Science Pulse
We prioritize family over self, and that has real-world...
Two studies show how family bonds improve personal and mental health, suggesting policy makers should shift away from individualistic...
Here are 3 people-animal collaborations besides dolphins...
Dolphins working with people to catch fish recently made a big splash. But humans and other animals have cooperated throughout history.
How plant ‘muscles’ fold up a mimosa leaf fast
A mimosa plant revs up tiny clumps of specially shaped cells that collapse its leaflets, though why isn’t clear.
Are your cats having fun or fighting? Here are some ways...
Certain behaviors indicate if your cats’ interaction is friendly, aggressive or something in between, a new study finds.
Vikings brought animals to England as early as the year...
A chemical analysis of cremated remains offers physical evidence of the arrival of Norse animals to England in the ninth century.
Hubble captures stunning stellar duo in Orion Nebula 1,450...
The Hubble Space Telescope captured a stunning new image of two stars in the Orion Nebula, a region of stellar formation located about...
Muon scanning hints at mysteries within an ancient Chinese...
Density fluctuations within the ancient rampart encircling the city of Xi’an could be defects or yet-to-be-discovered archaeological...
A new metric of extinction risk considers how cultures...
Conservation efforts should consider relationships between cultural groups and the species important to them, researchers argue.
Florida man who allegedly beat shark on beach should be...
Florida wildlife officials are recommending charges against a man accused of dragging a shark around a beach after beating it with...
Asteroid to rocket past Earth in one of closest encounters...
NASA said that the asteroid, known as 2023 BU, will pass close to Earth on Thursday night. This will be a near miss, according to...
Prairie voles can find partners just fine without the ‘love...
Researchers knocked out prairie voles’ oxytocin detection system. They weren’t expecting what happened next.
Mysterious marks on Ice Age cave art may have been a form...
Hunter-gatherers during the Ice Age may have recorded when prey mated and gave birth, suggesting that these people possessed complex...
Birds that dive may be at greater risk of extinction
For birds, a diving lifestyle seems irreversible, evolutionarily speaking. The inflexibility possibly increases diving birds’ chances...
Fossils suggest early primates lived in a once-swampy Arctic
Teeth and jawbones found on Ellesmere Island, Canada, suggest that two early primate species migrated there 52 million years ago.
A bird with a T. rex head may help reveal how dinosaurs...
The 120-million-year-old Cratonavis zhui, newly discovered in China, had a head like a theropod and body like a modern bird.
SpaceX fuels up fully stacked Starship vehicle for 1st...
SpaceX fueled up a fully stacked Starship for the first time ever on Monday (Jan. 23), notching a huge milestone on the path toward...
Hidden, never-before-seen penguin colony spotted from space
Satellite photos showing poop stains in the West Antarctic snow and ice have revealed a previously unknown breeding colony of emperor...
Radio signal from 9 billion light-years away from Earth...
A radio signal from 9 billion light years away from Earth has been captured in a record-breaking recording, reports said this week.
How to stop your cell phone from dying so fast
Both iPhones and Android phones have various setting options to avoid your phone's battery being completely drained when you're far...
More than 3 billion stars, galaxies are captured in a massive...
Astronomers released a massive survey of the galactic plane of the Milky Way. The new dataset reportedly contains a staggering 3.32...
