Category Science

Tuberculosis (TB) might not make headlines as often as it once did, but it hasn’t gone away. In fact, the latest provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and…

Seven dogs that disappeared from a village in China went viral after footage of them bounding home together appeared on social media. The video has racked up 230 million views,…

If a better snack is harder to reach, many animals give up and take the easy option. Wild squirrels are more willing to work for it. In field experiments, grey…

Cloning can recreate an animal almost exactly, at least at first. But with each generation, small genetic changes begin to stack up. In a 20-year experiment, researchers repeatedly cloned mice…

A tiny spinning comet that commutes between Jupiter and the sun has reversed its spin, an unprecedented turn of events seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. This unusual change in…

In the spring of 1872, a young physician in New York published a paper about “chorea,” a condition that caused people to lose their ability to speak, control movements, and…

Supervolcanoes, like the one in Yellowstone National Park, don’t just erupt and go quiet — they slowly rebuild. And now, scientists say they’re finally getting a clearer picture of how…

A federally mandated study is evaluating whether a new national park is needed in California, but it isn’t in a pristine natural area. It’s along the crowded beaches of Los…

As warmer weather creeps in, many people are starting to search for the simplest, most sustainable way to lose weight and get their body “summer ready.” A new study suggests…

In a night sky with more space than stars, globular clusters are bright exceptions. These are balls of stars, apparently bound together by gravity, which remain poorly understood. When these…