Category: Science

Vincent van Gogh’spainted the iconic work in the summer of 1889. Now researchers claim to have pinned down which night the stars were from.

About 251 million years ago, volcanic eruptions wiped out most life on Earth. For about a million years , the Siberian Traps in Russia spewed

Climate change is making Earth progressively rounder, new research finds. The findings are a signal of human-caused climate change, however, and tracking the shape of

Western states that were thought to be resistant to prolonged drought may be more vulnerable than scientists previously believed, a new analysis of groundwater reserves

This year’s photomicrography contest captured the wonders of the very small, from flying ink droplets to the most adorable jumping spider you’ve ever seen.

Smithsonian geologist Gabriela Farfan studies corals, gemstones and other minerals for clues to changing oceans and environments.

The Milky Way’s supermassive black hole is surrounded by a surprising trove of heavy metals, according to new observations by the James Webb Space Telescope

A rare silver coin minted during the reign of a famous Viking king has been discovered in a massive hoard in Norway that now comprises

NASA astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Jessica Watkins works inside the Kibo laboratory module’s Life Science Glovebox, safely mixing living cell samples with a

On a frigid February morning in Edinburgh, Scotland, Patrick Hickey had run out of living things to put under his microscope. The plants and fungi

The Nazis were far from completing a working reactor for their atomic bomb program, despite claims by the project’s leader that it was almost ready

Sailor Matt Rutherford has dreamed for several years of becoming the first person to circumnavigate the Arctic Ocean solo, nonstop and unassisted. He finally set

An AI ‘virtual author’ can help scientists use a paper’s methods on new data. But it’s not going to match a human author’s expertise.

A possible reason for the overdose deaths drop is more use of naloxone, which reverses opioid overdoses. But while still a key tool, its use