250 years later, new history is uncovered from the Battle of Bunker Hill
New archaeology has uncovered everything from musket balls to wig curlers at the site of the Battle of Bunker Hill, the first major clash of the American Revolution
The biological dogma that women don’t make new eggs after birth may be wrong
What will happen to Earth’s moon in the far future?
July 4 heatwave would've been 'virtually impossible' in 1776
Today’s Killer Sudoku
NASA needs volunteers to spend a year locked in a Mars simulation
The heat feels unbearable—here’s how to stay safe
U.S. science is in chaos
On our radar
Craig Venter
My childhood in science
When science is under siege, history offers a playbook
Atul Gawande
Dozens of countries are trying to lure U.S. scientists abroad—and it’s working
Inside U.S. labs at a moment of fear—and unexpected promise
What people get wrong about scientists
Create as many words as you can!
Stretch your math muscles with these puzzles.
Why we'll never live in space
The puzzle of the first black holes
What if we never find dark matter?
How viruses may reshape the body’s ‘soil’ to promote cancer growth
Learning from unexpected results: This neuroscientist is redefining how the brain learns
How Erini Lambrides went from seeking theater stardom to studying the stars at NASA
Disclosure Day raises a big question: How do you talk to aliens?
Chaotic pigeons are helping redefine what we know about learning
Pigeons seem to defy a century-old psychology law about how rewards and consequences help us learn
Why is the paint peeling off the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool? An investigation
Poor preparation and a failure to properly apply the coating may be just a few of the reasons why the Reflecting Pool’s new paint job appears to be peeling off
NASA needs volunteers to spend a year locked in a Mars simulation
The space agency has put out a call for its Moon & Mars Exploration Analog, which recreates the challenges of a long-duration space mission
Did two physicists just upend decades of cosmology research?
A new study claims that the universe isn’t entirely the same no matter where you look—a radical proposal
How to spot an AI-generated face, according to science
Training people to pay attention to the right visual cues nearly doubled how accurately they could spot AI-generated faces
AI’s Victories in Go Inspire Better Human Game Playing
Famed AI wins in Go let human players rethink their moves in a whole new way
