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A distinctive nebula inside the constellation Lyra holds a never-before-seen cloud of iron atoms—and researchers aren’t sure ...

For years, strange red dots in James Webb images left scientists puzzled. New research shows they are young black holes ...

Puzzling red spots in photos from the James Webb Space Telescope are probably young supermassive black holes obscured by ...

Innovation doesn’t always mean creating something entirely new. Some of the most remarkable breakthroughs come from observing ...

Attention can feel like a fragile thing, especially when your brain struggles to sort signal from noise. Every second, your ...

Researchers from the Optics Group at the Universitat Jaume I in Castellón have managed to correct in real time problems ...

Study shows alpha brain wave frequency shapes how the brain integrates touch and vision to create the feeling that your body ...

A new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in Nature Communications, reveals how rhythmic brain waves known as alpha oscillations help us distinguish between our own body and the external world ...

At the intersection of mathematics and nature, scientists have found intriguing and often beautiful designs. Pinecone scales ...

For those with a flair for artistry, espaliers can be grown as living fences that provide organic demarcation of different ...

Neil Kelly design director explains why Pantone's off-white Cloud Dancer is perfect for Pacific Northwest homes that ...