Category: Science

NASA’s Curiosity Rover has discovered long carbon chains on Mars. On Earth, molecules like these are overwhelmingly produced by biological processes.

At a time when communities feel fractured, here’s a look at online communities taking a pragmatic approach to changing the world for the better. (Image

As global warming continues and space technology improves, there is more and more talk about the growing possibility of a sci-fi future in which humans

A new technique improves the reliability of cat qubits by squeezing their probabilistic states. This could improve their reliability and lifetime, and pave the way

Is it possible to build a Dyson sphere that isn’t catastrophically unstable? New research says yes, but only in one type of star system.

Cats sometimes catch and leave a “gift” for their humans. But why do cats give us dead mice, birds or other prey?

The Milky Way appears beyond Earth’s horizon in this celestial photograph captured on Jan. 29, 2025, by NASA astronaut Don Pettit using a camera with

Spring brings lambing season, a time of hard work and long hours for farmers. But it’s also a time made joyful by cuddly newborns. (Image

Researchers bombarded lichens with a year’s worth of Martian radiation in just 5 hours — and they survived, hinting that the extremophiles could potentially live

A decorated duck egg discovered in a trash pit is the world’s oldest “pysanka.”

Scientists have identified some reasons why yawns spread from person to person.

Early on April 24, Venus will be at its brightest in the morning sky — just 67 days after it was at its brightest in

The fighter jets are likely to incorporate AI, as well as advanced engine and stealth technology.

The James Webb Space Telescope has pointed its infrared optics at the ‘Crystal Ball Nebula’ NGC 1514, a planetary nebula studied since the late 1800s.