What are some of the largest extraterrestrial impacts to effect Earth? Learn what we’ve seen in history, and what is important to know today.

Learn more about the courtship songs of male fiddler crabs, which communicate important information about their size and their fitness as mates.

Learn how getting a good night’s sleep may be the key to enhanced and longer-lasting memories.

Learn why a black hole is becoming active and why experts still can't explain the source of its regular, periodic pattern of X-ray energy flashes.

Learn more about the upcoming Lyrid meteor shower and how you can prepare for this stunning cosmic show.

Machines have never been able to pass as humans in Turing's famous test of intelligence. That has finally changed.

Even though the virus was first discovered in laboratory monkeys in 1958, the original source came from a squirrel.

Learn about the unique aspects of the Pink Moon, the upcoming full moon that will illuminate the night sky as a micromoon on April 12, 2025.

Learn about the ancient rhinos that lived and died together in Nebraska in the Middle Miocene.

Learn why researchers think potential guests make assumptions about informal event planners’ intentions.

Learn more about what is causing the Caspian Sea to shrink and what can be done to slow it.

Finding shows that the mysterious human ancestor could have lived in a variety of climates and was more widely distributed than previously thought.

Found in many processed foods, additives to make our groceries look appetizing and last longer may pose health risks when combined.

Similarities in fabrication techniques suggest that Paleolithic people passed on their methods — and may have shared them with other groups.

Genetic analysis of the giant woolly mammoth reveals a surprising amount of genetic diversity over a million years.

Learn about the detrimental environmental effects of dog ownership, and about what dog owners should do to diminish those effects.

Learn more about an algae bloom that’s causing sea lions to act erratically, leading to a few cases of aggression.

Learn how early humans made the 60-mile crossing from Europe to Malta, navigating at least partially by stars.

Learn why lowering the viral load in the mouth could be a game-changer in fighting viruses like herpes, bird flu, and more.

Learn about a new phylum of microbes that lives in deep soil, a layer of the Earth that supports water cycling and nutrient cycling.

Understanding the molecular mechanisms of ‘sickness behavior’ could open new avenues for treating anxiety and depression.

Follow the progress of Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi, three wolves that have become the stars of Colossal Biosciences' dire wolf de-extinction project.

Learn how an altar has revealed the rivalry between the ancient cities of Tikal and Teotihuacan.

New research suggests the theory that dinosaurs were declining before Chicxulub is the result of a poor (and misleading) fossil record.

Learn how remotely monitoring sounds during the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse shows how humans and darkness affects birdsong.

Learn how through a process known as molecular hydrogen cooling, stars may be able to form in dark matter halos under 10 million solar masses.

Learn about how an oral dose of CBD extract improves social responsiveness, reduces repetitious behaviors and anxiety for autistic children and teens.

Learn more about how income inequality may increase the potential for political instability and may have led to the collapse of the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty.

Swapping soda for black coffee could benefit your mental health. Learn more about a new study that contributes to a growing body of research that links sweetened drinks to poorer mental health outcomes.

Learn why it's so difficult to know what dinosaurs would have tasted like, and what some experts hypothesize.

Learn why finding no obvious biosignatures on 40 to 80 exoplanets doesn’t mean that life doesn’t exist outside Earth. It just provides a way to narrow the search.

Learn about the associations between brain injuries and political behavior, which reveal which brain regions regulate our interest in politics.

The U.S. measles outbreak is continuing to grow. Here’s more information on this virus and the best way to prevent it.

Learn why rising temperatures and carbon dioxide levels could make pollen-bearing plants bloom earlier and live longer.

Learn why that next ballpark hot dog actually has many health risks, including an increased risk of colorectal cancer.

Studying how the different sexes manage pain could lead to better treatments for pain conditions.

Learn how even though water is vital for life, it can be dangerous for babies under six months. Here’s what every parent should know.

Learn more about complex compositionality, an ability to combine words and calls that humans and bonobos apparently share.

Learn about the latest update on asteroid 2024 YR4, which now has a 3.8 percent chance to impact the Moon.

Learn why drastic drops in temperature sent European hunter-gathers in search of a warmer place to live.