For decades, economists framed climate change as a future cost. New research shows it is already here: it has cut U.S. income by an estimated 12%. Much of the damage comes not from disasters, but from rising temperatures quietly rippling through prices, productivity, and trade nationwide.

Scientists may have developed “perfect plastic”: Plant-based, fully saltwater degradable, zero microplastics. Made from plant cellulose, the world’s most abundant organic compound. Unlike other “biodegradable” plastics, this quickly degrades in salt water without leaving any microplastics behind.

Couples share a unique form of contagious forgetting, new research suggests. Partners synchronize their brain activity during storytelling, this neural alignment leads to a specific type of shared forgetting that does not occur between strangers.

Reducing social isolation protects the brain in later life, and this is valid regardless of gender, race, ethnicity and educational level with only minor differences among social categories

A simple turn reveals a 1,500-year-old secret on Roman glass

Living cells may generate electricity from motion

A new way to prevent gum disease without wiping out good bacteria

Physicists found a way to see heat in empty space