Typical viruses measure 20 to 200 nanometers. Giant viruses can reach 2.5 micrometers, up to 125 times larger, bigger than most bacteria. First discovered in the ocean in 1981, they’ve since turned up ...

The Futura Team represents the pulse of Futura’s editorial department, bringing together a collective expertise dedicated to the dissemination of scientific knowledge. Rather than the work of a single ...

Researchers are currently hard at work, conducting tests to pin down the object’s exact age, origins, and context. If the analysis confirms its age, this bull could add a glittering piece to ...

Tree-ring dating of the ship’s timbers shows Svælget 2 was built around 1410. The materials came from two separate regions. Hull planking was made from Pomeranian oak, sourced in what is now Poland.

Inside a University of Michigan building the size of a gymnasium, behind 60-centimeter concrete walls, the ZEUS laser fired its first official experiment in May 2025. That made it America's most ...

The underlying mechanism starts with the body’s internal 24 hour clock, which regulates digestion alongside sleep, hormones, and dozens of other biological processes. In healthy individuals, this ...

The rehearsal took place at Kennedy Space Center, where teams ran a full wet dress test of the Space Launch System. Over two days, engineers loaded liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen into the core ...

The study recruited 142 participants divided into three groups. The first included 55 people with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders who had experienced auditory hallucinations in the past week. The ...

A viral Instagram video shows a leopard leaping into a backyard where a child plays. A house cat charges the predator and drives it off. The clip has over a million likes and tens of thousands of ...

The Futura Team represents the pulse of Futura’s editorial department, bringing together a collective expertise dedicated to the dissemination of scientific knowledge. Rather than the work of a single ...

The Futura Team represents the pulse of Futura’s editorial department, bringing together a collective expertise dedicated to the dissemination of scientific knowledge. Rather than the work of a single ...

Long before they curled up at the foot of our beds, dogs played vital roles: hunters tasked with bringing back game, guards of homes, aids for herding livestock, or even mountain rescue partners. They ...