Science
Jacket that gets thinner when you sweat could help...
A material made from bacterial cellulose alters its insulating properties in dry and moist condition...
NASA's Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft fuels up and mov...
NASA's Orion spacecraft for the crewed Artemis 2 mission to fly astronauts around the moon is all fu...
Pacific Ocean changes may 'lock in' US megadrought...
A major cycle of Pacific Ocean temperatures is shifting due to climate change, and that could drive ...
The surprising exercises that will improve your sl...
What's the best exercise to help you sleep better? Grace Wade investigates – and makes some unexpect...
AI helps astronomers make a potentially major find...
Artificial intelligence helps astronomers observe what may be the first known case of a star explodi...
"You will tell me everything": Exclusive 'Foundati...
It's a 300-year reunion in our violent peek at this week's episode, 'The Shape of Time'.
6 of the most fascinating moments in the life of o...
Travel through time to witness some of the most remarkable episodes in our solar system's history, u...
Tiny discs can levitate in the upper atmosphere us...
A physics phenomenon discovered 150 years ago allows tiny objects to levitate using just sunlight – ...
NASA's Perseverance rover spies mysterious 'helmet...
The medieval-looking "helmet" is the latest addition to Mars' gallery of odd-shaped rocks.
Fossil teeth may come from a new species of early ...
Some 2.6-million-year-old teeth found in Ethiopia hint that an unknown species from the Australopith...
Is water really a necessary ingredient for life? A...
A new study finds that liquids other than water might be able to support life on worlds beyond Earth...
Red supergiant star expels mysteriously large clou...
The star, called DFK 52, is a member of a cluster of similar red supergiants, but it's losing mass a...
Satellites watch Tropical Storm Erin take shape ov...
Forecasters warn Erin may intensify into the season's first major hurricane within days.
GPT-5's modest gains suggest AI progress is slowin...
OpenAI’s latest large language model has achieved seemingly underwhelming improvements in performanc...
Couples who meet online may have lower relationshi...
Meeting online may be the norm in today's dating scene, but connecting offline initially may lead to...
New lunar surface simulator in Colorado puts moon ...
A large simulated moonscape built by the Colorado School of Mines is open for business, allowing res...
China's moon lander passes key test | Space photo ...
The Chinese lunar lander Lanyue recently passed a test in a simulated moon-like environment.
Vape mouthpieces could be swarming with fungi that...
Fungal species, one of which caused chronic bronchitis in mice, were collected from the mouthpieces ...
Perseid meteor shower 2025 outshines moon to put o...
The Perseid meteor shower 2025 peaked Aug. 12-13, delighting skywatchers worldwide.
The Lego Technic Mars Rover Perseverance is now on...
The 1132-piece buildable replica with moving parts is 18% off as Lego's Technic Mars Rover Persevera...
DNA analysis reveals West African ancestry in earl...
An unrelated pair of people buried in cemeteries in 7th-century Britain probably had grandparents fr...
How realistic is the xenomorph in 'Alien: Earth'? ...
To celebrate Alien: Earth landing on Hulu, we asked a zoologist if any of the Xenomorph's infamous c...
Virgin Galactic's new Delta class space plane coul...
The company is also looking at using its mothership aircraft that releases spacecraft at high altitu...
1 year until the total solar eclipse 2026: Here's ...
With just one year until the total solar eclipse of 2026, we take a look at everything you need to k...
Why a mysterious group of ancient humans doesn’t h...
An extinct group of humans that were once widespread in Asia don’t have an official species name – p...
We tracked illegal fishing in marine protected are...
Marine protected areas cover more than 8% of the world's oceans today, but they can get a bad rap as...
The real reason why we lost the ability to make vi...
The textbooks say our ancestors lost the ability to make vitamin C because we didn't need it, but th...
Watch the 2025 Perseid meteor shower peak tonight ...
The annual Perseid meteor shower will peak overnight Tuesday (Aug. 12), and you can enjoy the event ...
Today is the last chance to secure an exclusive No...
Alien: Earth's two-episode premiere is released today and you can watch it anywhere with our exclusi...
These ants are one of the most effective teams in ...
Typically, individuals work less effectively in bigger teams, but weaver ants buck this trend by inc...
How AI poisoning is fighting bots that hoover data...
The web is awash with bots that scrape data without permission. Now content creators are poisoning t...
Watch Europe's powerful Ariane 6 rocket launch for...
Europe's Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket will launch for the third time ever tonight (Aug. 12), and you c...
Social media toxicity can't be fixed by changing t...
Experiments involving AI chatbots interacting on a simulated social media platform suggest efforts t...
New Pluto mission could uncover dwarf planet's hid...
A conceptual mission known as "Persephone" could explore Pluto and its moons for 50 years — if it e...
Watch Vulcan Centaur rocket launch experimental mi...
United Launch Alliance is set to launch an experimental navigation satellite on the first national s...
Vanishing Y chromosomes seem to be driving heart d...
Men typically lose Y chromosomes from their cells as they get older, which could be affecting their ...
Know this photo? Test your knowledge of these famo...
Test out your knowledge of these famous firsts in skywatching and astrophotography, from the first p...
Hubble spots stars forming in the Tarantula nebula...
The Tarantula nebula was recently captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, where the Scylla program h...
Scientists may have found a powerful new space obj...
Nicknamed 'Punctum,' this puzzling phenomenon is highly energetic, but is only seen in millimeter-wa...
Trees may be getting more flammable because of cli...
Researchers are testing whether increasing UV radiation is altering chemistry of tree leaves, increa...
How to watch 'Alien: Earth' online and from anywhe...
'Alien: Earth' is the first-ever Alien TV show and it's finally arrived. Here's how to watch 'Alien:...
Microwaving rocks could help mining operations pul...
A carbon dioxide removal company in Canada is experimenting with ways to treat mining waste to captu...
Skyrora becomes 1st British company to get license...
Scotland-based Skyrora has received the first U.K.-issued vertical launch license for a homegrown co...
Can you name all the planets in order in the solar...
Our quiz will test your smarts of which planets go where in our solar system.
Working past the age of retirement may improve you...
Having a full-time job in later life has been linked to improved emotional, financial and general li...
Meteorite that punched a hole through Georgia roof...
"This particular meteor that entered the atmosphere has a long history before it made it to the grou...
James Webb telescope reveals 'Sleeping Beauty' gal...
Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered dormant galaxies with a ...
Psychedelic drug ibogaine may treat PTSD by slowin...
In people with traumatic brain injury, administering the psychedelic drug ibogaine seems to slow dow...
Lost researcher's remains found on Antarctic glaci...
Bone fragments found on King George Island have been identified as Dennis "Tink" Bell, a British met...
