Pick a card, any card. Like a devious magician, the Universe already knows your selection as the laws of physics
Native American people integrated horses into their communities much earlier than European colonial records suggest, according to an innovative study
An explosion that took place in a galaxy 180 million light-years away is challenging our understanding of how stars die,
Researchers have developed a new energy-saving paint that repels heat, comes in any color, and should last centuries. It’s also
An object lurking in the foggy dawn of the Universe has just given astronomers a big surprise. Observations collected through
Imagine you’re thinking of a goldfish. Now, what if artificial intelligence could interpret what you’re thinking and turn that into
A powerful solar flare flashed at Earth on Tuesday, sending an eruption of X-ray and ultraviolet radiation to our planet
Tyrannosaurus rex might not have been puckering up for a good ol’ snog, but the dinosaur‘s teeth were not exposed
It seems like Roald Dahl may have been onto something after all: if you hurt a plant, it screams. Well,
Billionaire mogul Elon Musk and a range of experts called on Wednesday for a pause in the development of powerful
Giant African pouched rats are as clever as they are cute. Trained them to wear little backpacks, they can rescue
A baby Jupiter, still hot from its gestation, could have blasted its four largest moons with light so intense, it
A group of mathematicians has unveiled a brand new 13-sided shape they’ve simply called ‘the hat’. Don’t let the rather
The humble proton is a lynchpin of the material Universe. Its characteristics define chemistry, governing teams of electrons that build
Shine bright like a… gamma-ray? A gamma-ray burst that recently hit our Solar System was so bright, it temporarily blinded
Astronomers have just found a cosmic cannonball. Around a star some 730 light-years away orbits an exoplanet the size of
Most of us have heard the one about if you cross your arms over your chest you’re feeling defensive or
All life on Earth depends on water, including us. Some of us consume water the old-fashioned way by drinking it
The bending of light as its path veers around a giant, invisible mass has revealed the presence of one of
Food scientists on Tuesday unveiled a giant meatball made from lab-grown flesh of an extinct woolly mammoth, saying the protein
If you look at where wombats deposit their poo, you realize they must be able to perform some surprising acrobatics.
The world is direly addicted to plastics. Try as we might to recycle them, plastics are cheaper to make anew,
An Earth-sized exoplanet in perhaps the most promising alien system for signs of life is not likely to be habitable
The AI chatbot known as ChatGPT, developed by the company OpenAI, has caught the public’s attention and imagination. Some applications
A giant ‘hole’ has appeared on the surface of the Sun, and it could send 1.8 million-mph solar winds toward
We know there’s water on the Moon, but questions remain about how it got there, where it’s stored, and how
Bones found on the remote Arctic island of Spitsbergen suggest the ancient marine reptiles known as ichthyosaurs roamed Earth’s oceans
Every so often, a strange signal from outer space hits our detectors here on Earth. Known as fast radio bursts
Humans might be the only species to sniffle and giggle through a romantic comedy, but there’s good reason to think
We may not have found many planetary systems like our own Solar System. Still, there’s one thing they do seem
More than 2,000 mummified ram heads and a palatial Old Kingdom structure have been uncovered by archaeologists at the King
Nearly a century has passed since scientists broke the Universe. Through a complex mix of experiment and theory, physicists discovered
There might be some hidden oceans lurking around Uranus. New evidence suggests that one or two of the gas giant’s
A large asteroid will safely zoom between Earth and the Moon on Saturday, a once-in-a-decade event that will be used
A new species of orchid with delicate, glass-like blooms has been discovered by Japanese scientists, who found the pink and
A flower’s ability to mimic the sexually attractive traits of pollinators to lure them to its nectar has long fascinated
Looking to the stars for constellations that preside over birth and life has a long and complex history, and archaeologists
A newly proposed propulsion system could theoretically beam a heavy spacecraft to outside the confines of our Solar System in
NASA revealed a new prototype of the spacesuit destined to adorn the next astronauts on the Moon. But the look
Octopus is a popular ingredient in many cuisines, with some 420,000 metric tons of this mollusc being caught worldwide each
Nobody writes an obituary for the last of a species dying alone in the wild. So, knowing precisely when to
NASA is actively monitoring a strange anomaly in Earth’s magnetic field: a giant region of lower magnetic intensity in the
For the first time, an international team of physicists has successfully manipulated small numbers of light particles – known as
Skies across the northernmost US states could be graced with stunning displays of the Northern Lights on Friday, blown into
An interstellar object that is currently on its long journey back out of our Solar System has a completely natural
It’s all well and good to talk big about finding traces of life on Mars, but we also need to
There are few places on Earth as isolated as Trindade island, a volcanic outcrop a three- to four-day boat trip
The ghost, at long last, is actually in the machine: For the first time, scientists have created neutrinos in a
