Category: Science

These large, flightless birds have powerful, muscular legs and tough, prehistoric-looking feet with claws that can deliver a powerful blow.

Researchers from the University of Antwerp and KU Leuven have succeeded in developing a process that purifies air and, at the same time, generates power.

The time it takes for a leaf to decompose might be the key to understanding how temperature affects ecosystems, according to Kansas State University ecologists. 

Seagulls can eat it all: everything from a hamburger to an octopus. NPR’s Debbie Elliott speaks with ecologist Alice Risely about her project, “Gulls Eating

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated “miasma theory” of disease instead of the widely accept “germ theory” of disease, which may

How much gold have humans mined to date, and how much is left?

Astronomers have discovered a “teenage vampire” dead star in the process of devouring a companion star during a short-lived, “missing link” phase of its evolution.

Even though there are 8 billion people on Earth today, a catastrophe could send that number much lower within a few decades.

June 14, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over

The Colorado River basin has lost a Lake Mead’s worth of water in the last 20 years — and scientists say we’re passing a “critical

The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope captured the sharpest-ever images of the sun’s surface, revealing ultra-fine bright and dark stripes called striations that are caused

Attendees line up to enter the theater for a screening of the new NASA+ documentary “Cosmic Dawn: The Untold Story of the James Webb Space

Isaac Newton was never entirely happy with his law of universal gravitation. For decades after publishing it in 1687, he sought to understand how, exactly

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