Category: Science

Tests that measure biological aging are informative tools for studying large numbers of people but not for tracking individual health status.

A mathematician found the most efficient way to fold paper into a doughnutlike shape.

The debate could reopen in 2030 when NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft gets the closest view of the icy moon’s surface.

The head of the World Health Organization arrived in Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, to witness efforts against an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola virus.

A rocket belonging to Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin exploded during a test at the launch pad Thursday night, ahead of a satellite launch planned for

The closest the field has come to solving the planar unit distance problem, first proposed in the 1940s, was in 1984. Now, OpenAI claims an

Researchers have uncovered an unexpected phenomenon, dubbed the Zwan-Wolf effect, squeezing plasma “like toothpaste” in Mars’ upper atmosphere. This effect, which also happens on Earth

Fingal’s Cave is a hollow inside the Scottish island of Staffa that is characterized by massive, interlocking hexagonal columns of volcanic rock and astonishing acoustics.

A sea-urchin-like robot could offer a new blueprint for making more versatile robots, research suggests.

Astronomers weighed a black hole in a “little red dot” discovered by the James Webb telescope. They found it to be so overmassive that it

Insurance is supposed to soften the blow when homes burn or flood. With some preparation, you can better your odds of a smoother recovery if

How animals navigate by Earth’s magnetic field is hotly debated. New research in pigeons points to iron-laden liver immune cells as the compass.

Lab experiments suggest mosquitoes can smell DEET and learn to associate it with food, but it’s unclear whether that happens in the wild.

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies above NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, during testing focused on lower-speed and altitude flight conditions