Category: Science

Visigoth women may have worn eagle-shaped pins as a symbol of power.

The world’s oldest DNA comes from a 2.4 million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland. Will scientists eventually sequence even older DNA?

 The jumping spider pet market is booming, particularly with women. And for many, the journey to spider enthusiast began as an arachnophobe. (Image credit: Caitlin

Eleven International Space Station crew members gather inside the International Space Station’s Unity module for a portrait on Aug. 3, 2025.

In Mexico, September means chiles en nogada season. But one key ingredient, a candied barrel cactus called biznaga, is now illegal because it’s vanishing in

The National Hurricane Center said Tropical Storm Imelda could intensify as it approaches the East Coast. South Carolina’s governor declared a state of emergency. (Image

By using something called a quantum grid, scientists have found a clever way to simultaneously measure momentum and position without violating Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle.

Alexander Fleming was doing experiments with bacteria when he woke up to a strange mold growing in his petri dish. The “mold juice” would usher

Archaeologists have found an extraordinary cluster of Stone Age artifacts that may have been the personal gear of a single prehistoric individual.

An alligator moves through a brackish waterway at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The center shares space with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.

The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered dazzling newborn stars and thick cosmic dust in Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way’s most enormous star-forming cloud.

Does every fig you eat really have a dead wasp inside?

The National Hurricane Center said a tropical depression currently hovering over the Caribbean could intensify as it approaches the East Coast. South Carolina’s governor declared

Medicines help us recover from illness, but sometimes they taste gross. Why is that?