Science

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...

Ghostly white northern lights present new auroral mystery

These mysterious whitish-gray glows in the northern lights might be cousins of t...

Fever’s link with a key kind of immunity is surprisingl...

When sick, Nile tilapia seek warmer water. That behavioral fever triggers a spec...

A cosmic ‘Platypus’ might link two astronomical mysteries

A flash of light called the Platypus has hallmarks of a mid-sized black hole shr...

Fever’s link with specialized immunity is surprisingly ...

When sick, Nile tilapia seek warmer water. That behavioral fever triggers a spec...