Category Science

“The bigger the better” seems to be one of those maxims that humankind is hardwired to live by. The notion is followed pretty consistently throughout nature, too, at least when…

Astronomers can now do what wasn’t possible before: reconstruct the life story of a galaxy outside the Milky Way using chemical clues embedded in its gas. In research published in…

The brittle crunch of snow underfoot in Antarctica is a stark contrast to the sandy beaches of Hawaii, where Peter Gorham works on much of his research. But Antarctica has…

The Hubble Space Telescope caught a rare moment on camera months ago, getting a chance to watch a comet break up as it hurtled through space. By sheer coincidence, Hubble…

Faint fingerprints pressed into tiny clay beads are offering an intimate look into Ice Age life, revealing that children and adults once shaped ornaments side by side in some of…

A sticky, black substance once used to glue tools together may have also helped Neanderthals treat their wounds. New research published in PLOS One shows that birch tar — a…

It wasn’t immediately obvious that L 98-59 d is an entirely new type of planet. Orbiting a small red star around 35 light-years away, the planet would have once been…

One in three Americans has a tattoo, according to PEW research. The growing popularity of getting inked has been unabated by the risks of skin infection or the chance of…

A newly identified bee species in Texas is so picky, it appears to rely on just one plant to survive — and it may be the only known mining bee…

Clearly, humans are very different from snakes. For instance, we don’t swallow meals whole, eat portions larger than our own body weight, or go months between bites. Still, this extreme…