Scientists have described an exciting discovery: two marsupials that modern science thought to be extinct are still alive in ...

A newly mated bumblebee queen typically spends the winter alone underground. After mating in late summer or fall, she burrows into the soil and slips into diapause, an insect state of suspended ...

Although it feels like the promise of electric air taxis never left the shiny tech demo in a venture capitalist’s slide deck, the ball is finally moving. We’ve watched as teasing sleek prototypes ...

Commuters have long complained that subway platforms can feel unbearable in hot weather. A new study from Northwestern University suggests those complaints reflect a clear and measurable pattern.

In this spirit of rigorous worldbuilding, we just published a new study where we merged the disparate disciplines of literary worldbuilding and climate modelling. We used complex computer programs – ...

Rendering of the planetary collision astronomers suspect occurred around star Gaia20ehk in 2021. Credit: Andy Tzanidakis Astronomers have captured a rare, real-time view of a planetary cataclysm ...

Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University. He has a PhD in cognitive psychology from the University of Western Australia. He founded Skeptical Science, a website which won the ...

In a new experiment, raccoons continued opening fresh doors and latches on a puzzle box even after they had claimed the food ...

The experiment began with a straightforward prediction: microbes from older mice would age young ovaries. But when the ...

A groundbreaking study in galactic archaeology proves the Sun made a treacherous journey to reach its current home in the ...

In our solar system, Jupiter is the undisputed king. If you added more mass to Jupiter, it wouldn’t actually get much bigger ...

What’s less well known is allowing your domestic cat to roam outside exposes them to considerable danger – and the risk of a ...