Category Science

Your imagination might feel like a mental replay button, conjuring images, sounds, and sensations from memory — but new research suggests something far more complex is happening behind the scenes.…

In a Cambrian seascape, animals with complex bodies begin to take shape, leaving behind the first imprint of modern life. This moment, around 535 million years ago, marked the apparent…

At the end of the last Ice Age, on the open plains of the American West, small pieces of bone were shaped, marked on one side, and tossed by hand.…

Gold’s rarity on the surface of Earth makes it a treasured resource, but the precious metal is not nearly as sparse in the planet’s deeper layers. The Earth’s mantle contains…

As the Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket prepared for launch, some of the Artemis crew gave parting words of wisdom via the NASA livestream: “This is Victor,” said…

In a darkened tank divided by a barrier, a male octopus extends one arm through a narrow opening, probing the space beyond. On the other side, a female remains out…

Key Takeaways of Kleptoparasitism Kleptoparasitism is a type of foraging where one animal steals food from another. There are three primary types of kleptoparasitism: overt aggression, competitive scramble, and stealth.…

Growing up in a suburb of the northern Alberta city of Edmonton, it’s easy to get spoiled by northern lights. While they didn’t necessarily happen often, my parents would occasionally…

The ebb and flow of Earth’s magnetic field strength — caused by the movement of iron in the core — may have played a crucial role in the development of…

As Europe reached the end of the Roman Empire, the world was changing, and new types of language and culture were on the way. There was a power vacuum to…