Latest Science Stories
A fossilized trilobite stomach can show us clues to Cambrian cuisine
Turkey vultures have the ultimate self-defense technique: projectile vomiting
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The mathematical theory that connects swimming sperm, zebra stripes, and sunflower seeds
JWST just scanned the skies of potentially habitable exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b
Meet the first electric blue tarantula known to science
A massive detector in China will try to find a supernova before it happens
Earth’s stinkiest flower is threatened with extinction
The deepest known ocean virus lives under 29,000 feet of water
What is matter? It’s not as basic as you’d think.
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Nature generates more data than the internet … for now
Pollen could hold clues to mysteries of early human migration
These 24-eyed jellyfish learn from their mistakes
Watch a space station habitat prototype pop like water balloon
Early humans carved old skeletal remains from burial caves into tools
Humans might just love French bulldogs because they remind them of babies
These parasitic plants force their victims to make them dinner
As humans get louder, monkeys mark more territory
Scientists are still unraveling the mystery of salt’s taste
NASA’s OSIRIS mission delivered asteroid samples to Earth
World’s oldest known wooden structure pre-dates our species
The mystery behind pink diamonds just got some more clarity
Dopamine is a lot more than just the ‘happy chemical’
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Kimberlee D’Ardenne / The Conversation
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Sep 20, 2023
Treating high blood pressure can save 76 million lives in 30 years, WHO says
This record-breaking X-ray laser is ready to unlock quantum secrets
What SpaceX—and anyone else going to the moon—can learn from the prep for Starship’s next launch
This parasite deploys mucus slime balls to make ‘zombie ants’
World’s oldest living aquarium fish could be 100 years young
Watch a rocket engine ignite in ultra-slow motion
‘Jet lag’ could be messing with pandas’ natural mating behaviors
The best US parks for eclipse chasers to see October’s ‘Ring of Fire’
2 ways of knowing if there are PFAS in your drinking water
31 award-winning astronomy photos: From fiery horizons to whimsical auroras
Can animals give birth to twins?
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Michael Jaffe and Tracy Jaffe/The Conversation
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Sep 15, 2023
Why your pet might need a glucose monitor
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Gwendolyn Rak
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Sep 15, 2023
All-knowing toilets and taste-testing rocks amongst 2023 Ig Nobel winners
This ‘gnarly-looking beast’ terrorized Brazil 265 million years ago
What songbirds can teach us about being smart
NASA wants to use AI to study unidentified aerial phenomenon
We still don’t know how animals evolved to fly
Stone Age animal engravings in Namibian caves guided Indigenous trackers over time
Dogs and wolves remember where you hide their food
Birds have been using anti-bird spikes to build love nests and fortresses
Fakes, rumors, and scams: PopSci’s fall issue is unreal
This US astronaut will have spent an entire year in orbit
Virgin Galactic’s latest cargo? Ancient human bones
Your ‘healing’ crystals might not even be crystals
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Maddie Stone
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Sep 12, 2023
Why a mysterious ninth planet might be lurking beyond Pluto
The newest moon-bound robot will roll around like a tennis ball
Scientists are trying to teach AI how to smell
These crow relatives put food over friendship
New series offers an intimate look into how climate change impacts the lives of wildlife
You didn’t see a UFO. It was probably one of these things.
How an internet sleuth rekindled hope for the survival of the clown wedgefish
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Brian Howey/Hakai Magazine
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Sep 8, 2023
‘Living material’ water filter uses bacteria to neutralize water pollutants
This organ-failure detector is thinner than a human hair
Scientists discover a cat-sized ancient koala in Australia
1,000-year-old mummy with full head of hair and intact jaw found in Peru
The Tonga volcanic eruption reshaped the seafloor in mind-boggling ways
A newly spotted black hole keeps munching on a star the size of our sun
How corporations helped fuel the big business of spying
Astronomers detect a distant galaxy’s magnetic field for the first time