Category: Science

The first historically recorded pandemic is believed to have struck the walled city of Jirash, in what is now modern-day Jordan, in the 7th century.

A new project allowed AI chatbots to interrupt, stay silent or speak up the way humans do in conversation, and it made them smarter and

A new NASA analysis concludes that it is “reasonable to hypothesize” that living things could have formed the odd organic molecules discovered on Mars.

An 11th-century Norse coin found in Maine raises the question of whether the Vikings landed there.

The Carbothermal Reduction Demonstration (CaRD) project aims to demonstrate the carbothermal reduction of lunar regolith to produce oxygen on the Moon’s South Pole. For this

Some creatures can dramatically alter their internal temperature — a strategy called heterothermy — and outlast storms, floods and predators.

A statistical analysis of a series of signs carved into artifacts from around 40,000 years ago suggests humans developed proto-writing in the Stone Age.

Feb. 28, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over

In shaking up its Artemis lunar program, NASA’s new moon plan looks more like the Apollo missions of the 1960s. Instead of landing on the

The Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 5-inch Schmidt-Cass is now down to $479 at Amazon, making it easy to enjoy the blood moon eclipse on March

“At first, I kind of laughed … But they were serious. I could just see the seriousness in their faces.” In this book excerpt, Lise

While the total lunar eclipse on March 3 is the main event of the month, there’s plenty more to see throughout the month of March

Kids with math learning disabilities process number symbols differently than quantities shown as dots — and it shows up in MRIs.

Space exploration can bring people together and reflect deep societal divisions.