Category: Science

A rare look at one of the world’s most critical and understudied environmental crises. Southeast Asia produces more than half of the world’s fish, yet

Researchers used a Japanese poet’s diary to track solar events that took place over 800 years ago.

A DNA analysis of pathogens from a pre-Hispanic mummy revealed that the bacterium that causes scarlet fever and strep throat was present in the Americas

A new and potentially safer opioid has been tested in lab rats, and the results suggest it relieves pain with a lower risk of addiction

A new drug that works by making tumors more susceptible to chemotherapy and the immune system has increased survival in those with advanced pancreatic cancer

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