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Following one of these five diets may be the key to living longer

Why an Army antidrone laser grounded flights at El Paso International Airport

How a year of RFK, Jr., has changed American science

How much energy is released when supermassive black holes collide?

AI tool decreased political polarization from social media algorithms

NASA launches Crew-12 astronauts in Valentine’s Day gift to the ISS

How to name a Madagascar hissing cockroach for Valentine’s Day at the Bronx Zoo

The story of the first kiss—21.5 million years ago

Join the Great Backyard Bird Count—for science!

AI uncovers solutions to Erdős problems, moving closer to transforming math

How often does the average person fart? Scientists built a device to find out

What repealing the ‘endangerment finding’ means for public health

‘Inside-out’ planetary system perplexes astronomers

Elephants' peculiar whiskers help them sense the world around them

Did astronomers just see a star blink out to become a black hole?

Katharine Burr Blodgett’s brilliance had to fit into the role of the only woman in a lab filled with men—it was the air she breathed

EPA scraps the ‘endangerment finding’ that climate change harms human health

The physics of ‘Penisgate’ and how ski jumpers fly

New research reveals how the brain separates speech into words

How do deep-sea fish see in dark water? This new study could hold the clue

This ancient South American kingdom ran on bird poop

The largest-ever satellite of its kind just unfurled its wings in low-Earth orbit

Hair extensions may contain chemicals linked to cancer and reproductive issues

What does it take to eat like an Olympian?

FDA won’t consider a new mRNA vaccine for flu despite the technology’s life-saving promise

How ‘effectively zero-knowledge’ proofs could transform cryptography

Inside the Russian dialect coaching behind Heated Rivalry

Top medical groups join forces to review vaccine science as CDC faces criticism

Earth’s core may contain 45 oceans’ worth of hydrogen

Scientists may have discovered a pulsar at the Milky Way’s heart—a result that could reveal new physics