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When a queen wasp suddenly disappears, her colony doesn't calmly choose a successor -- it erupts into chaos. Researchers found that female wasps immediately begin battling for power, shattering the colony's social order in a frenzy of aggression. But ...

A sweeping new study of wild snakes in the southeastern US has revealed a hidden health crisis slithering beneath the surface. Researchers found that many snakes are carrying multiple infections at once, with a dangerous fungal disease called ...

Hidden deep in the towering mountains of the Himalayas, one of Asia's most mysterious venomous snakes has been keeping a major secret for over 160 years. Scientists have now discovered that the so-called Himalayan pit viper is not just one species, . ...

NASA's Psyche spacecraft just used Mars as a giant gravitational slingshot to continue its journey toward a strange metal rich asteroid. The close flyby boosted the spacecraft's speed by about 1,000 mph while also producing rare crescent images of .. ...

Scientists believe a dust-filled ring just outside Jupiter acted like a cosmic "planetesimal factory," producing multiple generations of early space rocks with very different compositions. The discovery may finally explain the origins of several ...

Scientists used some of the most advanced plasma simulations ever created to uncover how the universe builds enormous magnetic fields out of turbulence. The discovery could reshape our understanding of stars, black holes, neutron star collisions, and ...

USC researchers have identified potential new drug compounds that may reduce the brain inflammation linked to Alzheimer's disease, especially in people with the high-risk APOE4 gene. The compounds target cPLA2, an enzyme that seems to fuel harmful .. ...

Eating more beans, lentils, chickpeas, tofu, and other soy foods could be a surprisingly powerful way to fight high blood pressure. A major analysis of studies from around the world found that people with the highest intake of legumes were 16% less . ...

New NIH research reveals that semaglutide sparks different responses inside appetite-controlling brain cells, offering fresh insight into why GLP-1 weight-loss drugs don't work the same for everyone. Scientists also found a possible way to extend the ...

Scientists have peered inside the skull of a 380-million-year-old Antarctic fish that was closely related to the first animals to walk on land, revealing surprising clues about how life began its move out of the water. Using advanced neutron imaging, ...