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Before bees, there were beetles
With a declining workforce, Japan is serving as the test bed for robotic assistants in many fields.
The Arctic Ocean is more than just icy waters, it harbors vibrant ecosystems — but it also harbors valuable oil, gas, and rare earth elements.
A new study found that machine drying costs U.S. households over $7 billion annually.
Alcohol use is affecting more than just its consumers, and more than we thought.
A new study confirms the idea: the sound from wind turbines just doesn't make a difference.
In the perilous world of cephalopod romance, male blue-lined octopuses have evolved a shocking strategy to survive mating.
China's ghost cities aren't just an economic puzzle — they're a major environmental issue.
Millions of Americans have been exposed to a mass shooting.
Whales migrate great distances and, as they travel, create nutrient superhighways in our oceans.
While you thought you were training your Pikachu, you were actually training AI to see the world.
Hidden in the abyss of the Atacama Trench, Dulcibella camanchaca reveals itself as a unique predator adapted to the darkness.
“While directly editing game files might seem unconventional, there are no explicit restrictions against modifying files,” the AI said.
Eurasian coots are unknowingly creating plastic archives of the Anthropocene.
Musk has become the ultimate disinformation machine.
From a groundbreaking find to a global disaster. This is how one species and human error endangered amphibians everywhere.
Young readers are fueling a surprising bookstore renaissance.
New research suggests that the Flagstones site in Dorset may be linked to Stonehenge.
Now joining the list of microbes are these strange structures called obelisks.
The two companies have different approaches, but is one better?
New research reveals that both bonobos and chimpanzees use sexual behavior to ease social tension
Social media is reshaping masculinity—for the worse.
The G1 robot isn’t just agile — it’s learning kung fu.
That's a whole million years earlier than what we previously thought.
Sexus Botanicus, by Joanne Anton, is a lovely exploration of the surprising habits of plants and their pollinators.
The future of transportation is electric as internal combustion engine cars are in decline.
Climate shifts fueled famine, war, and the rise of empires.
Measles doesn’t just cause a rash—it erases immune memory, leaving survivors vulnerable for years.
These marks found with footprints could be from 22,000-year-old primitive sleds, making them the oldest vehicle tracks.
An artist has created the world’s smallest LEGO sculpture — so tiny it’s barely larger than a white blood cell.
ESA’s metal 3D printer aboard the ISS could revolutionize space exploration by enabling self-sufficient missions.
For decades, Kotoku Wamura was mocked for building an enormous floodgate in his village. But when a massive tsunami struck, his vision saved an entire town.
Good climate news is hard to come by, but a new UK report suggests that reaching net zero emissions is definintely achievable.
A child in West Texas has become the first US measles death in a decade. The child was unvaccinated.
The occasional splurge can have long-lasting consequences.
As if weight loss wasn't hard enough, your body seems to have evolved a system that fights against weight changes.
A single injection of a healthy gene allowed blind children to recognize objects, shapes, and even read — offering hope for future blindness treatments.
Even the Tooth Fairy’s payouts are shrinking, although the stock markets are doing fine.
Bird flu H5N1 is now considered endemic in cows. Essentially, it has become a lot harder to control.
It's a tragedy we shouldn't repeat.
Marine flatworms have perfected smooth, undulating motion over millions of years of evolution. Now, scientists have taken inspiration to create a highly agile robot.
This breakthrough could democratize weather prediction and help communities better prepare for extreme weather events.
Citrus fruits don't just brighten your plate—they may also brighten your mood. New research says citrus fruits are a powerful dietary tool against depression.
A dog might skip a better meal just to eat from a bowl in his favorite color — yellow.
While golf remains a pastime for the affluent, occupying enormous tracts of valuable land globally, renewable energy projects face resistance due to limited available space.
1,337 seconds: that was how long a tokamak was able to maintain plasma.
This bears the hallmark of an authoritarian state.
The Mononoke tilefish, Branchiostegus sanae, sports striking facial markings reminiscent of San’s tribal paint, symbolizing a call for marine conservation.
Imagine a supervillain attacking you with his unique superpower of creating small black holes. An invisible force zips through your body at unimaginable speed. You feel no push, no heat, yet, deep inside your body, atoms momentarily shift in response to the gravitational pull of something tiny yet immensely dense — a primordial black hole […]
With their prized rocks tucked in built-in pockets, sea otters reveal a surprising tool-wielding intelligence.
