Latest Science Stories
Matabele ants might be able to diagnose and treat infected wounds
Halley’s comet is on its way back towards Earth
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NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter set a new flight distance record on Mars
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The Running Chicken Nebula shimmers in new ESO image
Five new species of soft-furred hedgehogs have been identified
This tiny ‘leaf-nester’ is the smallest known fanged frog
Plants may fight mold with molecules and bubbles
Taters the cat stars in first ‘ultra-HD’ video sent from deep space
Lava may have flowed over parts of Mars
Volcano erupts in Iceland near an airport, a power plant, and an evacuated town
Babies appear to be born with the ability to discern a beat in music
Why scientists are studying aardvarks’ poop
How do you make cosmic sausage?
Amazon’s Project Kuiper successfully tests satellite space lasers
Reindeer can see UV light—and we may know why
More evidence for key ingredients to life detected on Saturn’s moon Enceladus
The ISS missing tomato scandal has come to a close
This ‘blue dragon’ sliced through the ancient Pacific with paddle-like fins
Record-breaking ‘failed star’ spotted by JWST
Voyager 1 is sending back bad data, but NASA is on it
Arctic seals have special noses
Neanderthals may have been early risers
Vikings filed their teeth to cope with pain
Rare bird with half male and half female plumage photographed in Colombia
A ‘brain organoid’ biochip displayed serious voice recognition and math skills
JWST releases new image of famous supernova remnant—with a twist
This teenage tyrannosaur had a stomach full of dino drumsticks
Looking at the stars through a puddle of mercury
Wildfires are thawing the tundra
Why dinosaur footprints inspired paleontologist Martin Lockley
Bacterial ‘blood’ could heal cracks in concrete
Why scientists think it’s time to declare a new lunar epoch
‘Forever chemicals’ found in freshwater fish, yet most states don’t warn residents
Chemists and volcanologists want you to make a better espresso
Fossil first identified as plant is actually a baby turtle
Why do clock hands seem to slow down?
The planet that should not exist
Warming oceans could thaw trapped ‘fire-ice’
Meet NeRmo, the mouse robot with backbone
Ancient Egyptians likely kept baboons in captivity—and mummified them
In the 1600s, one town in the Netherlands literally ate the rich
The best telescopes for astrophotography in 2024
Mice may be able to recognize their own reflections
Watch the mucus-filled, synchronized mating dance of bioluminescent ‘sea fireflies’
These 10 scientists are on the cusp of changing the world
Tracing the crocodiles’ curious evolutionary family tree
Millions of years ago, male mosquitoes may have been blood suckers too
The world’s largest experimental tokamak nuclear fusion reactor is up and running
Go (virtually) adopt an axolotl, the ‘Peter Pan’ of amphibians
Two meteor showers and a bright Mercury to light up December’s sky
PTSD patients’ brains work differently when recalling traumatic experiences
Meet ‘anthrobots,’ tiny bio-machines built from human tracheal cells
Fiber optic cables can pick up cicadas’ droning din
A legendary Vangunu giant rat was finally caught on camera
Astronomers spot an extragalactic star with a disc around it for the first time
Female Taricha newts are more poisonous than males
Scientists want to use the sun’s gravity to communicate between stars
How AI could help scientists spot ‘ultra-emission’ methane plumes faster—from space