More than 3 million years ago, when our ancient ancestors embodied by the iconic Lucy were roaming the African landscape, they would have feared a big, bad crocodile with a prominent lump on its head, patiently lurking in rivers and lakes to attack them. Acco…

In recognition of his work, Matteo Paz won the prestigious Regeneron Science Talent Search, which includes a $250,000 prize that he's putting toward college.

Tiny earthquakes beneath Germany’s Lake Laach volcano reveal a deeper slanted reservoir that may still be building pressure underground.

For more than a century, scientists have been trying to figure out how a falling cat lands on its feet with such astonishing regularity.

Astronomers have caught what may be a rare cosmic catastrophe unfolding 11,000 light-years away. A seemingly ordinary sun-like star suddenly began flickering wildly, puzzling scientists until they realized the strange dimming was caused by vast clouds of hot …

Researchers identify PV neurons in the prefrontal cortex as the gatekeepers of drug addiction relapse, offering a new target for precision treatment.

NASA’s approach to managing the development of crewed lunar landers for Artemis has successfully controlled costs but not schedule.

Analysis of the asexually reproducing Amazon molly Poecilia formosa and its sexually reproducing progenitors Poecilia mexicana and Poecilia latipinna reveals that it maintains a divergent mutational landscape and has evaded functional mutational decay via gen…

Reflect Orbital's proposal has sparked significant disapproval among some scientists, who fear disruptions for all living things.

New research reveals that bed bugs strongly avoid water and moisture. People often dread bed bugs, and for good reason. Once these blood-feeding insects establish themselves inside a home, they can be extremely difficult to eliminate. However, new research ha…

A pangenome reference for the phenotypically diverse crop sorghum aims to help accelerate future efforts to breed crops that are better adapted to changing environments.

The MOTHRA telescope will use over a thousand lenses and narrowband filters to detect faint hydrogen gas linking galaxies.

A new study revisits a century-old question about how turbulence starts. The findings could potentially influence not only aircraft engineering but even the design of mechanical heart valves, and treatment of heart disease. The study is published in Scientifi…

"This is convincing proof that not all neutron star–black hole pairs share the same origin."

Researchers uncover how Mars affects Earth’s orbit, offering new insight into the planetary forces behind ice ages.

Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have created a chip-scale device that can dynamically control the "handedness" of light as it passes through—also known as its optical chirality—with a simple twist o…

For decades, scientists suspected the Sahara wasn’t always as dry as it is today. Now, evidence preserved deep underground inside an ancient cave is finally providing answers.

Once again, we are reminded to cherish Earth’s liquid water – there may be no alternatives.

Far above Earth’s storms, astronauts spotted a brief flash of light that appeared where lightning is not supposed to exist.

We've lost the ability to hold our booze, among other things.

Sunday night, around 7:00 PM local time, a bright fireball streaked across the western German sky, exploded, and rained chunks of space rock down on the region around Koblenz. One of the largest kn…

New research that decoded the evolution of mosquitoes’ feeding habits from DNA could shed light on the murky timeline of prehistoric human ancestors.