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An extinct crocodilian was found among rocks that built the Great Sphinx

‘A Mother’s Brain’ explores the neuroscience of motherhood

The world’s loudest bird could drown out a rock concert

Your voice is more than sound. It’s part of who you are

Scientists may have seen dark matter. If they did, what exactly is it?

A ‘phoenix’ planet was born from the ashes of its dead star

Astronomers say they’ve spotted the first miniature quasar pointed at Earth

Young Yosemite toads survive winter, then emerge with a deadly fungus

Are hypernovas real?

Here’s how brain-eating amoebas may infect people

A video of a humpback whale and her dead calf reveals the animals’ bond

A new map points out U.S. rivers most worth protecting

Exhaling may speed up reaction times

A medieval remedy could offer ideas for beating antibiotic resistance

In the wake of the flood, could Nepal avert the next disaster?

‘The Deep End’ podcast is back to explore what makes your voice yours

Magnetism may have helped kick-start our solar system

Peru’s penguins are on the brink. A super El Niño could make it worse.

These are the first feathers ever found in fossilized dinosaur poop

See the secret to DNA hookups

Meet the newest living cat species, the first described in 100 years

This year’s El Niño just broke a record months before it’s expected to peak

Finally, a true blue rose exists

First series of adult T. rex footprints hints at its walking speed

Can AI reason without words? A small model puts the idea to the test

Meet the ‘fire amoeba,’ a record-breaking survivor of extreme heat

‘Happy Snacking, Don’t Die!’ is a joyous guide to eating wild plants

First radio waves seen from an exoplanet hint at otherworldly auroras

MRIs show brain changes linked to Alzheimer’s years in advance

Surviving the summer

Will the U.S. megadrought ever end?

This ‘anti-vampiric’ grave used two strategies to stop the undead

What’s behind ‘one of paleontology’s most enduring enigmas’?

Math puzzle: Shape-birding

Big space mirrors could bring Earth on-demand light — and upend our night sky

Nepal’s deadly debris flow points to risks in other high mountain regions

During menopause, brain changes surprisingly take a break

When AI goes rogue, its human overseers may be to blame

These mice have human (nerve cells) on the brain

The U.S. has weapons in space. Here’s what that could mean

Alzheimer’s damage may begin outside the brain

Meet Swiftiephylus, an Australian bug named after Taylor Swift

‘Bogland’ explores beautifully strange ecosystems

Feeling nervous? Work the system

These deep-sea spiders give off an otherworldly glow

These neutrinos from the sun have the lowest energies ever seen

A human set a new mathematical record. Then AI came for it

How the body adapts to extreme heat

Historical art can hide scientific secrets

The Sept. 11 disasters still shape people’s health 25 years later