The search for alien life is one of humanity's greatest missions, but it may look nothing like anything we've seen on Earth. | Continue reading
A difficult-to-treat form of ringworm can spread via sex and has now been seen in the U.S. | Continue reading
The James Webb Space Telescope has found carbon in a galaxy just 350 million years after the Big Bang. That could mean life began much earlier too, a new study argues. | Continue reading
DNA from prehistoric and modern-day people suggests that humans interbred with Neanderthals 47,000 years ago for a period lasting 6,800 years. | Continue reading
A company that ships whole cucumbers from Florida has recalled potentially contaminated produce. | Continue reading
The Cascadia subduction zone is more complex than researchers previously knew. The new finding could help scientists better understand the risk from future earthquakes. | Continue reading
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, also known as the devil comet, recently made its closest approach to Earth for more than 70 years. During this close encounter, astrophotographers spotted a seemingly impossible "anti-tail" coming off the comet thanks to an extremely rare optical illusion. | Continue reading
A new public competition will allow a lucky astronomy enthusiast to name one of Earth's tiny "quasi-moons." Here's everything you need to know about how to enter the competition for free. | Continue reading
Crafted out of the trunk of a larch tree, this towering figure features several human faces. | Continue reading
Visitors at a tiger reserve in India recently filmed an encounter between a tigress and a bear, with the bear charging after the tigress but deciding at the last minute it was not worth the fight. | Continue reading
Zombie fires that burn underground over winter may be a case of climate change-driven spontaneous combustion, new research reveals. | Continue reading
A new study has identified more than 140 novel genetic risk factors associated with the development of restless legs syndrome. | Continue reading
Rare earth elements are necessary for modern technology, including green energy, but they only come from a few sources around the globe. New research has discovered them hiding in coal mines in the U.S. | Continue reading
Disruptions to a single network in the brain may be responsible for stuttering, new research suggests. | Continue reading
A person in Mexico caught the world's first laboratory-confirmed case of H5N2 bird flu in humans and died of the infection. | Continue reading
Ancient DNA of nearly 500 horses reveals that humans didn't domesticate them until 2200 B.C., 1,000 years later than we previously thought. | Continue reading
Two helium leaks appeared on the spacecraft en route to the International Space Station, in addition to a leak engineers knew about prior to launch. The crew are not thought to be in any danger. | Continue reading
The three-body problem is a physics conundrum that has boggled scientists since Isaac Newton's day. But what is it, why is it so hard to solve and is the sci-fi series of the same name really possible? | Continue reading
Researchers have engineered a silk fabric that can suppress noise by either generating sound waves that interfere with the noise or by blocking vibrations that are key to the transmission of sound. | Continue reading
Social media, city life and even our sweet tooth can affect stress levels, health and even how many children we have. | Continue reading
Astronomers using the Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona have taken a close-up picture of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io that rivals similar photos taken from space. | Continue reading
New research in marine mammals suggests the virus is increasingly adapting to mammalian hosts. | Continue reading
A metal detectorist found the sword, ax head and bangle after he became separated from his peers during a treasure hunt in England. | Continue reading
From dangerous lion reserves to high mountain peaks, photographers go all out to capture the most spectacular images of our galaxy in this year's Milky Way Photographer of the Year competition. | Continue reading
Thousands of years ago, a large swath of the Sahara may have been a green grassland ideal for raising cattle. | Continue reading
In a new book, Layal Liverpool discusses how addressing racial biases in medicine and upending ideas like the "inferior Black pelvis" will lead to a healthier world. | Continue reading
In a new book, science journalist Layal Liverpool sheds light on pervasive, racialized inequities in health care, including in reproductive care. | Continue reading
An unusual northern rātā tree that looks like it is striding across an empty field has been crowned New Zealand's Tree of the Year. The giant plant, which looks strikingly similar to an Ent from "The Lord of the Rings," is centuries old. | Continue reading
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft successfully carried two NASA astronauts to space today (June 5) in the final test of the spacecraft's capabilities. Starliner is bound for the International Space Station. | Continue reading
These binoculars pull double duty in day and night-time, and you can save $400. | Continue reading
Lightweight fighter aircraft with no pilots could support conventional military missions while being easier to launch and recover. | Continue reading
Archaeologists used cameras and drones to fully map 14 massive rock art sites scattered across Venezuela and Colombia. | Continue reading
Certain stretches of ancient viral DNA in the human genome may increase the chances of developing three neuropsychiatric disorders. | Continue reading
This infection, tied to an ongoing outbreak in cows, is the first in the U.S. to cause respiratory symptoms, but not the first H5N1 case in the world to do so. | Continue reading
China's Chang'e 6 spacecraft successfully touched down on the far side of the moon on Sunday (June 2). China has now landed two missions on the moon's mysterious far side. | Continue reading
Despite numerous tests, experts still can't figure out why smalltooth sawfish in Florida are dying in such a strange way — spinning, thrashing and beaching themselves. | Continue reading
Orcas off the coast of Iberia are spending less time hunting and more time exploring new games thanks to the recent recovery of their favorite prey, Atlantic bluefin tuna. | Continue reading
The early Celts may have inherited power through their mother's side, according to an ancient DNA analysis of lavish burials in Europe. | Continue reading
Some of the world's animals produce ear-splitting sounds — and some the loudest out there may come as a surprise. | Continue reading
Wolf 907F recently gave birth to her 10th litter of pups, which researchers say is likely a Yellowstone National Park record. | Continue reading
This 2018 astronaut photo shows the rust-colored waters of Madagascar's Betsiboka River winding through a complex series of mangrove islands. Both the river and islands have been altered in recent years by destructive human practices. | Continue reading
Potentially hazardous asteroids pose a risk to Mars missions, but they can also yield insight into the history of the Red Planet and the early solar system, new research suggests. | Continue reading
The James Webb Space Telescope peers into NGC 4449, a small galaxy showing explosive star formation that astronomers can't quite explain. | Continue reading
The ancient Egyptians buried their dead at Saqqara for thousands of years. Why was the necropolis so important to them? | Continue reading
Japan has lost contact with its Akatsuki probe, the only spacecraft currently in orbit around Venus. | Continue reading
The U.S. wreck is the grave site of the 79 crew who died when the sub was sunk in battle in 1944. | Continue reading
Volunteers on an environmental clean-up in Kazakhstan uncovered rock art dating to the Bronze or Iron ages, but archaeologists say they already knew about the site. | Continue reading
China's mysterious Shenlong space plane has released an unidentified object in orbit — the seventh such object released in the past six months. The U.S. Space Force is monitoring the situation. | Continue reading