Learn how a magnetic field may have helped shape the Solar System, embedding traces of ancient magnetism within a meteorite ...

Learn why a bank vole may hold clues as to how some animals can adapt and survive as climate change shifts habitats and food ...

Discover how potters in the walled oasis of Qurayyah exported what may have been some of history's earliest “branded” goods ...

Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba that recently killed a Louisiana child and may become more common due to warming ...

Learn how proteins trapped in ancient plaque revealed that Osaka commoners ate prized sea bream, distant fish, and taboo meat ...

Discover why some paleoanthropologists are calling for the reclassification of all human species and close relatives, like ...

Learn why a rare type of Ebola is spreading so quickly in Congo and what makes the outbreak difficult to contain.

Discover the top stories from Aug. 15 to Aug. 21, 2026, including a recent retraction of a COVID-19 study and how Greenland ...

Learn how collapsing steam bubbles make several of Yellowstone’s hot springs knock, tremble, and reveal changes in the heat ...

Learn where, when, and how to see the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026.

Learn how macaques, zebras, and other zoo animals responded when a total solar eclipse turned afternoon into twilight.

Learn more about the different types of solar eclipses and why it's imporant to view them with proper eclipse gear.