Category Science

After nearly 12,000 years in dormancy, a volcano in Ethiopia has erupted and hurled ash over unsuspecting communities. It’s assumed that Hayli Gubbi, located in the Afar region of northeastern…

In early 2025, the Greek island of Santorini was rocked by a swarm of seismic activity, an event that led to school closures and the evacuation of thousands of residents.…

Mere three-foot-tall mounds scattered across the vast, arid Kazakh Steppe are all that’s left of a once-unusually large Bronze Age settlement that powered regional bronze production 3,500 years ago. But…

For decades, the story of Easter Island has been used as a cautionary ecological tale: people cut down their own trees, chaos ensued, and the society collapsed. The long-standing myth…

Any dog owner has seen moments that look a little like human distractibility — bouncing between smells, losing focus mid-task, or grabbing a treat before you say, “wait.” Now, two…

A 70-year-old medical mystery around a critical blood-pressure medication, hydralazine, was finally solved. Not only do scientists now understand how it works on a molecular level — which offers important…

It’s a lesson that many language learners have learned the hard way: While the words of a familiar language are distinct, the words of an unfamiliar one are often tricky…

One of the most explosive volcanoes in U.S. history began its eruption with a trickle, not a blast. Mount St. Helens’ gas-laden magma oozed into the cone before the mountain…

Flu season shows up every year, but late 2025 is shaping up to be a bit more unpredictable. After watching how outbreaks have unfolded in Europe and Australia, which usually…

Key Takeaways on the Center of the Universe Where is the center of the universe? In 1929, Edwin Hubble concluded that there isn’t one, as space continues to expand. Gravity…