Science

Scotland’s Isle of Skye was once a dinosaur promenade

New dinosaur fossil tracks on the Isle of Skye reveal that the once-balmy enviro...

The story of dire wolves goes beyond de-extinction

Some question whether the pups are really dire wolves, or just genetically tweak...

Denisovans inhabited Taiwan, new fossil evidence suggests

An expanding geographic range for these close Neandertal relatives leaves Deniso...

Neutrinos’ maximum possible mass shrinks further

The KATRIN experiment in Germany nearly halved the maximum possible mass for neu...

A shadowy market for weight-loss drugs has emerged online

People are buying semaglutide and tirzepatide, the key ingredients in Ozempic an...

Memory manipulation is the stuff of sci-fi. Someday it ...

Experiments point to how scientists can strengthen or weaken memories, which may...

A lush, green Arabian Desert may have once linked Afric...

Mineral formations in caves reveal recurring periods of humidity in the Arabian ...

New computer chips do math with light

Two companies have announced photonic devices that could solve specific real-wor...

Stone Age hunter-gatherers may have been surprisingly s...

New archaeological finds in Malta add to an emerging theory that early Stone Age...

Rare books covered with seal skin hint at a medieval tr...

The furry seal skins may have made their way to French monasteries from as far a...

The U.S. measles outbreak shows no signs of slowing

As a second Texas child dies from the preventable disease, HHS Secretary Kennedy...

Solar geoengineering moves into the spotlight as climat...

As global temperatures rise, scientists debate the pros and cons of solar geoeng...

Ancient Arabian cymbals ring up Bronze Age musical conn...

Copper instruments discovered at a 4,000-year-old site in Oman echo ritual influ...

Some tropical trees act as lightning rods to fend off r...

Though being struck by lightning is usually bad, the tropical tree Dipteryx olei...

Check out some of the weird rocks that have turned up o...

Some of the unusual rocks carry stories about water on Mars. One has hints of lo...

How U.S. public health cuts could raise risks of infect...

Deep funding cuts and widespread layoffs impact everything from local public hea...