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Scientists have discovered Stone Age “crayons” in Crimea, hinting that Neanderthals may have used them for symbolic drawings or markings. But not everyone agrees.
Whether we report having dreams in color or in black and white may be influenced by the media we watch, or perhaps that simply influences
A small piece of metal engineered in Australia helped sharpen the James Webb telescope’s vision from a million miles away.
Molds and bacteria can produce dangerous toxins — and they don’t taste very good, either.
Chimpanzees use a variation of the “scientific method” — discarding prior beliefs if convincing new evidence comes along to change their minds, research shows.
Westerlund 1 is the biggest and closest “super” star cluster to Earth. Data from Chandra and other telescopes are helping astronomers delve deeper into this
Among the myriad abilities that humans possess, which ones are uniquely human? Language has been a top candidate at least since Aristotle, who wrote that
A paleontologist was trying to locate the site of a famous 1908 discovery when a rancher in Wyoming shared an important clue. (Image credit: Tyler
A new study says several states are doing the right things to get students to show up to school regularly.
About 50 light-years from Earth, a gas giant about half the mass of Jupiter orbits a sunlike star. The discovery of Pegasi 51 b ushered
The U.S. government is divesting from mRNA vaccines, but will other uses of the technology be spared? In a time of uncertainty, scientists worry that
California-based startup Reflect Orbital aims to build a swarm of 4,000 giant mirrors in low Earth orbit to “sell sunlight” to customers at night. Experts
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has a thick irradiated crust that no longer resembles its home star system, simulations and James Webb Space Telescope observations have
Archaeologists excavating at a medieval cemetery in Denmark have found the burials of 77 people who were early Christians in the area but still likely
