The Sciences

Aerial photography highlights the effect humankind is having on the earth

Chang’e-5 has just one lunar day to collect material from a previously unexplored region of the moon’s near side

They’re not exempt from participation in the food web

Horseflies misjudge landings on zebra patterns, compared with solid gray or black surfaces, which provides evidence for why evolution came up with the black-and-white pattern.

The new president has the opportunity to reverse four years of anti-science policies—but he has a hard road ahead as he inherits a nation divided

On vaccines, evolution, and more, rejection of science has followed a familiar pattern

You must rebuild public trust in the scientific impartiality of the EPA, the DOE and other agencies

A Nobel Prize is just the latest proof that a concept rejected by Einstein in 1939 has become one of the hottest topics in physics

After a special election in Arizona, the veteran spacefarer is set to become a senator

The fish always have another set ready to fill their jaws

Physicists insist that information never vanishes, not even in black holes, but this “law” reflects wishful thinking

Pluto pioneer Alan Stern and other researchers are on the cusp of flying to space alongside their experiments