(via PBS Space Time) The tardigrade—capable of surviving extreme drying, freezing, heat, radiation, the vacuum of space, maybe even the asteroid impact. Who knows, maybe some have hitchhiked on impact ...

(via PBS Terra) Over the past few decades, researchers have tracked the mysterious growth and sharp decline in sea ice in Antarctica. But a few years ago a troubling discovery was made that could ...

Aliens did not visit Earth in the distant past. They didn't build the pyramids or rule ancient Greece from Mount Olympus or teach Mesoamericans how to plant corn. How do I know? Because they did ...

Aliens did not visit Earth in the distant past. They didn't build the pyramids or rule ancient Greece from Mount Olympus or teach Mesoamericans how to plant corn. How do I ...

Time had a beginning, at least, that’s what general relativity tells us. Which also implies that time will have an eventual ...

Long before pottery, before agriculture, when the first villages took shape, people in the Levant were already molding clay with their hands, carefully, deliberately, and sometimes playfully. Some of ...

Infectious diseases are a major cause of death worldwide, and diagnosing bacterial infections remains a challenge in medicine. And doing so reliably is more important than ever, given the increasing f ...

Neanderthals probably used birch tar for multiple functions, including treating their wounds, according to a study published March 18, 2026 in the open-access journal PLOS One by a team of researchers ...

Psychedelic-assisted therapy may be no more effective than traditional antidepressants when patients know what drugs they are ...

From water, to very hot salt, to water (this time, solid), to microbe-filled soil, let's unpack five ways to store energy ...

Chinese astronauts step onto the lunar surface under the flag of the People’s Republic—the first humans to return since Apollo. The United States had pledged to be there first. Its lander is still not ...

Bull sharks form social relationships with specific “friends”, new research reveals. Sharks are often viewed as solitary, but the study – carried out on the Shark Reef Marine Reserve ...