Category: Science

Expect a modest-but-convenient display of “shooting stars” after sunset, with a chance of bright “fireballs,” as the Draconids peak this week.

GLP-1 injections use needles and require refrigeration. Pills that work in a similar way could be a cheaper, simpler solution.

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS does not come from our corner of the Milky Way, and may be a time capsule of the early galaxy, new

A study provides insight into the demise of two prehistoric individuals of the now-extinct human species Homo habilis.

Bearded vultures in medieval Spain stole various things from humans to feather their nests.

California’s San Francisco Bay Area surrounded by the cities of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, and their suburbs, is pictured from the International Space

Scientists have captured images of polymyxins, a type of antibiotic, disrupting and infiltrating the membranes of disease-causing bacteria.

Known as the mother of Colombian corals, at 70, marine biologist Elvira Alvarado is still diving — and pioneering “coral IVF” to help save endangered

Viking 1 was launched by a Titan-Centaur rocket from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 5:22 p.m. EDT on Aug. 20, 1975

On the night of Oct. 5, 1923, Edwin Hubble observed a strange star that flickered in intensity at regular intervals. The star, dubbed M31-V1, was

The James Webb Space Telescope’s latest image shows eight spectacular examples of gravitational lensing, a phenomenon that Albert Einstein first predicted some 100 years ago.

Why do avocados turn brown in a flash? The answer is in the air.

A giant ‘wave’ is rippling through the Milky Way, pushing thousands of stars across the galaxy, and scientists don’t know what triggered it.

A woman bruising her leg with a massage gun set off a medical odyssey that revealed scurvy, a disease seen fairly rarely in modern America.