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Nasal sprays target flu viruses at their main point of entry into the body Tatiana Maksimova/Getty Images An antibody nasal spray has shown promise for protecting against flu in preliminary human trials, after first being validated in mice and monkeys. …

A bacteria-only sugar has become the Achilles’ heel that could help defeat deadly superbugs. Australian scientists have created a promising new approach for fighting deadly bacteria that no longer respond to antibiotics. The team designed antibodies that latch onto a …

A new study examining how memory functions in the brain suggests that different kinds of remembering may rely on the same brain regions. Instead of using separate neural pathways to retrieve different types of information, the brain appears to activate …

Picture an aircraft streaking across the sky at hundreds of miles per hour, unleashing millions of laser pulses into a dense tropical forest. The objective: map thousands of square miles, including the ground beneath the canopy, in fine detail within …

Refresh 2026-01-31T16:48:13.998Z Artemis 2 fueling test to begin preps tonight (Image credit: Space.com / Josh Dinner) Good morning, Space Fans! Today is Saturday, Jan. 31 and tonight NASA is gearing up to to begin its first fueling test for the …

In the first weeks of January 2025, Michael Anestis and his team at Rutgers University’s New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center were watching something unexpected unfold. The same adults they’d surveyed just before the November election were reporting changed intentions …

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. For most people, assessing a bear’s weight or fur color isn’t a top priority during an unexpected encounter in the woods. Instead, the desire …

We’ve been testing (aka eating) Blue Apron for our guide to the best meal kit subscriptions for nearly half a decade.The Gear team likes this service so much, it has its own story. If you’ve been struggling with figuring out …

After a heart attack, the heart “talks” to the brain. And that conversation may make recovery worse. Shutting down nerve cells that send messages from injured heart cells to the brain boosted the heart’s ability to pump and decreased scarring, …

In February 2007 the Supreme Court heard a case that hinged on about 15 minutes of video evidence from two police vehicles’ dashboard cameras: footage showed the front end of a police car as it pursued a driver in Georgia …