The Ig Nobels were founded in 1991 by Marc Abrahams, editor of satirical magazine Annals of Improbable Research. Previous ...

Strange, quasi-circular circles structures called coronae scour the surface of Venus — but their origins are a mystery.

Strange glass strewn across southern Australia appears to be from a mystery asteroid impact 11 million years ago.

A time crystal is a form of matter that shows continuous, repeating patterns over time, much like how atoms in a normal ...

The Jane Goodall Institute said Goodall was on a speaking tour in California at the time of her death.

The finding suggests phosphine—a potential biosignature—shouldn’t be viewed as evidence of alien life until natural, ...

A group that explored whether painting zebralike stripes on cows reduced fly bites are among the winners of this year's Ig ...

Professor Chamkaur Ghag is driving efforts to detect weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), the prime candidates for ...

Wilson’s dad, David Sloan Wilson, made his career arguing against Dawkins’s theory.

Polar bear meets grizzly bear. They hit it off and have babies. Enter the grolar bears. Or pizzly bears, as some like to call ...

The regular Short Wave science roundup covers mysterious red dots in space, the neurons behind optical illusions and a study ...