Category: Science

Finding a caterpillar with rhythm was “mind-blowing,” suggesting it might be a more widespread part of animal communication than thought.

We all know that washing our hands can keep us from spreading germs and getting sick. But a new Rutgers-New Brunswick study found that cool

Road salt, used in copious helpings each winter to protect them from ice and preserve safe driving conditions, is slowly degrading the concrete they’re made

During a test drive, the mobile lab van uncovered a drug-resistant HIV strain that sprung up after the ongoing war with Russia started.

JWST observed Uranus for nearly a full rotation, charting the planet’s upper atmosphere and magnetic environment for the first time.

A new study finds that people with obesity are more likely to be hospitalized with or die from severe infections.

Fecal analyses and necropsies suggest a fire-footed rope squirrel was the source of a 2023 mpox outbreak among sooty mangabeys in Côte d’Ivoire.

Rufus net-casting spiders can tune the stiffness and elasticity of their webs thanks to loops of silk, scanning electron microscope images reveal.

A new study suggests that the Agouti gene in the brains of male African striped mice can act as a molecular “switch,” making them caring

Ancient artifacts unearthed in Alaska revealed migrants from Asia might have come to the Americas via an inland route, and not a coastal path.

Some experts have suggested as many as 1 in 200 men in the world are related to Genghis Khan. But a new genomic study reveals

For the first time, an international team of astronomers have mapped the vertical structure of Uranus’s upper atmosphere, uncovering how temperature and charged particles vary

The Coros Pace 4 packs lots of features into a small and light fitness tracker. It’s not perfect, but it could make the ideal first

The final “blood moon” total lunar eclipse until 2029 is coming to North America this Tuesday (March 3). Here’s how to watch it online.