Science

A once-anonymous Maya scientist now has a name. Sak Tahn Waax, or “White-Chested Fox,” is credited as the author of…

A meteorite that streaked over New York City and crashed into a New Jersey rooftop came from an asteroid that…

LONDON — An experimental drug can sweep tangles of tau from the brain, raising hopes that the treatment could help…

There’s a new record holder for the most distant supermassive black hole. A newly spotted quasar — a black hole…

A new global map shows how gigantic bands of water vapor travel along networks of interconnected highways in the sky.…

A pair of newly discovered planets are the puffiest planets ever seen. The planets are each about the size of…

Babies are born with a natural preference for using their left or right side. Now, a new study suggests that…

Soviet scientists in the 1930s knew what could happen if they bucked the party line: denunciation, firing and banishment from…

Terrestrial planets experience landslides in spades, and so do some moons, asteroids and comets. But — until now — they’ve…

Lost in CuriosityRoberta KwokSourcebooks, $27.99 Earning my Ph.D. was probably the hardest thing I’ve ever done, and I distinctly remember…