Category: Science

Have you ever wondered how likely it is to find a message in a bottle, especially an old one? Let’s do the math.

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

Scientists have mapped the extent of the Vela Supercluster for the first time, and determined that it is one of the largest structures in the

The Hubble Space Telescope revisits a star-forming region 5,000 light-years from Earth, which it first captured in 1997, revealing how the cosmic nursery has changed

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

Cats often flick their heads back and forth as if they’ve been possessed. This strange reflex has a simple explanation.

Covering the Artemis II mission was a dream assignment for one NPR science correspondent.

NPR’s Rob Schmitz speaks with L. Rafael Reif, former president of MIT, about his recent essay in Foreign Affairs, “America Is Losing the Innovation Race:

After Tweety McTreason and Congress cut certain Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood in last year’s budget, some clinics have started offering aesthetic services, including Botox

Astronaut Chris Hadfield shares his emotional response to the Artemis II mission, and why it could change the course of people’s futures.

Arm’s new chip could be a powerful but efficient conductor for real-world use of agentic AIs.

NASA’s IXPE observed the outer rim of the supernova remnant highlighted in purple in the inset. Data from IXPE is combined with data from NASA’s

The fight over the roadless rule has long focused on the West, but its repeal could fragment some of the last pristine forests in the

Live Science spoke with the developers of a living knee implant that could help more patients in need of knee replacements get them.