Category: Science

Researchers scanned the ears of hundreds of marine mammals to deduce when pinnipeds evolved to hear well in both air and water.

Richard Feynman was a serious physicist who loved to answer unserious questions. Can math tell you how to order the optimal lunch ? Can a

The total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026, will bring thousands of photographers to a narrow path of totality through eastern Greenland, western Iceland and

As recently as 2019, U.S. military health researchers had concerns about testosterone levels among the troops. Their worries were not that male service members didn’t

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

Remains pulled from the La Brea Tar Pits revealed deformed vertebrae and rare tumors, possible signs of inbreeding among now-extinct saber-toothed cats.

This image by ESA’s (European Space Agency) Euclid (with color added using ground-based images) provides an earlier snapshot of a region of our galaxy that

Great white sharks can launch themselves clear out of the ocean, but why they breach so dramatically remains one of marine biology’s biggest mysteries. “Air

Two meteor showers will peak together overnight on Thursday, July 30, into Friday, July 31 — but skywatchers should expect a moonlit challenge rather than

About 40 minutes after it landed on Mars on July 20, 1976, NASA’s Viking 1 lander sent this first photo from the surface of the

Researchers from the University of Antwerp and KU Leuven have succeeded in developing a process that purifies air and, at the same time, generates power.

The time it takes for a leaf to decompose might be the key to understanding how temperature affects ecosystems, according to Kansas State University ecologists. 

Redheads are a rare breed, with people who sport ginger locks making up less than 2% of the global population. With such low numbers, would

Science word of the day: Cenozoic Pronunciation: See-noh-ZOH’-ihk What it means: The ascendency of mammals, the birth of the Himalayas, the diversification of birds ‪—‬