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Astronomers Measure Mass of a Free-Floating Planet for the First Time

A two-hour offset between Earth and Gaia views of a microlensing event provided the parallax to pin down its distance and mass.

Scientists Depart for Thwaites to Probe Sea-Level Risk

New iGluSnFR4 Sensor Lets Scientists See Neurons’ Incoming Signals in Living Brains

Study Maps Rapid, Predictable Microbial Colonization of New Icelandic Lava

Nature Papers Reveal 'Reverse' GPCR Switch That Boosts Opioid Analgesia in Preclinical Tests

JWST Detects Chemical Traces of 1,000–10,000‑Solar‑Mass First Stars in Galaxy GS 3073

Cycads Use Infrared Heat to Lure Beetle Pollinators, Science Study Finds

Study Finds Shared Genetic Signals Tying Addiction Risk to Lower Educational Attainment

Fingerprint and Pine Pitch Point to Baltic Origins for Denmark’s Hjortspring Boat

Lab-Grown 'Mini-Noses' Reveal Why RSV Hits Infants Harder

Early Interferometric Images Recast Novae as Multi-Stage, Directional Eruptions

Study Finds Captive Dolphins Are Most Vocal During Structured Activities, With Play Driving Pulsed Sounds

High-Resolution 3D Map of Easter Island Quarry Points to Clan-Run Moai Workshops

Scientists Confirm Neolithic Pit Ring Near Stonehenge as One of Britain’s Largest Prehistoric Structures

Open 3D Model of Easter Island Quarry Points to Clan-Based Moai Production

Rare 95.5-Meter Sauropod Trackway Reconstructed, Reveals Subtle Gait Asymmetry

Survey Recasts Kazakhstan’s 3,500-Year-Old Semiyarka as a 346-Acre Planned Settlement

Remote Sensing Reveals 140-Hectare Bronze Age Settlement With Tin-Bronze Industry in Kazakhstan

University of Basel Engineers First All-Human Bone Marrow Model That Sustains Blood Production

PNAS Study Links Chimp Territorial Killings to Short-Term Reproductive Gains