Science

At early ages, autism in girls and boys looks similar

A new study of more than 2,500 children under 5 found little difference in autis...

Here’s how a collision of star remnants launches a glea...

A computer simulation shows how two neutron stars of unequal mass merge, form a ...

Rainbows of sound are a reality thanks to a new device

A plastic structure separates white noise into pitches, like a rainbow splits li...

How one mom is navigating vaccines’ uncertain future

With CDC upheaval, new limits on who can get some vaccines and an ongoing measle...

There’s no cheating this random number generator

From jury duty to tax audits, randomness plays a big role. Scientists used quant...

A 43,000-year-old Neandertal fingerprint has been found...

An ochre dot in Spain may hold one of the oldest, most complete Neandertal finge...

Climate change is coming for your cheese

Adapting to climate change by replacing grass in cows' feed with corn affected t...

FDA cuts imperil food safety, but not how you might think

Layoffs at the FDA, USDA and CDC could erode the U.S. food safety system. Expert...

How to get the biggest splash at the pool using science

Move over belly flops and cannonballs. Manu jumps, pioneered by New Zealand’s Mā...

A possible new dwarf planet skirts the solar system’s edge

For the dwarf planet candidate, one trip around the sun takes over 24,000 years....

A cup of chickpeas a day lowers cholesterol

Adding a cup of chickpeas or black beans to people’s daily diets could improve h...

A private Japanese spacecraft failed on its way to the ...

The spacecraft’s owner, ispace, is attempting to land these crafts to commercial...

Precolonial farmers thrived in one of North America’s c...

Ancestral Menominee people in what’s now Michigan’s Upper Peninsula grew maize a...

Preemptively cutting rhinos’ horns cuts poaching

Comparing various tactics for protecting rhinos suggests that dehorning them dra...

A diet full of tiny plastics triggered health problems ...

Mice exposed to polystyrene nanoplastics developed problems in their guts and li...

Probiotics helped great star corals fend off a deadly d...

A probiotic paste prevented the spread of stony coral tissue loss disease, but t...