Greater horseshoe bats ( Rhinolophus ferrumequinum ) live in groups and live long lives, sometimes surviving up to 30 years. Imagebroker / Alamy Stock Photo By Jake Buehler 4 hours ago For mammals, one secret to a long life may be spending it living with friends and...

A new experiment creates data-storing holograms from spiraling particles of light. DrPixel/Moment/Getty Images Plus By James R. Riordon 3 hours ago Particles of twisted light that have been entangled using quantum mechanics offer a new approach to dense and secure...

Dugongs, like this juvenile in the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt, were recently added to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Under a new metric that accounts for cultural connections between species and humans, dugongs are endangered. cinoby/E+/Getty Images By...

Muon scans are helping to find flaws and archeological surprises inside an ancient fortress wall in the Chinese city of Xi’an, which has grown and modernized since the wall was built nearly 650 years ago. Mariusz Kluzniak/Moment/Getty Images Plus By James R. Riordon...

Older men are more likely than women to get VEXAS syndrome, a genetic disease that arises later in life. Thomas Barwick/Stone/Getty Images Plus By Meghan Rosen January 31, 2023 at 7:00 am A mysterious new disease may be to blame for severe, unexplained inflammation in...