Science

Some science seems silly, but it’s still worthwhile

The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog contends that curiosity-driven researc...

RSV wasn’t as hard on U.S. babies last winter. This may...

Two preventive tools — a maternal vaccine and a monoclonal antibody — were tied ...

New audio tech could let you listen privately without h...

Private listening out in the open is possible thanks to acoustic metasurfaces th...

FDA plan to ban fluoride supplements baffles and alarms...

Fluoride supplements have been used in the United States for decades and have pr...

Seafloor amber may hold hints of a tsunami 115 million ...

Oddly shaped deposits of tree resin point to massive waves that struck northern ...

An at-home cervical cancer screening device was OK‘d by...

The Teal Wand, an at-home HPV testing device that could replace a Pap smear, cou...

What gene makes orange cats orange? Scientists figured ...

Researchers found the gene and genetic variation behind orange fur in most domes...

Cryopreservation is not sci-fi. It may save plants from...

Not all plants can be stored in a seed bank. Cryopreservation offers an alternat...

Perseverance takes the first picture of a visible Marti...

A faint yet visible Martian aurora is the first instance of the phenomenon spott...

This exquisite Archaeopteryx fossil reveals how flight ...

Analyses unveiled never-before-seen feathers and bones from the first known bird...

HHS says new vaccines should be tested against placebos...

Placebo testing has been part of the process since the 1940s. It’s unclear what ...

Wild chimpanzees give first aid to each other

A study in Uganda shows how often chimps use medicinal plants and other forms of...

A leaf’s geometry determines whether it falls far from ...

Shape and symmetry help determine where a leaf lands — and if the tree it came f...

Humans have shockingly few ways to treat fungal infections

It's not quite as bad as The Last of Us. But progress has been achingly slow in ...

This tool-wielding assassin turns its prey’s defenses i...

This assassin bug's ability to use a tool — bees’ resin — could shed light on ho...

A chemical in plastics is tied to heart disease deaths

In 2018, over 350,000 excess heart disease deaths were linked to phthalates. Mor...