Category: Science

An abandoned part of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is projected to crash into the moon at 2:35 a.m. EDT on Aug. 5 — and

An emperor penguin colony in Antarctica saw a massive decline in chicks in 2025. The contours of a nearby grounded iceberg may have been the

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

QUICK FACTS Name: Rock crystal scraper What it is: A stone tool made from microcrystalline quartz Where it is from: Dordogne, southwestern France When it

Relatively low tidal waters expose sandflats and mudflats in the Bijagós Archipelago of Guinea-Bissau in this image acquired on November 28, 2025, with the OLI

On May 20, 2026, OpenAI made an announcement that shook the mathematical world. An internal AI model — one not available to the public —

A compound made only by breeding queens keeps naked mole-rat colonies infertile and free of conflict.

Female pied flycatchers can tell whether a male is paired or not based on song differences. Mated males sing shorter songs and repeat syllables less.

Editor’s note: This is a developing story and may be updated. Michigan has reported two deaths in its ongoing Cyclospora outbreak, a wave of parasitic

At the end of a glacier deep in East Antarctica’s Taylor Valley, there is a haunting waterfall that oozes red brine like a bleeding wound

A poop transplant — otherwise known as a fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) — may help adults with long-term insomnia sleep better, a small study suggests.

Ancient slingstones found in northeastern Spain may be evidence of a local uprising against Roman rule in the first century B.C. Archaeologists think the lead

Aspen trees could provide a natural buffer against wildfires, as new research shows that areas of forest where these trees dominate burn less intensely than

When the famous Chicxulub asteroid struck what is now Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula 66 million years ago, it ended the reign of the nonavian dinosaurs. As