Category: Science

It’s the end of an era: NASA’s Swift telescope has reached the conclusion of its nearly 22-year mission, burning up in Earth’s atmosphere after studying

Archaeologists in Ukraine have found a colorful belt buckle that may have been worn by a nomadic equestrian warrior 1,800 years ago on the fringes

A noxious gas found seeping through cracks on Mars hints that there may be magma flowing beneath the Red Planet’s surface — and perhaps even

This is an image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope of NGC 4449, one of the dwarf galaxies in the Galaxies Losing Oxygen via Winds (GLOW)

What’s on your mind right now? You can probably answer this question without thinking too hard about it. Being aware of our own thought processes

Designed to study the powerful outbursts, the Swift Observatory quickly contributed to a wide range of discoveries. Now, it’s met a fiery fate.

A toothbrush that generates its own electricity with every stroke could offer a new way to fight the microbes behind cavities and gum disease. Conventional

Editor’s note: As of 11:15 a.m. EST on Wednesday (Nov. 4), NASA and the Aerospace Corporation both predict that the Swift observatory could have reentered

A comprehensive study of earwax reveals a combination of slippery and sticky properties that may protect against insect invasions of the ear.

Giulia Menichetti is exploring how food’s vast chemical complexity may shape the microbiome and human health.

One of autumn’s best opportunities to see brilliant “fireballs” arrives overnight Wednesday and Thursday (Nov. 4-5) during the Southern Taurid meteor shower. Although the Southern

Dinosaurs are more than extraordinary specimens with massive price tags. They are irreplaceable snapshots of our planet’s history and our own human journey. When scientifically

The patient: A woman in upstate New York The symptoms: About two weeks after her baby’s birth, the woman began experiencing intensely negative emotions at

In arms race with bats, hawkmoths have evolved three distinct ways to make bat-busting ultrasound using their genitalia.