Category: Science

An array of animals and plants survive winter in the subnivium, nature’s igloo. But climate change is threatening this hidden seasonal ecosystem.

The robot can bend, grasp and carry in ways humans can’t, which could help it navigate spaces too confined for human arms.

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the blue dwarf galaxy Markarian 178 (Mrk 178) against a backdrop of distant galaxies in all shapes and

The Suunto Vertical 2 smartwatch proves to be a great alternative to the Garmin Fenix 8. Durable yet surprisingly stylish, it is very functional in

Archaeologists in Germany have discovered four Roman marching camps and around 1,500 artifacts, including coins and shoe nails, dating to the third century.

A 2020 satellite photo shows the immense power of 7-story waves crashing along the Portuguese coast. Later the same day, a surfer rode a 101-foot-tall

A budget fitness watch that prioritizes personalization for optimum ease of use.

The unique bronze-and-gold Nebra Sky Disc appears to represent what the night sky looked like more than three millennia ago.

The James Webb Space Telescope snapped its sharpest image of the area around a black hole, solving a long-standing galactic mystery.

Veronika the cow uses a brush as a tool to scratch herself, revealing rare problem-solving skills and expanding what we know of tool use in

As AI-generated images and videos become more common, Indigenous people are increasingly concerned about digital forms of cultural appropriation and blackface.

A pet cow in Austria started using a broom to scratch herself — the first ever documented case of bovine tool use.

A novel biochemical analysis of a Renaissance medical text has successfully recovered centuries-old proteins that might be from lizards and hippos.

NASA astronaut Don Pettit demonstrates electrostatic forces using charged water droplets and a knitting needle made of Teflon.