Category: Science

Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses the fascinating world of constructed languages, our behind-the-scenes look at a vast science museum collection, and how some mathematicians

The stories about King Arthur are almost certainly false or greatly exaggerated, but did the man himself exist?

Dr. Paul Broca conducted an autopsy on a patient known as “Tan,” who had aphasia, or the inability to speak. Broca’s work identified a region

The temple included a network of water infrastructure, revealing the importance of the ancient city and the Nile.

An observation made by NASA’s SPHEREx mission reveals vast frozen complexes in the Cygnus X star-forming region of the Milky Way galaxy. The chemical signature

For the past few decades, researchers have understood that quantum computers should eventually be able to crack the widely used codes that secure much of

Pacific pocket mice are geographically isolated, but the species may retain the genetic diversity needed to adapt to climate change.

Linguists can mix, match or even break the rules of real-world languages to create interesting imaginary ones.

Bears in Svalbard, Norway, are fatter than expected, and others in Greenland are showing signs of genetically adapting to climate change — but the signs

NPR’s Short Wave team talks about the surprising benefits of small talk, more humane ways to kill lobsters, and an ancient flood that may have

A study finds that less than half of surveyed parents know the legal age, 21, to buy cigarettes, vapes, nicotine pouches and other tobacco products.

Photographers caught a spectacular emerald-green fireball meteor streaking above Lindisfarne in northeast England, where Viking raiders famously killed and robbed Christian monks in the eighth

The strangler fig is a keystone species in the tropics, providing food and shelter, and a place to poop for 17 different mammal species.

A portion of the Moon’s far side is seen along the terminator—the boundary between lunar day and night—where low-angle sunlight casts long shadows across the