Science

Earth is bathed in droves of neutrinos spewed by the Mi...

The subatomic particles are incredibly numerous. About 1,000 neutrinos from star...

60,000-year-old poison arrowheads show early humans’ sk...

A new analysis uncovers traces of poison on the South African arrowheads, pushin...

New dietary guidelines flip the food pyramid

The new guidelines emphasizes eating protein and full-fat dairy while reducing s...

Galaxies with ‘hoop skirts’ are more common than we tho...

The discovery of thousands more galaxies with stars ringing their main disks cou...

Betelgeuse’s buddy leaves a wake in the giant star’s at...

The wake left by Betelgeuse’s companion could solve a decades-old mystery of its...

Here’s the science behind nuclear weapons testing

Nuclear weapons haven’t been tested in the United States since 1992. Find out wh...

In a Quebec park, a science game brings predator-prey d...

Results show that players’ choices echo predator-prey patterns seen in wildlife,...

First maps of the sun’s outer boundary may help predict...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has mapped the shifting boundary between the sun and t...

These sick baby ants sacrifice themselves to protect th...

When infected by a fungal disease, ant pupae actively emit a chemical cue that p...

This new year, maybe resolve to quit

Western cultural stories tend to emphasize perseverance. But science shows that ...

These scientific discoveries brought us joy in 2025

Amidst a tough year for science, glimmers of joy burst through in revelations fr...

In a first, orcas and dolphins seen possibly hunting to...

New footage shows orcas and dolphins coordinating hunts, hinting at interspecies...

Some of 2025’s scientific discoveries broke records

Longest lightning, the first AI-generated genomes and biggest black hole smashup...

Against the odds, a burbling lava planet retains an atm...

The James Webb Space Telescope detected an atmosphere on a lava-covered exoplane...

These fossil finds shed new light on the past in 2025

The year's top paleontological wonders ranged from a 540-million-year-old penis ...

Crush explores how gravity shapes life as we know it

James Riordan’s new book will help readers wrap their heads around this mysterio...