Science

Sound waves can trigger torpor-like state in mice and rats
Ultrasound stimulation triggers a torpor-like state in animals, suggesting a noninvasive way to put people into the state.
The first 10 minutes of sleep can unlock your creative potential
According to prior research, the first ten minutes of sleep, called N1, can provide a creative boost when it comes to solving problems.
Graphene is a Nobel Prize-winning “wonder material.” Graphyne might replace it.
A two-dimensional material made entirely of carbon called graphene won the Nobel Prize in 2010. Graphyne might be even better.
Did life evolve more than once? Researchers are closing in on an answer
We’re analysing DNA from ancient and modern humans to create a “family tree of everyone”
Discovery finally uncovers how melanin blocks UV
A banana that doesn’t go bad so fast approved by the Philippines
Supercomputers revealed giant “pillars of heat” funnelling diamonds upwards from deep within Earth
A new organelle has been found in cells
CRISPR sausage gets FDA green light for consumption
The paper plane world record has been shattered
Watch a startup drop science experiments from 2,000 feet up
Killing this toxic invasive species could help fix the climate