Sciences

They're Adorable. And Endangered. Meet the World's Smal...

The cute creatures are chatty, family oriented—and facing a shrinking habitat in...

Can a New DNA Database Help Save This Incredible Sea Tu...

The shells of the hawksbill sea turtle have been used for luxury items for centu...

Why Do Some People Thrive on So Little Sleep?

Short sleepers cruise by on four to six hours a night and don’t seem to suffer i...

From Giant Tortoises to Immortal Jellyfish, These Impre...

Aging gracefully comes naturally to these creatures, which can live for hundreds...

Fish Have a Brain Microbiome. Could Humans Have One Too?

The discovery that other vertebrates have healthy microbial brains is fueling qu...

Inside One Scientist’s Quest to Understand Why Climate ...

Geomorphologist and veteran climber Ludovic Ravanel is learning how Mont Blanc i...

Why Grapefruit Interferes with Medication, and What to ...

Could gene editing produce a tasty citrus fruit that doesn’t interfere with pres...

Are Cats Actually Liquid?

A physicist weighs in on the fluid feline meme

My Climate Protest Arrest Shows the Problem with ‘Socia...

People hoping that progress on climate action will accelerate like sudden change...

Rare, Record Florida Snow Explained

A perfect confluence of an Arctic air outbreak and a low-pressure system that pu...

Glowing “Mystery Mollusk” Finally Identified

This strange sea creature stumped scientists for 20 years. Here’s what it really is

The Latest on Bird Flu in Humans, Cats and Chickens

H5N1 avian influenza continues to spread amid commercial and backyard poultry, a...

Trump’s Revocation of Environmental Justice Order Will ...

President Trump has revoked a 1994 directive that required agencies to protect m...

Do Chatbots Just Need More Time to ‘Think’?

A technique called “test-time compute” can improve how AI responds to some hard ...

How Sports Betting Apps Use Psychology to Keep Users Ga...

Mobile sports betting apps’ frictionless designs, personalized notifications and...

Teaching Evolution Has a Bright Future in the U.S.

A century after the Scopes trial, hopeful prospects beckon for teaching the unif...

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