Category: Science

The brain preservation paradox — the discovery of well-preserved human brains among otherwise skeletal remains — has puzzled archaeologists and pathologists alike for decades. Now

Scientists have confirmed that a flowering plant native to the mountains in southwest China is carnivorous, supporting a prediction made by Charles Darwin more than

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