too well what sugary treats can do. Kids can buzz with energy initially, only to crash or have mood swings later.
Science Newsby Priyanka Runwal24 Aug 2026
Bad news for frogs getting sauna therapy: The heat treatment for their fatal fungal infection may come at a cost.
Science Newsby Laura Sanders24 Aug 2026
By mapping a woman’s pain in her brain, scientists could dial it down. A small series of case studies, published July 30 in Brain Stimulation, suggests that even tenacious, complex pain signals can...
Science Newsby Yujia Huang24 Aug 2026
Motor neurons, the nerve cells that control muscles, have a reputation as passive messengers. But growing evidence suggests they do more than simply relay the brain’s commands.
Science Newsby Nancy Shute22 Aug 2026
Static electricity is all around us. Who among us has not experienced a painful zap when touching a doorknob after crossing a carpeted room?
Science Newsby Carolyn Gramling21 Aug 2026
“Thunderquakes” ho! Using intense sound waves generated by thunder, scientists created maps of the shallow geology beneath a large U.S. university.
Science Newsby Erin Garcia de Jesús21 Aug 2026
When insect pests get the munchies, some plants call in the microbes. Gnawing fly larvae provoke cowpea plants to release chemicals into the soil that nurture a helpful community of microbes.
Science Newsby Randy Dotinga21 Aug 2026
Some men in the United States seeking relief for erectile dysfunction aren’t getting prescriptions for Viagra.
Science Newsby Michael Marshall20 Aug 2026
When Rae Mainwaring was 13, she developed a peculiar illness. She recalls “just feeling awful” and experiencing a crushing fatigue.
Science Newsby Emily Conover20 Aug 2026
Spines, spikes, stingers, teeth, claws, beaks, fangs, tusks: Nature’s prickly bits come in a wide variety, but they all reflect the same trade-off.
Science Newsby Aimee Cunningham20 Aug 2026
In 2025, the number of children receiving a drug promoted — but unproven — for autism treatment grew, especially toward the end of the year.
Science Newsby Emily Conover19 Aug 2026
Galien Grosjean was a caretaker of tiny glass beads. He bathed them, gently cradled them with tweezers, placed them delicately in his experimental apparatus.
Science Newsby Tina Hesman Saey19 Aug 2026
Becoming a king of lions is as dramatic in real life as it is in the movies. A new four-part documentary series, Lion, captures the journey of a cub named Kio in Kenya’s Maasai Mara National...
Science Newsby Mara Johnson-Groh19 Aug 2026
There’s a new speed demon in the galaxy. Astronomers spotted a star that reaches top speeds of 25,000 kilometers per second, about 8 percent the speed of light.
Science Newsby Sahas Mehra19 Aug 2026
The vast majority of existing vaccines need to be kept cold, a costly and logistical challenge that limits access to millions of people living in poor and wartorn regions.
Science Newsby Jake Buehler18 Aug 2026
This nose grows. During harsh Japanese winters, long-clawed shrews’ snouts temporarily expand. The seasonal swelling is the opposite of the previously known winter pattern in shrews, in which the...
Science Newsby Tina Hesman Saey18 Aug 2026
Note: Slight spoilers for Spider-Man: Brand New Day. A plot device in the new Spider-Man movie is real-world science.
Science Newsby Jake Buehler17 Aug 2026
Not all slime is created equal. A species of land snails tweaks its slime’s chemical recipe to create five different varieties of mucus, using each for a particular job.
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