Stories by Jackie Flynn Mogensen

Whether it’s a canary’s chirp or a treefrog’s croak, humans tend to prefer many of the same sounds that animals do themselves, a new study finds

Retatrutide is among a new class of weight-loss drugs that are being tested for effectiveness

The role of the thymus in our long-term immunity and health is poorly understood. Two new studies suggest we need to pay attention

Eyewitness accounts and videos taken from across the Midwest reveal the streak of a large fireball across the daytime sky

A 37-year study in the Chesapeake Bay revealed that a major predator of young blue crabs might be their own kind

Revolution Wind and Vineyard Wind are two of several wind farm projects that have come under fire from the Trump administration in recent months

Snakes are key members of their ecosystems. Here’s what would happen if they suddenly vanished just like in the Oscar-nominated film Zootopia 2

The human body is not built for life in space, and a new study helps reveal how

Dolphins washing up on the shores of Patagonia may have been fleeing orcas in the area

This interstellar visitor is “bursting with methanol,” according to one scientist

A communication pathway between the brain and the gut may be integral to how well the brain holds on to memories

Over nine hours, Kīlauea released 16 million cubic yards of lava and sent a cloud of ash beyond 30,000 feet

From cognitive overload to pretty privilege, the science behind The Traitors shows what really makes lies believable

Scientists just discovered a new species of magic mushroom, Psilocybe ochraceocentrata, that appears to have shared a common ancestor with the popular Psilocybe cubensis some 1.5 million years ago

Van Allen Probe A, which studied how our planet has been protected from harmful space radiation, could fall to Earth tonight. Here’s what to know

The discovery adds to the Archimedes Palimpsest, an important medieval manuscript containing texts from the Greek mathematician Archimedes

A new study shows that taking a daily multivitamin could boost longevity, but the results aren’t conclusive

Consciousness and animal communications experts weigh in on whether the mind-melding science in Hoppers could ever be possible

You might have a love-hate relationship with daylight saving time, but research shows that urban wildlife may stand to benefit

Smashing a spacecraft into a binary asteroid system has managed to alter its path around the sun, a new analysis reveals

This year’s Death Valley flower bloom is the greatest since 2016, according to the U.S. National Park Service. See it for yourself

The space-based telescopes Hubble and Euclid combined forces to capture the vibrant remains of a dying star in stunning new detail

Don’t worry if you missed Tuesday’s total lunar eclipse. These images show the celestial marvel from around the world

Weather events like El Niño can be notoriously hard to predict, but this year could mark its return