Science

On a hot day, a few glugs from a park drinking fountain can be a major relief — and some…

Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She is a two-time winner…

U.S. moms raising babies, children and teens report worsening mental health, a trend that began before the COVID-19 pandemic. A…

It may come down to a coin toss as to whether the Milky Way collides with the Andromeda Galaxy within…

Personal care products influence the chemistry of the air swirling around us. Lotion and perfume disrupt chemical reactions that occur…

For the first time, biologists have linked the ribbony “tails” streaming from big, green luna moths’ hind wings with, of…

Things may be moving on Venus’ surface. In 1983, researchers discovered that the planet’s surface was speckled with strange, circular…

Weather forecasting is getting cheaper and more accurate. An AI model named Aurora used machine learning to outperform current weather…

The collision of two lightning-bolts-in-the-making spawned an exceedingly brief but extremely energetic flash of gamma rays. This first-of-its-kind observation may…

An ancient, distant human cousin from southern Africa called Paranthropus robustus has for the first time revealed molecular clues to…