Category: Science

Ecologists and a veterinarian looked at more than 400 studies to see how to stop cats from bringing home unwelcome pathogens.

Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses NASA’s rocky relationship with Mars exploration.

June 20, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over

While on a fishing trip, a man sustained an unusual injury from a marlin.

Here’s why it’s so hard to see when we enter a dark room.

The Moon and Venus, center, are seen in conjunction above the Washington Monument, Monday, May 18, 2026, as viewed from the Mary W. Jackson NASA

Researchers have captured first-of-its-kind footage of a wolf attack on European bison in the Bialowieza Primeval Forest. The recording shifts our understanding of predator-prey interactions

Traumatic experiences can cause memory problems, and estrogen may be a key factor that shapes the brain’s resilience against such stressors, a mouse study finds.

Our ancient four-legged ancestors didn’t have an amphibian-like life cycle when they began walking on land, according to a new study of rare fossils found

Genes inherited from the now-extinct Denisovans are actively playing a role in the immune system of some people from Oceania.

The discovery of two ancient holes at Stonehenge suggests people placed posts there to help observe the summer and winter solstices around 5,000 years ago.

The wave’s round trip to Earth’s core set off a fault slip along Japan’s plate boundaries, revealing a seismic hazard scientists hadn’t recognized.

Three species that lived about 308 million years ago challenge the idea that the first land vertebrates underwent amphibian-like metamorphosis.

This NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month shows the giant molecular cloud Orion A, an area of the sky replete with star-forming