Science

Polar forests may have just solved a solar storm mystery

Spikes of carbon-14 in tree rings may be linked to solar flares, but evidence of...

A protein found in sweat may protect people from Lyme d...

The protein stopped Borrelia burgdorferi, a bacterium that is transmitted by tic...

Flowers may be big antennas for bees’ electrical signals

The finding suggests a way for plants to share information about nearby pollinat...

Heat waves cause more illness and death in U.S. cities ...

There are usually fewer trees in neighborhoods with higher populations of people...

How Ötzi the Iceman really got his tattoos

Modern tattooing experiments challenge a popular idea about how the roughly 5,20...

Protein whisperer Oluwatoyin Asojo fights neglected dis...

Oluwatoyin Asojo’s work on hookworm protein structures have contributed to a vac...

Your last-minute guide to the 2024 total solar eclipse

From getting eclipse glasses to checking your weather, we’ve got you covered to ...

Physicists take a major step toward making a nuclear clock

By tweaking the energy of a thorium nucleus with a laser, scientists demonstrate...

The largest 3-D map of the universe reveals hints of da...

A year of data from DESI, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, suggests tha...

Explore a map of the next 15 total solar eclipses

Check out our interactive map showing the path and timing for every total solar ...

Bird flu has infected a person after spreading to cows....

H5N1 has wreaked havoc on birds around the globe and occasionally made the jump ...

‘On the Move’ examines how climate change will alter wh...

Journalist Abrahm Lustgarten explores which parts of the United States are most ...

How a 19th century astronomer can help you watch the to...

Astronomer Maria Mitchell’s observations of total solar eclipses from more than ...

A new study has linked microplastics to heart attacks a...

Patients with microplastics in their arteries were 4.5 times more likely to have...

Eavesdropping on fish could help us keep better tabs on...

Scientists are on a quest to log all the sounds of fish communication. The resul...

Here’s why some pigeons do backflips

Meet the scientist homing in on the genes involved in making parlor roller pigeo...

This site uses cookies. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies.