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Smarter people don't just crunch numbers better--they actually see the future more clearly. Examining thousands of over-50s, Bath researchers found the brightest minds made life-expectancy forecasts more than twice as accurate as those with the ...

A promising path to fighting COVID and other coronaviruses may have been based on a serious mistake. Scientists had zeroed in on a part of the virus called the NiRAN domain, believed to be a powerful target for new antiviral drugs. But when a ...

Preserving strips of native vegetation beside avocado orchards gives insects a buffet of wild pollen when blossoms are scarce, doubling their plant menu and boosting their resilience. Using cutting-edge eDNA metabarcoding, Curtin scientists revealed ...

Anger isn't just a fleeting emotion--it plays a deeper role in women's mental and physical health during midlife. A groundbreaking study tracking over 500 women aged 35 to 55 reveals that anger traits like outbursts and hostility tend to diminish ...

In a leap toward sustainable desalination, researchers have created a solar-powered sponge-like aerogel that turns seawater into drinkable water using just sunlight and a plastic cover. Unlike previous materials, this new 3D-printed aerogel maintains ...

A sweeping review of more than a century's research upends the popular notion that left-handers are naturally more creative. Cornell psychologist Daniel Casasanto's team sifted nearly a thousand studies, ultimately finding no consistent advantage for ...

Footprints found in the ancient lakebeds of White Sands may prove that humans lived in North America 23,000 years ago -- much earlier than previously believed. A new study using radiocarbon-dated mud bolsters earlier findings, making it the third ...

India's complex ancestry--intertwined with Iranian farmers, Steppe herders, and local hunter-gatherers--has now been decoded through genomic data from 2,762 people. The study uncovers surprising levels of Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA, and how ...

Swap steaks for spinach and you might watch the scale plummet. In a 16-week crossover study, overweight adults who ditched animal products for a low-fat vegan menu saw their bodies become less acidic and dropped an average of 13 pounds--while the ...

New research reveals why early human attempts to leave Africa repeatedly failed--until one group succeeded spectacularly around 50,000 years ago. Scientists discovered that before this successful migration, humans began using a much broader range of ...