The Sciences

Juvenile ravens performed just as well as chimps and orangutans in a battery of intelligence tests—except for assays of spatial skills. Christopher Intagliata reports.

“Multimessenger” SETI would broaden the quest to find celestial companions

One goal laid out in the new policy is the testing of a fission power system on the moon by the mid- to late 2020s

It’s absolutely necessary if we’re going to weather the inevitable crises we’ll continue to face

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