Category: Science

Seventy years ago, the physicists Clyde Cowan and Frederick Reines took a custom-built 10-ton detector, surrounded it with thick lead walls and wet sandbags, and

For half a century, scientists have known that Earth’s Northern and Southern hemispheres have almost the exact same albedo ‪— the amount of sunlight they

For years, scientists have suspected that, at the molecular level, water is two different liquids ‪—‬ a denser one and a less-dense one ‪—‬ that

China’s Einstein Probe has spotted a cosmic explosion from a mysterious source that’s unlike anything seen before. The burst was made up of two X-ray

Researchers were unsure whether alpha particles would aid or hinder fusion. Simulations suggest they help, by dampening turbulence.

A prehistoric scorpion was the largest ever to exist, and it may have preyed on land and freshwater species.

An isolated population of sperm whales in the Mediterranean Sea are splitting into two distinct groups with different dialects, a new study reveals. This shift

A deep-space telescope on a grand mission to make the largest-ever 3D map of the universe just peered into the star-filled heart of the Milky

The patient: A 61-year-old man in Japan The symptoms: The man visited a hospital because two months earlier, some foods and beverages began to taste

A newly-described dinosaur, Jian changmaensis, may have glided through northwestern China about 120 million years ago, wreaking havoc on birds.

Earth’s oldest known impact crater formed when a meteorite slammed into what is now Australia about 3 billion years ago ‪—‬ 470 million years later

Using drugs to induce a hypothermia-like state may slow stroke-related brain damage, according to a new study involving lab animals and human patients. The study

A massive wave of warm water is making its way across the Pacific Ocean as the newly declared El Niño gets into full swing, satellite

The Moon’s rocky, uneven, and otherworldly surface features are highlighted by the terminator – the difference between light and darkness.