Category Science

Microbes can be found in just about any environment on Earth, including the bubbling hot springs at Yellowstone National Park. Few organisms can withstand the scalding waters, as one poor…

Ancient hominins needed the right stone tools to butcher their meals, a long-lived technique of food preparation that helped our ancestors’ bellies stay full. A 430,000-year-old set of stone tools…

Some creatures in the animal kingdom have developed a clever trick for staying alive: pretending to be something far scarier than they really are. A new Nature study has revealed…

Your microbiome is always taking one for the team. Improving your digestion, supporting your immune system, and protecting your cells from pathogens, the bacteria in your body work hard to…

Running a marathon puts stress on your bones, muscles, and tendons — to name a few things. And while you might feel it in your legs and your lungs as…

There are over 100 active volcanoes in Indonesia, including Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki, which recently erupted in June 2025, and Mount Ili Lewotolok, which has just begun showing an increase in…

Whether it’s an ex, a friend, a child, or a coworker — we’ve all experienced a clingy person in our lives. They revolve around you like a planet to a…

Humans aren’t alone when it comes to the consequences of a high-fat diet. In fact, mice deal with some of the same outcomes that humans do when they overconsume fatty…

WASP-121b, also known as Tylos, is a giant, ultra-hot, gaseous planet located 858 light years from Earth. It’s hot because it sits so close to its sister star. In fact,…

In Late June of 2025, the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory (Rubin) finally released its first images of dazzling stars, thousands of asteroids, and millions of galaxies. With the largest…