Science

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...

A mysteriously large pterosaur finally has an identity

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

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...

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...

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

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

Cigarettes with less nicotine may help some smokers quit

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

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...

Megadroughts are on the rise worldwide

One of the most extreme megadroughts has helped fuel wildfires in Los Angeles Co...

A crumbling exoplanet spills its guts

Astronomers have determined the internal composition of a distant, disintegratin...

What bird flu experts are watching for in 2025

Since early 2024, the U.S. has logged 66 human cases of H5N1. Scientists are kee...

Why the FDA banned the common food dye Red No. 3

Evidence that the synthetic dye Red No. 3 is harmful comes from studies in rats,...