Science

Do science dioramas still have a place in today’s museums?

Science dioramas of yesteryear can highlight the biases of the time. Exhibit exp...

Ancient rocks reveal when rivers began pouring nutrient...

Rivers began pumping weathered material into the sea about a billion years after...

Wild baboons don’t recognize themselves in a mirror

In a lab test, chimps and orangutans can recognize their own reflection. But in ...

Scratching an itch is so good, and so bad

The motion kicks off inflammation but may also combat harmful bacteria 

A tiny neutrino detector scored big at a nuclear reactor

A compact method of detecting neutrinos provides new tests of physics theories a...

Feeding sharks ‘junk food’ takes a toll on their health

Many blacktip reef sharks in French Polynesia are commonly fed by tourists. But ...

Better male birth control is on the horizon

Men have two birth control options: condoms and vasectomies. Why has it taken so...

Trump orders sow chaos in global public health 

A recent flurry of executive orders and surprise actions by the Trump administra...

Life’s ingredients have been found in samples from aste...

Samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the asteroid Bennu had organic molec...

Here’s how ancient Amazonians became master maize farmers

Casarabe people grew the nutritious crop year-round on savannas thanks to networ...

Can you actually die of a broken heart?

Death by heartbreak doesn't just happen in stories. In real life, severe stress ...

Chatty bats are more likely to take risks

Bats may broadcast their personalities to others from a distance, new experiment...

This drawing is the oldest known sketch of an insect brain

Found in a roughly 350-year-old manuscript by Dutch biologist Johannes Swammerda...

Yes, you can blame climate change for the LA wildfires

Weather data show how humankind’s burning of fossil fuels made the hot, dry, win...

Like flyways for birds, we need to map swimways for fish

Mapping fish migration routes and identifying threats is crucial to protecting f...

Cricket frogs belly flop their way across water

Cricket frogs were once thought to hop on the water’s surface. They actually lea...