Category: Science

Normally, siblings resemble each other. So why does a litter of kittens often come in a variety of colors?

In an essay in The New Yorker, Tatiana Schlossberg says she has acute myeloid leukemia. She also criticized her relative, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Image

Hakeem Oluseyi, host of NOVA and GBH’s podcast Particles of Thought, breaks down how his show tackles some of science’s biggest and strangest questions.

Whether Neanderthals had religious beliefs is a subject of ongoing debate.

NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Frank Rubio is pictured inside the cupola, the International Space Station’s “window to the world,” as the orbiting

Circling vultures aren’t waiting for you to die, and seeing them should be a welcome sight because of the benefits they bring, experts say.

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover recently came across an odd rock, dubbed “Phippsaksla,” that is unlike anything else the robot has found on the Red Planet.

NASA’s SOFIA observatory captured a rare image of a glowing gas ring in Cygnus X — a vast star-forming region 4,500 light-years away.

Washington State Department of Agriculture entomologist Chris Looney displays a dead Asian giant hornet, a sample sent from Japan and brought in for research last

Nov. 22, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over

After the Trump administration threatened countries with tariffs and visa restrictions, a first-ever global carbon tax is left to an uncertain future.

Dozens of countries had called for a clear “roadmap” to transition away from the use of coal, oil and gas. The U.S. did not participate