’Tis the season for hordes of blue jellyfishlike creatures to wash up on California beaches | Continue reading
Carpets of gold, burrowing toads and fairy shrimp all depend on vernal pools—habitats that, most of the time, do not exist. | Continue reading
An increase in activity in dying brains might be associated with last-minute conscious experiences, but scientists don't know for sure | Continue reading
Many bird species are producing fewer offspring as global temperatures rise, and larger migratory species are particularly affected | Continue reading
Chloroplasts’ choreography keeps plant cells powered | Continue reading
New results from a U.A.E. orbiter suggest Mars’s moons may be pieces of the planet. A Japanese mission will tell us for sure | Continue reading
Decades of data support the use and safety of puberty-pausing medications, which give transgender adolescents and their families time to weigh important medical decisions | Continue reading
Melting sea ice is opening new pathways through the Arctic such as the famed Northwest Passage. But it is also reducing visibility and potentially causing delays | Continue reading
New technology gleans the gist of stories a person hears while laying in a brain scanner | Continue reading
King Tut’s bountiful tomb; music from fire | Continue reading
Bacteria with artificial hydrogel skeletons could be used as tiny robots | Continue reading
Vernal pools are home to spectacular residents such as fairy shrimp, but these unusual natural wonders are under threat. | Continue reading
Deepest Fish Discovered More Than 5 Miles below the Sea Surface. | Continue reading
Scientists document a groundbreaking flight to deliver a lung for transplant | Continue reading
The Archimedes experiment will weigh the void of empty space to help solve a big cosmic puzzle | Continue reading
Our galaxy’s enormous scaffolding is shaped by complex magnetic fields | Continue reading
Bioengineers are drawing on rapidly evolving machine learning tools, deep reservoirs of data, and the firepower of a program called AlphaFold2 to pursue more sophisticated de novo protein designs | Continue reading
Communities in certain spots around the world, such as Afghanistan, Papua New Guinea and Central America, are likely to experience record-breaking heat events but may not be prepared | Continue reading
NASA is again sending people to the moon; the agency must revamp its safety reporting procedures to protect everyone involved | Continue reading
Here’s what’s next after the U.S. National Ignition Facility’s breakthrough on nuclear fusion last year | Continue reading
An unusual semiconductor is making physicists rethink the science of extreme conditions | Continue reading
Information theory can help people mathematically calculate the best starting guess for the popular online game | Continue reading
Information theory can help people mathematically calculate the best starting guess for a popular online game | Continue reading
The Comstock Act is part of a federal case over access to abortion pills. A historical science-fiction writer weighs in on the legacy of 19th-century prudishness | Continue reading
The genome of the 1920s Siberian husky Balto suggests that greater genetic diversity and less inbreeding contribute to better health | Continue reading
These elements, dubbed “UNICORNs,” sit close to genes that affect smell, sleep and ways that people and other mammals interact with their surroundings | Continue reading
California blackworms make a contribution to the math and physics of knot tying by demoing twisting motions that help them escape a tangled worm ball | Continue reading
A mutant human influenza found in two dogs shows the importance of viral surveillance in companion animals | Continue reading
A new bill in California proposes making electric vehicles a backup power source for the electric grid—an idea that has promise but has to overcome several technological hurdles, experts say | Continue reading
The prevalence of autism and other developmental disorders is rising. Changing who teaches early-career pediatricians about these issues will negatively affect children’s health | Continue reading
New research attempts to discern how bizarre particles of strange matter form in the nuclei of atoms | Continue reading
A severe drought that has led to near-famine conditions in the Horn of Africa would not have happened without the influence of climate change, a new analysis finds | Continue reading
Very high HDL cholesterol levels almost double your risk of heart problems. | Continue reading
A federal ruling on ACA is threatening lifesaving medical services, and prioritizing anti-LGBTQ+ bias over scientific evidence | Continue reading
The laws of physics allow time travel. So why haven’t people become chronological hoppers? | Continue reading
Afghanistan’s rare and majestic woodlands can’t shake the echoes of war, desperation and poverty | Continue reading
The Goldman Environmental Prize has announced its 2023 awards. Three winners speak about their efforts to protect wilderness and fight polluters | Continue reading
With an apparent crash, the HAKUTO-R mission from the private space exploration company ispace has joined a long list of failed moon landers | Continue reading
The first timekeeping devices were probably natural materials lost to the ages, but the ancient Egyptians were the first to leave records of their timekeeping methods | Continue reading
The gas giant planet’s youthful glow could explain major differences between its four largest satellites | Continue reading
Humans are building meaningful relationships with AI chatbots. What will the consequences be? | Continue reading
Influenza D is only known to sicken cattle and pigs, but it “has everything it needs” to jump into people | Continue reading
Imaginary numbers—the square roots of negative numbers—are an inescapable part of quantum theory, a study shows | Continue reading
We only have a few clues about where the sun was born. Some new ones point to a crowded origin story for our nearest star | Continue reading
A single whale can lock up as much carbon as 1,000 trees. By turning them into carbon credits, a new project hopes to save the climate and the whales | Continue reading
Virtual visits surged in the pandemic, and studies show they maintain high-quality medicine | Continue reading
For leopards to survive, we must learn to live with them | Continue reading
Through “bike buses,” more pedestrian-friendly streets and electric vehicles, some cities are making strides in decarbonizing transportation | Continue reading