2026

Ancient encounters between humans and the mysterious Denisovans are still shaping people today. By analyzing genomes from populations across the […]

A new international study finds that middle-aged Americans are lonelier, more depressed, and experiencing worse memory and health than earlier

One of the most celebrated claims about Yellowstone’s wolves is facing a major challenge. Scientists say the study behind the

Parrots may be doing more than just repeating words—they may actually use names. By analyzing hundreds of recordings from pet

Millipedes may have been crawling across Earth’s landscapes nearly 460 million years ago, long before vertebrates ventured onto land. A

What if some black holes aren’t black holes at all? A new theoretical study suggests that when a massive star

Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that died in the deep, let nature call, tossed

The summer blockbuster season has kicked off in earnest with the theatrical release of Disclosure Day, director Steven Spielberg’s highly

With a constant churn of layoffs, a program to surveil its workers in the name of AI data collection, and

A bold claim that the universe’s accelerating expansion was an illusion has been put to the test—and failed. Researchers found