Cannabis flower sold in Colorado claims to contain much more tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, than it actually does, according to my
When you view the world a certain way, it’s easy to forget not everyone has the same vision. We do
Grounded on Earth, even the most uncoordinated humans can easily sense where our limbs are flapping about and if we’re
Over 3,500 juvenile eels (elvers) have been found dead in the Kauritutahi Stream on the northernmost flank of New Zealand’s
Some 16 percent of children aged 11 to 15 were cyberbullied in 2022, up from 13 percent four years ago,
From the helix of a strand of DNA to the arrangements of protein’s building blocks, the twists and swirls of
When you deliver a university course that makes students happier, everybody wants to know what the secret is. What are
A total solar eclipse takes place on April 8 across North America. These events occur when the Moon passes between
Freeze ’em, heat ’em, blast them into empty space; with survival skills unlike any other organism on the planet, those
The Sun’s rotation is, in a word, bizarre. You’d sort of expect every latitude of its surface to spin at
It’s one of the biggest questions in science: to what extent are we defined by our genetics? A new analysis
Planting trees in the wrong places can actually contribute to global warming, scientists said on Tuesday, but a new map
Australia’s carbon credit scheme was undermined by damning new research Wednesday, which found a world-leading reforestation project had been an
A grain of dust recovered from an ancient meteorite that plonked itself down in Antarctica appears to be from a
A warming world is going to change in all sorts of ways, but there’s one shift that probably wasn’t on
The magnetic fields that spiral around our galaxy’s supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* have now been revealed by twisted light.
Few animals in the sea are up to taking on the mighty orca. Like a pack of wolves, a pod
Stars are born from huge clouds of mostly hydrogen gas floating in space. Astronomers like me study this gas because
The Moon influences life here on Earth more than you might realize – and that includes shifting the sounds coming
Why did humans take over the world while our closest relatives, the Neanderthals, became extinct? It’s possible we were just
Most of us can relate to that intense, spine-shuddering feeling of repulsion when hearing someone scrape their nails down a
Details are still emerging about the disaster that happened in the early morning of March 26, 2024, when the Dali,
For the first time, scientists have measured the positions of individual atoms in 3D space in a single image, opening
Do you ever get that feeling that there aren’t enough hours in the day? That time is somehow racing away
The International Space Station won’t be around forever, and NASA is pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into its potential
The voice of a woman largely overlooked by history has been discovered in a “dangerous” declaration attributed to the father
Computer simulations are giving us new insight into the riotous behavior of cannibal neutron stars. When a neutron star slurps
There’s a specter haunting the tunnels of a particle accelerator at CERN. In the Super Proton Synchrotron, physicists have finally
A metal detectorist in England found what might be the biggest gold nugget ever found in the country, worth an
As our streets emptied of humans during the COVID-19 lockdowns, people began reporting more sightings of animals that usually wouldn’t
Strange as it might seem for a hairless creature, frogs have provided us with some critical clues on the origins
There are plenty of craters on Mars, especially when compared to Earth. That is primarily thanks to the lack of
A dolphin that swam the waters of the Amazon basin 16 million years ago is a contender for the largest
The Earth’s place in space is a fairly familiar one with it orbiting an average star. The star – our
A search for the first stars that winked into existence at the dawn of the Universe has yielded one of
Relics of the Milky Way’s birth have just been discovered hiding in plain sight. Towards the center of the galaxy,
Our love for coffee means millions of tons of spent coffee grounds going to waste every single year. Scientists have
Neuralink on Wednesday streamed a video of its first human patient playing computer chess with his mind and talking about
If you want to see unidentified flying objects (UFOs) in the skies across the US, head west. Researchers from the
In the past it was difficult for scientists, let alone the public, to get a full picture of each animal’s
How stable are planetary systems? Will Earth and its seven siblings always continue in their steady celestial paths, or might
A superfluid vortex controlled in a lab is helping physicists learn more about the behavior of black holes. A whirlpool
For Michel Talagrand, who won the Abel mathematics prize on Wednesday, maths provided a fun life free from all constraints
A population of orcas hanging out far off the coast of California have worked out the best methods for hunting
There’s a large part of human history hidden beneath the sea. From Canada’s coastlines to the flat underwater fringes of
Contrary to what we may have assumed about the migration of modern humans out of Africa, at least some movement
Global temperatures “smashed” heat records last year, as heatwaves stalked oceans and glaciers suffered record ice loss, the United Nations
The human brain, it turns out, can be surprisingly resistant to the ravages of time. A new study has cataloged
