Common dolphins in New Zealand are biologically older than their calendar ages. Trace metals and “forever chemicals” may be ...

A century of hints has suggested the famed red supergiant had a star pal but seeing it amid Betelgeuse’s brightness has been ...

Artificial intelligence is getting better at everything, including hacking. It’s becoming easier than ever before to steal someone’s identity, cripple sensitive banking and health care systems, or ...

Researchers scanned the ears of hundreds of marine mammals to deduce when pinnipeds evolved to hear well in both air and ...

Remains pulled from the La Brea Tar Pits revealed deformed vertebrae and rare tumors, possible signs of inbreeding among ...

The inferno that sent toxic smoke billowing toward the United States won't be the last. Officials are now battling both the ...

A chat with aged avatars of future selves can guide people paralyzed by tough decisions. The question is what information to ...

Scientists have identified four types of black holes, classified mostly by their masses. But these mysterious objects ...

Science News. Previously she was a news editor at New Scientist, where she ran the physical sciences section of the magazine ...

Prior moon rock samples, including from Apollo, seem heavily influenced by one impact. The farside samples tweak the story.

A few millennia ago, people worldwide may have spoken or signed up to 10 times as many languages as they do today.

Killer whales might pulverize sunfish to break them into smaller bites for young orcas — or they might just find it ...