Learn how a newly detected gamma-ray halo in the Milky Way could mark the first direct glimpse of dark matter.

Learn how your body uses an immune-to-brain communication line to nudge you away from others when you’re getting sick.

Learn how tight clustering helps Madagascar’s hissing cockroaches conserve water during dry spells, offering new insight into how even large insects cope with environmental stress.

Learn how newly discovered vertebrae from a 6- to 8-meter shark pushes the origin of mega-predators back by 15 million years.

Learn how stress inside a volcano can make gas bubbles form early, helping explain why some eruptions stay quiet instead of exploding.

Learn how scientists uncovered a second, overlooked lion roar — and why the finding could reshape efforts to track and protect the species.

Learn how two new studies reveal surprising parallels between dogs’ ADHD-like behaviors and human attention patterns, and how sleep and training can help distractible dogs learn more effectively.

Learn how new genomic tools revealed that cabernet sauvignon preserves inherited chemical signatures dating back 400 years.

Learn how scientists traced kissing back 21 million years using primate behavior, evolutionary modeling, and clues from Neanderthals.

Learn how researchers traced chemical evidence of early life in ancient rocks and found signs of photosynthesis nearly a billion years earlier than expected.