Advances

Decode a confusing clock in this math puzzle

Trees’ inner heartwood harbors methane-producing microbes adapted to oxygen-poor swamps and cow guts

Scientists suspected that Europe’s largest bats snack on migrating songbirds when they can, but a stunning newly published observation proves it

New research shows how microbes use napping viruses to vaccinate themselves

Inspired by principles from traditional Chinese medicine, researchers used AI to analyze tongue color as a diagnostic tool—with more than 96 percent accuracy

Human water management contributes to sinking land across the globe, and it may also be responsible for an unexpected rise

After years of heartbreak, researchers have found an experimental treatment that can slow the progression of Huntington’s disease, according to early results from a small clinical trial

A fresh analysis of old data has found rich organic chemistry within the hidden ocean of Saturn’s moon Enceladus

A phenomenon called microlightning may explain ghostly blue marsh lights

When more humans are added to a team, each member accomplishes less work—but teams of weaver ants do better and better as more join

Scientists electrically culled invasive fish in a 20-year battle—but the fish fought back with rapid evolution

Hot, small and old—exoplanet TOI-561 b is just about the worst place to look for alien air. Scientists using JWST found it there anyway