Category: Science

Klyuchevskoy volcano in Russia erupted shortly after a powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake in the same region.

A slowing Atlantic current could have a devastating impact on the planet’s rainforests, a new study warns.

A previously-undetected flood over Greenland’s ice sheet has confounded model predictions about how the region’s meltwater should leak.

The Atlantic journalist Franklin Foer explains how SpaceX and the Trump administration are changing the face of NASA, and why Musk’s dream of Mars may

Smog from cars and trucks is an expected health hazard in big cities, but researchers from the University of Cincinnati found pollution from truck exhaust

A new study from Oxford University finds that a common European songbird sometimes divorces its partner between breeding seasons. (Image credit: P. Pleul)

A grayscale ballerina who appears to be moving. A human who can fit in a doll box. A black-and-white prism that appears to change shape

A leftover from microbes’ meals is linked to early heart disease in people. In mice, it contributed to plaque buildup in the arteries.

Quantum computers in space could be useful for communications networks or for testing fundamental physics.

A new mRNA-based vaccine triggers a response from the innate immune system to help arm the body against cancer, a mouse study finds. It’s now

A cutting-edge chemical analysis of a mystery substance that had stymied experts for 70 years finally revealed its identity.

Footage from the BBC’s new nature series “Parenthood” shows African social spiders committing matricide and cannibalizing their elderly relatives. Even Sir David Attenborough was horrified.

An aircraft body modeled after an air taxi with weighted test dummies inside is being prepared for a drop test by researchers at NASA’s Langley Research

Gloria Majiga-Kamoto, an activist from Malawi, is one of six recipients of the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize. Majiga-Kamoto has been instrumental in implementing Malawi’s ban