Science

40,000-year-old woolly mammoth RNA offers a peek into i...

Ancient RNA from Yuka, a 40,000-year-old woolly mammoth preserved in permafrost,...

A new cholesterol-lowering pill shows promise in clinic...

The drug enlicitide reduced cholesterol for adults with high levels due to an in...

Deep-sea mining might feed plankton a diet of junk food

An analysis of mining plumes in the Pacific Ocean reveals they kick up particles...

Why do we feel starved for time? New research offers an...

Interruptions, to-do lists, lack of autonomy — “time poverty” depends more on pe...

Early views of a supernova’s first moments reveal a lop...

Some of the earliest images ever taken in the wake of massive star’s death give ...

AI eavesdropped on whale chatter. It may have helped fi...

Some “clicks” made by sperm whales may actually be “clacks,” but marine biologis...

This fly’s flesh-eating maggot is making a comeback. He...

After a decades-long hiatus, new world screwworm populations have surged in Cent...

To decode future anxiety and depression, begin with a c...

A child-friendly brain imaging technique is just one way neuroscientist Cat Cama...

Peru’s Serpent Mountain sheds its mysterious past

No, aliens had nothing to do with a winding 1.5-kilometer-long path of holes. Fi...

If another country tested nuclear weapons, here’s how w...

President Trump has argued the U.S. should test nuclear weapons because other co...

A special shape shift helps a shrub thrive in blisterin...

A microscope reveals an algae-like adaptation that might future-proof crop photo...

What causes the rainbow shimmer of ammolite gems?

Ammolite gems’ fabulous colors arise from delicate assemblies of crystal plates.

Woodpecker hammering is a full-body affair

The birds grunt like tennis pros when generating their rat-a-tat, a performance ...

Water jets may break up into droplets thanks to jigglin...

Streams of liquid form drops thanks to unidentified disturbances. It could be th...

How did Pluto capture its largest moon, Charon?

Planetary scientist Adeene Denton runs computer simulations to investigate Pluto...

There’s math behind this maddening golf mishap

Math and physics explain the anguish of a golf ball that zings around the rim of...