The Sciences

Repressive measures by India’s government are sparking a backlash in the nation’s scientific community

Instruments deployed on missions to the lunar far side might give us an unprecedented view of the early universe

Research on risk perception can help us understand the Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol

Depictions of pigs found in Indonesia date back at least 45,500 years

Life’s great radiations do not always line up with mass extinctions, a new study shows

The company is targeting Sunday, January 17 for sending its LauncherOne rocket to space from the belly of a 747 jet

The extinct giant canids were a remarkable example of convergent evolution

Embracing divergent perspectives at the same time is a key to understanding reality

A radio blip, seemingly from Proxima Centauri, where an Earth-size planet world orbits in the habitable zone, is tantalizing—but it’s probably not a signal from aliens

The reptiles scale trees with a technique never before observed in any snake

The prospect of death by giant hornet has pushed some Asian honeybees to resort to a poop-based defense system

Experts in probability have spotted a logical flaw in theorists’ reasoning