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

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 ...

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.

What is your favorite way to eat a marshmallow? Melted in hot chocolate after a long day of sledding? Or roasted and squished between a slab of chocolate and graham crackers while you are sitting ...

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

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 ...

Every day, people visit the toilet. Or, in developing nations, the field, pit or other location where they can relieve themselves. With more than 7 billion people on the planet, that’s a lot of waste.

When astronomers think about how the universe has evolved, they divide the past into distinct eras. They start with the Big Bang. Each subsequent era spans a different length of time. Important events ...