Science

Some fossilized filaments are giving Earth’s first flying vertebrates a shiny new makeover.  At least one species of pterosaur shimmered…

Think about placing dots on a flat surface. You want as many pairs as possible to be separated by the…

A veteran spacecraft has sniffed the Martian atmosphere for the last time. More than a decade after the MAVEN orbiter…

Nearly 1,800 meters beneath the surface of the Pacific, a remotely operated submersible was creeping along the slope of a…

Remote work in the United States has skyrocketed since the start of the pandemic. In 2019, the percentage of days…

Bumblebees faced with a challenge know how to play ball. Buff-tailed bumblebees can figure out on their own how to…

After 50 years of searching, astronomers have finally found evidence of a mild wind blowing from the supermassive black hole…

As an Ebola outbreak grows in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, researchers are scrambling to learn more about the…

A queen bee may be shaped by more than its famous royal diet. The wax of the peanut-shaped chamber where…

Ötzi the Iceman has long been treated as a frozen messenger from the Copper Age. But his remains might not…