The Sciences

Strange radio transmissions appear to be coming from our nearest star system. Now scientists are trying to work out what is sending them

Common swifts zoom around at almost 70 miles per hour and may sleep while in flight

Open science would eliminate article paywalls, data hoarding and siloed lab work

A survey of six million videos from 144 countries suggests facial expressions are nearly universal

Four ways the new administration can elevate evidence and build up the science ranks

New research tracked the canines in northern Minnesota for years to see just how they reshape their ecosystems.

Audio of wolves inside Voyageurs National Park, courtesy of Jacob Job. 

The giant planets will appear spectacularly close together in Earth’s sky during the solstice on December 21

A study of adults learning a new language found that speaking primarily activated regions in the left side of the brain, but reading and listening comprehension were much more variable

More than half of these studies yielded outcomes favorable to company products, compared with less than 10 percent lacking such support

Living things depend on water, but it breaks down DNA and other key molecules. So how did the earliest cells deal with the water paradox?

Three times more precise than the previous record-holding determination, the result closely agrees with theoretical predictions but could still reveal pathways to new physics

Scientists hope the dark grains from asteroid Ryugu will improve their understanding of the solar system’s formation