Learn how cold-water geysers on Earth could give scientists a clear path in the search for extraterrestrial life on icy moons.
Learn more about the top theories about how life began on Earth, and how it may not have started from scratch.
Learn how fossil evidence uncovered a new Triassic crocodylomorph species and reshaped our understanding of early crocodile evolution.
The discovery of an antibiotic-resistant microbe locked in Romanian cave ice highlights both the risks of a warming world and an unexpected source of future medicines.
Learn how Antarctica’s gravity hole formed inside Earth and grew stronger as its ice sheets took hold.
Learn more about the impact our parents and negative language have on how we begin to think about snakes at a young age.
Learn how warming winters are making life harder for grey wolves, a struggle that the species has faced at least once before.
Fooled by an optical illusion? You're not the only one. Learn how these illusions can fool AI, too.
Learn more about lunar time zones and future NASA and ESA missions, which are working to create a safer environment for astronauts.
While the technology still needs significant work, a new analysis of meteorites points to valuable targets in the solar system. Learn more about the possibility of asteroid mining.
Learn more about modern pharmaceuticals and how sometimes they are able to treat more than one type of illness.
Learn more about the newly approved wearable treatment that disrupts pancreatic cancer tumor growth while letting patients continue daily life at home.
Learn how wild parrots follow language-like syntax and structured vocal rules during territorial duets.
Learn more about the Temasek Wreck, Singapore’s ancient shipwreck that carried a record cargo of Yuan Dynasty blue-and-white porcelain.
Learn how a young volcano on Mars stayed active for nine million years and what its changing lava reveals about Mars’ interior.
Learn more about the unique structure of elephant whiskers that allows them to pick up something as fragile as a tortilla chip and not break it. These delicate whiskers could soon inspire advanced robotics.
Learn how ancient DNA reveals migrant women helped Europe’s hunter-gatherers adopt farming thousands of years later than the rest of the continent.
Learn more about the hidden side of the U.S. frog trade, where undocumented species and import loopholes raise new conservation concerns.
Learn how the chin became an evolutionary byproduct that's unique to humans.
Learn how medieval Denmark’s burial practices reveal that leprosy and tuberculosis patients were not excluded from prestigious church graves.