Science

A space telescope is falling out of orbit, and a rescue mission showed up just in time—but both are doomed. …

When the fruit runs low, some monkeys’ appetite for meat gets a boost.  Bearded capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) hunt and…

Insects are famous for their six-legged body plan, but that wasn’t always the rule. A 324-million-year-old fossil dug up from…

Certain hardy microbes could survive on the moon. Previous lunar missions explored the moon’s equator, where high ultraviolet radiation and…

A new vaccine could soon protect patients from returning skin cancer. In a large clinical trial, patients with high-risk melanoma…

How do you fit a human life’s experiences into 1.3 kilograms of brain? Neuroscientists have searched for the cells that…

By mapping a woman’s pain in her brain, scientists could dial it down. A small series of case studies, published…

Bad news for frogs getting sauna therapy: The heat treatment for their fatal fungal infection may come at a cost.…

Motor neurons, the nerve cells that control muscles, have a reputation as passive messengers. But growing evidence suggests they do…

“Thunderquakes” ho! Using intense sound waves generated by thunder, scientists created maps of the shallow geology beneath a large U.S.…