Latest Science Stories
Watch NASA’s supercomputer simulation of the Apollo 12 lunar landing
Wild bonobos show surprising signs of cooperations between groups
Surprise! These sea cucumbers glow
JWST spots two of the most distant galaxies astronomers have ever seen
This tool bag is floating in space
Elusive egg-laying mammal caught on camera for the first time
‘Christmas tree’ galaxy shines in new image from Hubble and JWST
These newfound beetles have male genitals shaped like a bottle opener
Beyond the mitochrondrion: How did our cells get their other complex parts?
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Viviane Callier / Knowable Magazine
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Nov 10, 2023
How do chatbots work?
Why scientists used these radio transmitters to create artificial auroras
Hummingbirds have two creative strategies for flying through tight spaces
Here’s what a billion years does to glass on the moon
What is Zepbound? Here’s how the newly FDA-approved weight loss drug works.
Watch NASA’s bizarre and bulbous Super Guppy cargo plane touch down in Alabama
Virus observed sucking on another virus’ ‘neck’ for the first time
The mystery of why some dinosaurs got so enormous
The Juno spacecraft spotted evidence of a salty ocean on Jupiter’s biggest moon
Megalodon’s warm-blooded relatives are still circling the oceans today
What head lice can tell us about human migration
In space, your body is like a soda can
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Kelly and Zach Weinersmith
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Nov 8, 2023
Scientists made a claw machine from a dead spider
How frozen baby corals and high-powered lasers could help dying reefs
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Brent M. Foster / Hakai Magazine
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Nov 8, 2023
Why the heck is Earth wet?
Euclid telescope spies shimmering stars and galaxies in its first look at the ‘dark’ universe
Farthest black hole ever recorded by astronomers is nearly as old as our universe
Divers recovered a treasure trove of more than 30,000 ancient, bronze coins off the Italian coast
Smithsonian unveils a very small sample of the 4.5-billion-year-old Bennu asteroid
Endangered sea turtles build hundreds of nests on the Outer Banks
NASA’s free streaming platform launches this week. Here’s what to watch.
North America was once home to some unusual wild monkeys
What mouse embryos can tell us about the future of pregnancies in space
These wearables might protect astronauts from space ‘death spirals’
First NASA images from Lucy’s flyby reveal that ‘Dinky’ is not alone
How physicists built the world’s smallest particle accelerator
Lab-made ‘super melanin’ speeds up healing and boosts sun protection
Rats may have imaginations
NASA spacecraft Lucy says hello to ‘Dinky’ asteroid on far-flying mission
The science behind mixing honey into cocktails
When a Jurassic giant died, predatory dinos probably feasted on the carcass
The sea star’s whole body is a head
What astronomers learned from a near-Earth asteroid they never saw coming
This NASA photographer documented the 30-year journey to build the James Webb Space Telescope
We still don’t fully know how sunflowers turn toward the sun
Giant prehistoric lamprey likely sucked blood—and ate flesh
How this computer scientist is rethinking color theory
You can see three meteor showers at their peak and a full Beaver Moon this November
Uranus has a weird infrared aurora
Newfound mosasaur was like a giant Komodo dragon with flippers
India had an impressive year in space—and it’s just getting started
4 science tricks to scare up a better Halloween costume
A sneak peek at the lunar camera destined for the Artemis missions
Earth-like plate tectonics may have shaped Venus billions of years ago
Why ladybugs and ‘Halloween beetles’ are everywhere right now
Gravitational wave detector now squeezes light to find more black holes
Your brain’s ‘master switchboard’ is an underappreciated marvel
Wild chimpanzees show signs of potential menopause—a rarity in the animal kingdom
Why what we see influences what we hear
Drought reveals ancient rock carvings of human faces in Brazil
Your favorite, bittersweet tunes may help relieve pain better than unfamiliar, relaxing music
American hippopotamus ranching almost took off 100 years ago
Rockets and satellites are shedding metal into the atmosphere
Bumblebees carbo-load on the fly
Is de-extinction only a pipette dream? This startup has a big, expensive plan to find out.