"In the wrong circumstances, a spacecraft is a platform full of hungry people surrounded by temptation. Is it wrong to waste such a neatly packaged meal?" | Continue reading
Coastal wolves in Alaska have learned to kill marine mammals, and have developed a "unique" lone hunting strategy to take down prey, scientists have said. | Continue reading
An ancient Egyptian woman had an ovarian tumor with teeth and was buried with a possible healing object. | Continue reading
Redheads are said to experience pain differently than other people and require higher doses of pain medications, depending on the drug used. Why? | Continue reading
Lettuce, cherry tomatoes and more are sprouting in space aboard China's Tiangong space station. | Continue reading
The interaction was captured using a specialized piece of kit called a transmission electron microscope. | Continue reading
For the fourth time in two years, a group of unusually brazen orcas in southwestern Europe have sunk a sailing boat after relentlessly attacking it for almost an hour on Halloween. | Continue reading
The Take Form is one of our top-rated yoga mats, with a grippy surface, 3D texturing for alignment, and a 5mm thickness to support your practice | Continue reading
Plants draw on a suite of pigments to produce energy from sunlight, and in the fall, some become more obvious than others. | Continue reading
It's possible that wind erosion made a rock feature in ancient Egypt look something like a sphinx, and then the Egyptians further refined it into the iconic monument. | Continue reading
Nov. 5, 2023: 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
DNA analysis is changing the science of facial reconstructions and making them more lifelike than ever before. | Continue reading
Forensic artist Oscar Nilsson explains how he created a facial approximation of an Incan "Ice Maiden" 500 years after she died. | Continue reading
Radio astronomers in California imaged the sun's scorching hot corona for the first time ever during a partial solar eclipse on Oct. 14. | Continue reading
The Leica Noctivid 10x42 binoculars are the best Leica binoculars we've tested and their stylish design coupled with optical prowess makes them an impressive buy. | Continue reading
The number of washboard abs you can show is determined by your DNA, according to research. | Continue reading
DNA from a supposed Abominable Snowman actually came from a horse, but that doesn't mean stories of the Yeti passed on by local people aren't important. | Continue reading
Researchers are only beginning to understand the cryptic lives of the earless monitor lizards of Borneo. | Continue reading
Astonishing footage from Planet Earth III, which premieres Nov. 4 on BBC America and AMC+, shows a herd of seals fending off an attack by the world's most notorious predator off the southern coast of Africa. | Continue reading
Scientists found a potential cause of a mysterious die-off of African savanna elephants in 2020 after they discovered deadly bacteria lurking in six corpses. | Continue reading
These premium binoculars might be small, but they’re a true testament to Nikon’s commitment to producing high-quality equipment for outdoor enthusiasts. | Continue reading
Only the sheep's skeletons remain, but such vehicles appear in Chinese lore. | Continue reading
The massive hall was built roughly 3,000 years ago and would have been used by royalty. | Continue reading
The sky's blueness isn't from reflecting the water. Instead, its color has to do with scattered light. | Continue reading
NASA's Lucy spacecraft has found a hidden asteroid "moon" swirling around the larger main belt asteroid Dinkinesh, affectionately known as Dinky. | Continue reading
A megapod of dolphins with thousands of individuals has been captured on video hunting flying fish off the coast of Costa Rica. | Continue reading
Time can seem to slow down in near-death situations, and speed up as we age. Exactly how does our brain process time? | Continue reading
New guidelines from the American Cancer Society suggest millions more people should get yearly lung cancer screenings than were previously recommended to. | Continue reading
A study found that many common antibiotics were less than 50% effective at treating serious bacterial infections in children and newborn babies in the Asia-Pacific. | Continue reading
Winning images from The Nature Conservancy's 2023 Global Photo Contest include a wolf spider in a Maryland park with a hat made of her own babies. | Continue reading
The sample from the asteroid Bennu, collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission, was unveiled at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., on Friday. | Continue reading
With five more protons than should be stable, the newly discovered nitrogen-9 isotope sits right on the borderline of physical possibility. | Continue reading
B&H Photo has a huge price drop for anyone looking for a MacBook. | Continue reading
Research on whether animals can recognize themselves in the mirror began in 1970 1 and just a handful of species have since passed the test ever since. | Continue reading
A new facial approximation brings to life an Incan girl who was killed 500 years ago as part of a sacrificial ritual. | Continue reading
This beginner-friendly weight is a great way to start working out at home, and you can buy two for less the price of one before the deal ends. | Continue reading
The modest Northern Taurid and Southern Taurid meteor showers peak on separate days over the next week. Here's how to get the most out of the annual display of shooting stars and fireballs. | Continue reading
Kiladze Caldera, formerly called Kiladze crater, may be a supervolcano that erupted fairly recently, spewing ice across the surface of Pluto. | Continue reading
A powerful explosion from the sun briefly opened up an enormous valley on the solar surface that was more than twice as wide as the contiguous U.S. and seven times longer than Earth. | Continue reading
Rats immersed in a VR world played games that could be won only by using imaginative route planning, scientists report. | Continue reading
A new study suggests that a person's epigenetic "clock" may be a better predictor of how much their memory function has declined over time than their actual age. | Continue reading
A new analysis of a mass grave from Neolithic Spain reveals that the site wasn't a burial ground from a massacre, but of fallen warriors. | Continue reading
Black Friday has come early, and this Amazon deal is music to our ears. | Continue reading
Work and play in style with this HP Victus laptop. | Continue reading
The recently discovered temple in Mexico's Yucatán peninsula dates between A.D. 1000 and 1200. | Continue reading
The symptoms of a metal allergy can vary in severity, but why do they happen? | Continue reading
Ganymede, one of the largest moons in the solar system, possesses a salty subsurface ocean that may contain organic compounds, new research finds. | Continue reading
The skeleton of a middle-aged man who died between 1450 and 1620 was found with a prosthetic hand still attached to his left arm, which replaced four fingers he likely lost through amputation. | Continue reading