Science

For the first time, scientists have directly observed metal pollutants leaching from a piece of orbital junk: a SpaceX rocket…

Some caterpillars speak ant by rocking to a beat. By jiggling like a cellphone receiving a call while on vibrate, the…

A monkey making a meal of a squirrel may have sparked an outbreak.  In early 2023, mpox broke out among…

The invasion of Ukraine has stymied healthcare services, allowing diseases such as HIV to spread unchecked. The rate of contagion…

Shrouded from astronomers’ view by dense clouds, Earth’s “sister planet” Venus is slowly giving up some of its secrets. A…

A mass grave from roughly 3,000 years ago in what is now Serbia is filled with the remains of women…

From ancient nomads to modern job-hoppers, the urge to move may be written partly into our DNA. People’s tendency to…

People who can’t stop scratching itches may finally have a culprit to blame. In mice (and probably people), a protein…

Editor’s note: This story contains light spoilers for Project Hail Mary. I have long puzzled over something in Andy Weir’s…

The Antarctic Peninsula is an early warning system for the southernmost continent when it comes to climate change. And the…