Category: Science

Cat owners have noticed their pets seem to go crazy for concrete blocks. Why?

Abrahm Lustgarten says the undermining of science, and cuts to FEMA and NOAA, at a time when erratic weather is making disasters more common, should

Scientists are finding ways to minimize the effects of aging on the brain. Here are some ways to keep it healthy. (Image credit: OsakaWayne Studios)

The National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline — 988 — launched on this day exactly three years ago. People who call the line seeking support are

The cells helps the snakes absorb the bones of their prey — and might show up in other animals that chomp their meals whole.

Serrations at the edges of a fossilized flipper of the ancient marine reptile Temnodontosaurussuggests it may have been able to swim silently.

Scientists thought this crater in Australia was the world’s oldest — but an independent analysis shows they might be off by at least 800 million

Pillars of hot rock appear to connect continental-size moving blobs at the bottom of Earth’s mantle to giant volcanic eruptions at its surface.

For years, it’s been assumed that sloths don’t fart. But new footage of a baby sloth letting rip in a water bath has shown that

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features a dense and dazzling array of blazing stars that form globular cluster ESO 591-12.

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Satellites have captured before-and-after images of the devastating floods in Texas, highlighting a trail of devastation on the Guadalupe River.

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With 101 people still missing after the July 4 flash flood, the focus turns to local lakes, and what may be buried in them. (Image