Endangered SpeciesJune 17, 2022
Secret Polar Bear Population Is Found Living in a Seemingly Impossible Habitat
The discovery provides a glimmer of hope for the iconic white bears
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Quantum PhysicsJune 15, 2022
Physicists Link Two Time Crystals in Seemingly Impossible Experiment
A new demonstration of these exotic constructs could help bridge classical and quantum physics
DefenseMarch 22, 2022
How Many Nuclear Weapons Exist, and Who Has Them?
Nuclear states admit to owning about 13,000 warheads, but the real number could be higher
AnimalsMarch 11, 2022
Packs of Hunting Spiders Are Guided by Web Vibrations
The movements help the arachnids synchronize their attacks
ArchaeologyMarch 9, 2022
Legendary Shipwreck of Shackleton’s Endurance Discovered in Antarctic Waters
The discovery of the wreck is “a milestone in polar history,” says the director of the search for it
EcologyMarch 7, 2022
Millions of Palm-Sized Flying Spiders Could Invade the East Coast
A huge invasive spider from East Asia that swarmed Georgia could soon take over most of the U.S. East Coast, a new study has revealed
DinosaursFebruary 23, 2022
‘Frozen in Place’ Fossils Reveal Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Struck in Spring
Clues to the season of impact lingered in delicate fish fossils
Health CareJanuary 11, 2022
Surgeons Transplant Pig’s Heart into Dying Human Patient in a First
It was a last-ditch effort to save a Maryland man’s life
AstrophysicsJanuary 5, 2022
Astronomers Report a Monstrous Eruption from a Supermagnetic Star
In a fraction of a second, the outburst released as much energy as our sun produces in 100,000 years
AnimalsDecember 17, 2021
Newfound Millipede Breaks World Record for the Most Legs
It’s a millipede, literally
GeologyNovember 3, 2021
Thousands of Tiny ‘Ice Needles’ May Explain Mysterious Stone Patterns on Earth ... and Mars
These stunning patterns have an unlikely designer
Planetary ScienceOctober 15, 2021
Meteorite Crashes into Woman’s Bed in Canada
The woman awoke to find the space rock laying next to her head
DinosaursSeptember 23, 2021
Some Dinosaurs May Have Wagged Their Tail to Help Them Run
This may be for the same reason humans swing their arms when walking and running
PaleontologySeptember 21, 2021
Kids’ Fossilized Handprints May Be Some of the World’s Oldest Art
Ice age impressions in limestone show that human ancestors inhabited the area
Space ExplorationSeptember 2, 2021
China Wants to Build a Mega Spaceship That’s Nearly a Mile Long
A proposal plans to study how to build a giant spacecraft
AnimalsSeptember 2, 2021
Why Tiny Tardigrades Walk like Insects 500,000 Times Their Size
Animals this small and squishy usually don’t have legs
Natural DisastersMay 24, 2021
Congo’s Mount Nyiragongo Volcano Erupts, Sending Thousands Fleeing
The peak is one of the world’s most active volcanoes, last erupting in 2002
EarthMay 20, 2021
World’s Largest Iceberg Breaks Off of Antarctica
The chunk of ice is larger than the state of Rhode Island
The SciencesMay 7, 2021
Physicists Edge Closer to Taming the Three-Body Problem
A new model cuts through the chaos to reach the best-yet predictions of complex gravitational interactions
Black HolesMarch 24, 2021
Magnetic Field around a Black Hole Mapped for the First Time
Images from the Event Horizon Telescope reveal new details of how supermassive black holes produce huge jets of matter and energy
The SciencesMarch 17, 2021
Why Does DNA Spontaneously Mutate? Quantum Physics Might Explain
A phenomenon called proton tunneling could account for point mutations in strands of genetic material
BiologyMarch 9, 2021
This Sea Slug Can Chop Off Its Head and Grow an Entire New Body—Twice
It is one of the “most extreme” examples of regeneration ever seen
Natural DisastersDecember 21, 2020
Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Erupts with Dramatic Lava Fountains
This is some of the most dramatic activity since the floor of one of the volcano’s craters collapsed in 2018
Space & PhysicsAugust 19, 2020
Mystery of Interstellar Visitor ‘Oumuamua Gets Trickier
Aliens? Or a chunk of solid hydrogen? Which idea makes less sense?