Category: Science

An alligator moves through a brackish waterway at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The center shares space with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.

A distant galaxy nicknamed “Cosmic Grapes” is bursting with massive star-forming clumps — far more than expected — offering fresh clues about how galaxies grew

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An archaeologist in training discovered a rare medieval gold object in northwestern England during her first excavation.

An unidentified early hominin fossil that might be a new species confirms that Australopithecus and Homo species lived in the same region of Africa in

A warming climate is behind growing floods of glacier meltwater in Alaska’s capital. Scientists say it’s the new normal.

An analysis of a stalagmite within a Mexican cave reveals detailed evidence of drought that contributed to the downfall of the Maya civilization in the

Reports of blue whales going silent off California don’t reflect the findings of a recent study.

The new proof-of-concept study points a way to curing diabetes without the need for immune-suppressing drugs.

When more humans participate in a game of tug-o-war, each individual puts in less effort. But the opposite is true in weaver ants, according to

Inca society kept records by encoding information into knotted cords called khipu. A new analysis of hair woven into these cords suggests this record-keeping was

Although “dog” is ubiquitous today to describe man’s best friend, it remains a mystery where the word originally came from. (Image credit: Oisin Keniry)

We know little about how young galaxies and their black holes grew up.

A recent study that confirmed that aluminium in vaccines doesn’t pose a risk to children has sparked a war of words between the RFK, Jr.