We might have to rethink everything we thought we knew about the evolutionary history of the nightshade (Solanaceae) family of
Despite our knack for tying knots in everything from shoelaces to laser beams, there is still a lot we humans
I was part of a team that recently discovered human-made pollutants in one of the deepest and most remote places
By teaching a machine to learn a few quantum tricks, physicists have uncovered a strange new phase of hydrogen in
For a team of Canadian and French researchers, dark clouds on the horizon are potentially ominous not because they signal
Voyager 2’s demise has been postponed after NASA found a way to hack a backup source of power to keep
Anemia was common in mummified ancient Egyptian children, according to a new study that analyzed child mummies in European museums.
A study of 26 years’ worth of wolf behavioral data, and an analysis of the blood of 229 wolves, shows
New images of the Universe’s most photogenic pit of darkness are providing insight into a mysterious black hole behavior. For
Gravitational wave astronomy is still in its early stages. So far it has focused on the most energetic and distinct
We’re used to hearing about viruses spreading from wildlife to humans, but infection across species can go in the reverse,
The acronym CRISPR has become synonymous with editing DNA in recent years, taking center stage in the molecular geneticist’s toolbox
The strange asteroid responsible for Earth’s annual shower of Geminid meteors just got even more peculiar. Every orbit, as it
Sourcing human tissue samples for biological investigations isn’t always easy. While they are ethically obtained through organ donation or from
Like gravitational waves (GWs) and gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), fast radio bursts (FRBs) are one of the most powerful and mysterious
In a forest in southern Chile, a giant tree has survived for thousands of years and is in the process
According to a new study, some wild plants are predisposed to “taming,” similar to how some wild animals have attributes
SpaceX just launched the most powerful rocket the world has ever seen – so powerful that it’s a problem. The
The Universe is swarming with galaxies, billions upon billions as far as the eye can see. And among this multitude,
While analyzing the genomes of single-celled microbes, a team of researchers made a startling discovery: Thousands of previously unknown viruses
Since our earliest school days, we generally accept the idea that some people learn faster than others – but, according
To look at them, squids and octopuses seem to have a lot in common. Both are soft, squishy, marine-dwelling animals
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Mathew Owens, a professor of space physics at the University of
Tokyo-based company ispace made a bold attempt to land a spacecraft on the lunar surface on Tuesday, and fears that
If you think your morning commute is a logjam, you should see the Mackenzie River Delta in Nunavut, Canada. Unlike
We already know seahorses are among the cutest and most unique critters in the ocean, and now scientists have found
Slowly and unsurely, humanity is weaning itself off coal. That’s good because coal is the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel and
Our galaxy’s largest nearby companion is the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a dwarf galaxy visible to the naked eye in
Terrestrial animals do something that fish don’t. Yes, OK, there’s the whole walking around out of the water thing. But
Quakes rumbling through Mars have been detected rolling through its gooey core for the first time, giving scientists the tools
A rare world 245 light-years away could be key to unraveling a planetary mystery. An exoplanet called TOI-733b is just
Physicists believe most of the matter in the Universe is made up of an invisible substance that we only know
Over the past year or so, generative AI models such as ChatGPT and DALL-E have made it possible to produce
The head of the Pentagon office that is reviewing reported unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP – commonly known as UFOs, unidentified
Making solar cells more efficient is an obvious win for green energy. It means more electricity from the same number
By any measure, the Andes mountains are very, very big. Running for some 8,900 kilometers (5,530 miles) through South America,
Researchers from around the world have embarked on an effort to try to build a system allowing humanity to anticipate
Elephant seals drift downwards into the ocean in a “sleep spiral” to catch up on sleep while on months-long foraging
Octopuses are the chameleons of the sea, so it’s hard to keep tabs on who is who at a glance.
You learn from your mistakes. At least, most of us have been told so. But science shows that we often
A cycle featured in Maya calendars has been a mystery pretty much since it was rediscovered and its deciphering began
Ambitious targets intended to slam the brakes on our current mass extinction may already be slipping out of reach barely
In humans and other animals, sex is usually determined by a single gene. However, there are claims that in some
Scientists studying hair follicles in mice may have finally uncovered a mechanism behind how and why hair turns gray, which
It’s the end of an era, at least for the Perseverance rover on Mars, who has lost a long-time friend.
There’s something really odd about the Sun. Actually, there’s a lot of odd somethings about the Sun, but a ground-breaking
SpaceX carried out Starship’s first test flight on Thursday morning – successfully launching the shiny silver mega-rocket that could one
Predicted over a century ago as monstrous concentrations of mass that torture the fabric of the Universe into traps of
