Science

Flamingos create precise water vortices in a shrimp-hun...

Nashville Zoo flamingos reveal the oddball birds generate many types of vortices...

Small earthquakes can have a big impact on the movement...

Small and far-off earthquakes can stifle the spread of large motions on some of ...

Trees ‘remember’ times of water abundance and scarcity

Spruce trees that experienced long-term droughts were more resistant to future o...

Aussie cockatoos use their beaks and claws to turn on w...

Parrots living in Sydney have learned how to turn on water fountains for a drink...

Muons’ magnetism matches theory, easing an enduring phy...

A puzzle over muons’ magnetic properties could have broken the standard model. B...

U.S. moms say their mental health is getting worse

A national survey finds that mothers of children ages 0 to 17 years report menta...

A dwarf galaxy just might upend the Milky Way’s predica...

The Milky Way may merge with the Large Magellanic Cloud in 2 billion years, not ...

Lotions and perfumes affect the air near our skin

The personal care products suppress reactions between skin oils and ozone. It's ...

Venus’ tectonics may be actively reshaping its surface

Circular landforms speckling the Venusian surface may be the work of tectonic ac...

How luna moths grow extravagant wings

Warm temperatures, not just predator pressure, may favor luna moths’ long bat-fo...

Math puzzle: The conundrum of sharing

Solve the math puzzle from our June 2025 issue, in which friends must find ways ...

Wet fingers always wrinkle in the same way

Pruney fingertips aren't swollen sponges — the wrinkles actually come from blood...

Sloths once came in a dizzying array of sizes. Here’s why

A new fossil and DNA analysis traces how dozens of sloth species responded to cl...

It’s tricky to transplant a bladder. How surgeons final...

The person who received the bladder is doing well, and the successful transplant...

Penguin poop gives Antarctic cloud formation a boost

Penguin poop provides ammonia for cloud formation in coastal Antarctica, potenti...

Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ plan has a major obstacle: Physics

Scientists suggest the missile defense plan will face big hurdles, especially gi...