New high-tech tools let scientists “tag” along with these red-footed seabirds to solve the mystery of how boobies spend their ...

Recently, AI agents undergoing tests acted in surprising and concerning ways. This wasn’t supposed to happen, so how worried ...

Studying humanmade seismic waves is useful for a few reasons. It can help engineers construct safer buildings. City planners ...

New sensors can map infrasound — a deep-bass thrumming lower than what human ears can hear — emitted by a fire as its flames ...

Virga refers to rain or snow that evaporates before it reaches the ground.

This collection of stories explores the science of food, from the big three macronutrients — proteins, fats and carbohydrates — to vitamins, antioxidants and other micronutrients.

Chocolate-chip sea stars are famous for the rows of dark, pointy bumps that cover each of their arms. The animals really look like they’re dotted with chocolate chips. But what’s inside their arms is ...

It seems some Egyptian royal women really were warrior princesses. Researchers examined five almost 4,000-year-old mummified princesses. Their results suggest these women were skilled users of the ...

Since 2006, a fungal disease has wiped out millions of North American bats. It’s called white nose syndrome for the cottony-white fungi that show up on a bat’s face. The infection saps the bats’ ...

Every year, the Joint Mathematics Meeting brings more than 5,000 math lovers together. It’s the largest math meeting in the world. In January 2019, mathematicians flocked to the meeting in Baltimore, ...

When Percy Lee has a bad day, he hangs out with his chinchilla, Rin. “She’s like emotional support for me,” says the 14-year-old. Percy, who lives near Kansas City, Kansas, and is the author’s nephew, ...