Category: Science

A wild widow spider behavior involving a backflip into death during sex has a simple genetic explanation, new research finds. Male redback spiders (Latrodectus hasselti)

The largest 2D map of the universe just dropped, and it’s a stunner. Compiled from more than a decade of observations, the new map charts

On Wednesday (Aug. 12), the new moon will swoop in front of the sun, casting its dark shadow across a stretch of Earth from Iceland

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope imaged the planetary nebula NGC 2392, the Lion Nebula, using the observatory’s NIRCam and MIRI instruments. The central star’s remains

What makes a greener wipe? Researchers have more to say about bamboo’s ecological risks, given limited carbon footprint data.

Scientists have identified the edge of galaxy IC 1101 and crowned it with the title of largest known galaxy.

‘A silent pandemic’: How Japan is curbing antibiotic resistance, $5 at a time This is the fifth and final story in a series about antibiotic

Sperm whales make the loudest communication sound of any animal on Earth, researchers find — but they aren’t sure why. In a new study, researchers

QUICK FACTS Where is it? Ol Doinyo Lengai, Tanzania [-2.7734503796, 35.91519798] What’s in the photo? The lava-stained slopes and ash cone of a highly active

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the first mRNA vaccine for seasonal influenza , bringing a bumpy approval process to a close.

A new brain-imaging study suggests that dogs may be able to distinguish between certain negative human emotions just by looking at people’s faces.

NASA astronaut and Expedition 75 commander Jessica Meir wears a set of virtual reality goggles, also called the Nevada Screening Vision System, for a test

A river has my heart. It’s not the austere, black Thames winding through London, where I was born, but a lazy green one 5,000 miles

Archaeologists excavating near the ancient town of Aspendos in Turkey have discovered the grave of a person who may have been a pro athlete over