Category: Science

Creatine supplements have long become increasingly popular as social media influencers tout their benefits. What does the evidence say?

After 20 years of service, an NPR reporter’s beloved minivan is on the fritz. But what is its best and highest calling now: Pass it

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a planet-forming disk that almost entirely lacks water, challenging prevailing theories.

Archaeologists determined that the bear had an infected injury and had been held captive for a significant amount of time.

A new study shows that the brain activity behind decision-making is far more widespread across the organ than first thought.

Researchers found that fruit fly sperm push against one another and align in orderly bundles, preventing knots that could block reproduction.

Sea ice is frozen seawater that floats in the ocean. This photo, taken from NASA’s Gulfstream V Research Aircraft on July 21, 2022, shows Arctic sea

As we listen to a piece of music, our ears perform a calculation. The high-pitched flutter of the flute, the middle tones of the violin

In a new paper, researchers describe a bizarre dinosaur with thorny spines along its neck and back that made its home in Africa more than

European artisans turned a Tang Dynasty tomb guardian sculpture into a symbol of medieval Venetian statehood, researchers say.

A new study of the trace amounts of lead in Venice’s famous winged lion statue suggests that its metal originated in China — and Marco

A woman went to the hospital for severe joint pain in her knees, and an X-ray showed hundreds of strands of gold thread.

Near-infrared images from the James Webb Space Telescope revealed five early universe galaxies merging within a large halo.

The full moon on Sept. 7, 2025 will be a “blood moon” total lunar eclipse. Here’s who will see the longest total lunar eclipse since