Suppose an alien civilization discovers Earth and decides to investigate. Before it chooses a landing site or considers how ...

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A laboratory worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia, Russia, has died just days after falling ill ...

Years later, with millions dead, there is still no definitive answer to the origins of COVID-19. Like the Texas Killing ...

(via NOVA PBS) Space warfare is no longer science fiction. Explore the tech behind it all— from laser "dazzling" systems that ...

What we know about human history is only a fraction of the full story. Much of the rest is like dark matter, invisible to us.

This past week, the Supreme Court addressed a case involving a request from two oil companies to drop a lawsuit by two local governments blaming them for climate change damages. The companies are ...

Across mammals, increased species size typically means a longer lifespan, ranging from only a couple of years for mice to almost 200 years for some whales. However, when we look within species, we ...

For some reason, hurricanes are terrified of South America. In fact, as long as we’ve been keeping track, it’s only EVER been ...

Childhood abuse leaves a scar on the brain, a new neuroimaging study led by UCLA psychologists has shown. The researchers found associations between the severity of different maltreatment exposures an ...

A new study seeks to challenge the conventional view of a honey bee colony. By viewing colonies as superorganisms, the fundamental biology of the honey bee colony is redefined. These insights ma ...