Stories by Jackie Flynn Mogensen

New research links same-sex behaviors in nonhuman primates to the evolution of complex social structures

Four ISS crew members are set to touch down on Thursday after NASA announced the first medical evacuation in the space station’s history

A new study in macaques identifies a brain circuit that acts like a “brake” on motivation

The very, very long-lived Greenland sharks were long thought to be practically blind. But a new study finds that they not only can see but also maintain their vision into old age

The world’s ocean absorbed more heat in 2025 than in any other year on record

A new study reveals that some smart dogs can learn words just by overhearing humans’ conversations

A giant asteroid has sent astronomers into a spin, setting a record for how fast it rotates on its axis

This newly discovered Iron Age instrument may have been played in the Celtic resistance against the Roman Empire

Users will be able to upload their health data to ChatGPT in order to get what OpenAI has described as a more personalized experience

Scientists have uncovered genetic evidence that they say may be linked to the Renaissance master, but some experts are more skeptical

Water plays a crucial role in how tiny pieces of plastic enter our environment—and us

Almost one in 10 people who visited a doctor in the U.S. in the week ending on December 27 were there for flulike symptoms, according to new data

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reducing the recommended number of vaccines for children to those that protect against 11 diseases instead of the protections against 17 illnesses that it recommended previously

Scientists detected gas at least five times hotter than previous theories had predicted inside a galaxy cluster from the early universe

Scientists observed an active region on the sun for a record 94 days, marking a “milestone in solar physics”

Astronomers just measured the mass of a free-floating planet without a star for the first time

Space Forge plans to manufacture semiconductors from space—without the need for humans