The surface of Venus is a hellscape with temperatures hot enough to melt lead, but some regions of its atmosphere high over the surface remain cool enough to harbor ice and birth ghostly clouds. | Continue reading
A professor of developmental psychology explains why our ability to multitask changes as we age. | Continue reading
A study uncovers the likely reasons why a rare genetic quirk is tied to protection against Parkinson's disease. | Continue reading
A tusk scooped up my miners in North Dakota turned out to be one of the most complete skeletons of a mammoth ever discovered in the state. | Continue reading
One of the best fitness trackers around is less than $70. | Continue reading
Just six hours into its maiden flight, Astrobotic Technology's Peregrine moon lander has experienced a technical fault that could doom the mission. | Continue reading
The new tissue-derived minibrains may complement existing models made from stem cells, the researchers behind the new study say. | Continue reading
Astrobotic Technology's Peregrine moon lander has successfully launched into space on a brand-new rocket and will attempt to touch down on the lunar surface in February. But the lander's payload includes human remains, which leaders of the Navajo Nation claim is "tantamount to de … | Continue reading
United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur rocket lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station early Monday morning (Jan. 8). | Continue reading
Bird flu could be another blow for polar bear populations that are already at risk from climate change. | Continue reading
ULA's new rocket now has one flight under its belt. | Continue reading
Fossils from Australia provide the first direct evidence that photosynthesis was happening at least 1.75 billion years ago. | Continue reading
Here's what you need to know about procrastination if your New Year's resolution is to stop dragging your feet. | Continue reading
"Hercules" the funnel-web spider is the largest male of the species ever found. | Continue reading
Scientists overcame a limitation in graphene to harness the material as a working semiconductor at terahertz frequencies with 10 times the mobility of silicon. | Continue reading
And for medical purposes, how stinky is too stinky? | Continue reading
Jan. 7, 2024: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend. | Continue reading
In our favorite space image of the week, NASA's Juno spacecraft got an unprecedented look at Jupiter's volcanic moon Io from just 930 miles away. | Continue reading
What you think is cat vomit may actually be something else, like a fur ball or regurgitation. | Continue reading
Why are whales so big? Why are giraffe's necks so long? Here are the origins of 10 iconic features in the animal kingdom. | Continue reading
The moon's halo is always 22 degrees wide in the night sky when it appears. So what causes it? | Continue reading
Following two recent outbreaks, health officials have issued new guidance around how to screen donated tissues for tuberculosis. | Continue reading
Scientists have proposed a new technique to help researchers identify oceans on exoplanets — a key step to finding life outside our planet. | Continue reading
Africans discovered dinosaur fossils long before the term 'paleontology' existed | Continue reading
In a new clinical trial, short bursts of brain stimulation briefly made patients with chronic pain more susceptible to hypnosis. | Continue reading
"Continuous unmitigated subsidence on the U.S. East Coast should cause concern." | Continue reading
We have just entered a leap year, meaning we will get an extra day this year. But why do we need these extended years and how did they come about? | Continue reading
A new treatment of images collected by Voyager 2 in the late 1980s using data from the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed the actual colors of the solar system's distant ice giants, Neptune and Uranus. | Continue reading
This laptop is perfect for students, and reduced by almost 50%. | Continue reading
Archaeologists found the remains of two adolescents and one baby in the chamber of a cave, but it's not yet clear how they died. | Continue reading
A remotely operated submersible was deep in a never-before-studied part of the ocean when it extracted the megalodon tooth. | Continue reading
Enormous for its time period, this newly discovered marine worm likely ruled the seas at the top of the food chain. | Continue reading
Archaeologists in the Czech Republic thought they'd found a unique object, but they have since learned of at least three more. | Continue reading
This versatile tablet-laptop hybrid is heavily discounted and now ideal for students. | Continue reading
Heart valves transplanted as part of the first partial-heart transplant in a human are now growing along with the infant who received them. | Continue reading
Scientists finally resolved a mystery you may not have known needed solving — we now know why urine is yellow. | Continue reading
Scientists have filmed one of the only squids known to brood their eggs — the black-eyed squid — swimming with thousands of unhatched offspring suspended from hooks on its arms. | Continue reading
An ancient Egyptian mummy with a fetus tucked between its legs and another lodged inside the chest cavity — the first known of its kind — shows the mother died while giving birth to twins. | Continue reading
This excellent pair of running headphones can be snapped up for under $150 at Best Buy. | Continue reading
New observations of the Small Magellanic Cloud show that it might actually be two galaxies disguised as one. | Continue reading
The huge chalk carving in the English countryside was likely a meeting place for local forces rallying against the Vikings. | Continue reading
Ambitious new missions to the moon, Venus, Jupiter and more are planned for 2024. Here is a preview of the exciting year in space ahead. | Continue reading
On April 8, 2024, more than 31 million people in North America will witness a total solar eclipse, around a third of them in just 10 cities. | Continue reading
When doctors peered into a man's abdomen during routine surgery, they didn't expect to find five living worms in there. | Continue reading
A new study of long-debated dinosaur fossils has found growth patterns inconsistent with those of T. rex, suggesting the bones belong to a distinct species, but other experts aren't convinced. | Continue reading
When the brain's supply of oxygen is reduced or eliminated, damage can set in very quickly. | Continue reading
Two rocket boosters used in a Chinese satellite launch on Dec. 25 fell back to Earth and exploded near inhabited areas, chilling videos show. | Continue reading
The ornaments contain the earliest known depiction of a Göktürk "khagan," who probably lived in the sixth century. | Continue reading