Latest Science Stories
Two meteor showers and a bright Mercury to light up December’s sky
PTSD patients’ brains work differently when recalling traumatic experiences
Meet ‘anthrobots,’ tiny bio-machines built from human tracheal cells
Fiber optic cables can pick up cicadas’ droning din
A legendary Vangunu giant rat was finally caught on camera
Astronomers spot an extragalactic star with a disc around it for the first time
Female Taricha newts are more poisonous than males
Scientists want to use the sun’s gravity to communicate between stars
How AI could help scientists spot ‘ultra-emission’ methane plumes faster—from space
A critically endangered Sumatran rhino named Delilah welcomes first calf
This editor-approved telescope is on sale for Cyber Monday
African penguins may tell each other apart by the spots in their plumage
10 new species of trilobite fossil rise from volcanic ash
How to trap cosmic rays in a jar like it’s 1951
Over 6,000 sacrificed animal bones tell a story of Iron Age Spain
Even without brains, jellyfish learn from their mistakes
Why these sea worms detach their butts to reproduce
These tiny worms are no match for carnivorous fungi
Chaotic region shines bright with 500,000 stars in new JWST image
Elliptical galaxies may just be spiral galaxies with their arms lobbed off
Scientists are confounded by the sex lives of serontine bats
Another SpaceX Starship blew up
Why dogs usually can’t tell what you’re pointing at
NASA’s Psyche wins first deep space laser relay
Watch NASA’s supercomputer simulation of the Apollo 12 lunar landing
Wild bonobos show surprising signs of cooperation between groups
Surprise! These sea cucumbers glow
JWST spots two of the most distant galaxies astronomers have ever seen
This tool bag is floating in space
Elusive egg-laying mammal caught on camera for the first time
‘Christmas tree’ galaxy shines in new image from Hubble and JWST
These newfound beetles have male genitals shaped like a bottle opener
Beyond the mitochrondrion: How did our cells get their other complex parts?
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Viviane Callier / Knowable Magazine
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Nov 10, 2023
How do chatbots work?
Why scientists used these radio transmitters to create artificial auroras
Hummingbirds have two creative strategies for flying through tight spaces
Here’s what a billion years does to glass on the moon
What is Zepbound? Here’s how the newly FDA-approved weight loss drug works.
Watch NASA’s bizarre and bulbous Super Guppy cargo plane touch down in Alabama
Virus observed sucking on another virus’ ‘neck’ for the first time
The mystery of why some dinosaurs got so enormous
The Juno spacecraft spotted evidence of a salty ocean on Jupiter’s biggest moon
Megalodon’s warm-blooded relatives are still circling the oceans today
What head lice can tell us about human migration
In space, your body is like a soda can
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Kelly and Zach Weinersmith
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Nov 8, 2023
Scientists made a claw machine from a dead spider
How frozen baby corals and high-powered lasers could help dying reefs
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Brent M. Foster / Hakai Magazine
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Nov 8, 2023
Why the heck is Earth wet?
Euclid telescope spies shimmering stars and galaxies in its first look at the ‘dark’ universe
Farthest black hole ever recorded by astronomers is nearly as old as our universe
Divers recovered a treasure trove of more than 30,000 ancient, bronze coins off the Italian coast
Smithsonian unveils a very small sample of the 4.5-billion-year-old Bennu asteroid
Endangered sea turtles build hundreds of nests on the Outer Banks
NASA’s free streaming platform launches this week. Here’s what to watch.
North America was once home to some unusual wild monkeys
What mouse embryos can tell us about the future of pregnancies in space
These wearables might protect astronauts from space ‘death spirals’
First NASA images from Lucy’s flyby reveal that ‘Dinky’ is not alone
How physicists built the world’s smallest particle accelerator
Lab-made ‘super melanin’ speeds up healing and boosts sun protection
Rats may have imaginations
NASA spacecraft Lucy says hello to ‘Dinky’ asteroid on far-flying mission
The science behind mixing honey into cocktails
When a Jurassic giant died, predatory dinos probably feasted on the carcass