Science

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...

Another danger looms after the LA fires: Devastating de...

As wildfires burn the landscape, they prime slopes for debris flows: powerful to...

Mole or marsupial? This subterranean critter with a bac...

Genetic analyses have solved the riddle of where a marsupial mole fits on the tr...

Trump is withdrawing the U.S. from WHO. Here’s what tha...

When Trump’s move to leave WHO takes effect in a year, it may gut funding for gl...

Galactic chaos at cosmic noon may have stunted Milky Wa...

High radiation during a time of frenzied star formation in the Milky Way left on...

A mysteriously large pterosaur finally has an identity

A Jurassic pterosaur fossil, known to paleontologists for over 160 years, isn’t ...

Unearthed ice may be the Arctic’s oldest buried glacier...

Thanks to climate change, thawing permafrost in the Canadian Arctic has revealed...

In chimpanzees, peeing is contagious

The first study of copycat urination in an animal documents how one chimpanzee p...

Cigarettes with less nicotine may help some smokers quit

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a rule to drastically reduce the am...

Survivors of the LA fires will face a complex blend of ...

Logistical needs, like employment and housing, along with psychological needs mu...

What nuclear weapons experts will watch for under Trump 

As Trump takes office, issues of arms control, the U.S. arsenal and weapons test...

Hula-hooping robots reveal the physics behind keeping r...

The gyrations of hoop-slinging robots reveal that hourglass-shaped objects are b...

Early human ancestors didn’t regularly eat meat

Chemicals in the tooth enamel of Australopithecus suggest the early human ancest...