Antibodies made by the immune system can sometimes target human brain cells, producing psychiatric symptoms. Researchers aim to better identify such rare cases as well as fine-tune treatments.
Scientists just found a bizarre cosmic object ‘hiding in plain sight’
Meet the Milky Way’s first microblazar
2026 could be the turning point on climate action, Al Gore says
The former vice president thinks this year is when we’ll get serious about climate change
Why Hawaii is facing an unprecedented hurricane season
Hawaii has never had three hurricanes come within 50 miles in the same year
Jupiter-bound spacecraft Juice to fly by Earth Monday
To get to the outer solar system, the Juice spacecraft needs an assist from Earth’s gravity—and it’s going to be taking pictures along the way
What’s the point of the interstellar Fermi Explorer mission?
Fermi Explorer, a proposed low-cost private mission to Alpha Centauri, seeks to address a question that’s already been answered
Vox’s Unexplainable and Scientific American explore the mystery of dark matter and the limits of science
What if the universe’s biggest mystery has no answer?
Trump’s FDA nominee Heidi Overton affirms MMR vaccine and mifepristone are safe at crucial Senate hearing
Heidi Overton also said at the hearing on Thursday that Tylenol does not cause autism
Diesel fuel prices are rising—chemistry can help explain why
Diesel prices have almost doubled over the past year, spelling trouble for farmers, truckers and the entire U.S. economy
OpenAI’s agent hacking Australia is a warning for governments everywhere
In what appears to be a first, an OpenAI agent secretly accessed Australian government health care records during an internal test