Category: Science

Think you know about our human relatives? Take our quiz to find out — and remember, it’s human to make mistakes.

The rockhead poacher is a little fish with a big pit in its head. The divot may be like a drum, making sound that rises

NASA’s Artemis 2 rocket will roll out Saturday (Jan. 17) ahead of a possible Feb. 6 launch. Here’s how to watch.

Zahi Hawass says he hopes to discover the tomb of Nefertiti before he retires, and he believes he’s getting close.

NASA’s plans for Mars sample return are effectively cancelled as part of a bill approved by the U.S. Congress, ending efforts to collect Perseverance rover

From high-wind forecasts and wildfire behavior to floods, aviation hazards, air quality and space weather, science developed at the National Center for Atmospheric Research informs

Cheetahs vanished from Saudi Arabia half a century ago. Now long-dead mummified big cats may help herald their return.

Large subduction-zone earthquakes leave scars on the continental slope in the deep sea.

Seismic tremors reveal a shallow fragment of an ancient tectonic plate beneath Northern California, helping explain damaging earthquakes near the surface.

Solve the math puzzle from our February 2026 issue, where we plan a return passage for a robotic explorer that doesn’t want to explore.

NASA’s crawler-transporter 2 moves toward the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. The crawler will transport

Just as there’s no single best way to organize your bookshelf, there’s no one-size-fits-all solution to storing information. Consider the simple situation where you create

More than 14,000 years ago, a wolf pup ate a piece of woolly rhino. Scientists have analyzed the rhino’s DNA to figure out why it

In the weeks following a ski accident, a German man experienced seizures when he completed sudoku puzzles.