The Next Solar Eclipse Is Delivering a Rare Treat: Totality at Sunset

The only thing cooler than an eclipse or a sunset is when both happen at once. [...]

Scientists Have Identified a New Fossil Species of Axolotl in Mexico

Ambystoma quetzalcoatli is the first fossil salamander to be formally identified in Mexico, revealing that axolotls have inhabited the country for millions of years. [...]

3 People Have Gotten Cancer-Detecting Implants in Their Brains

Coherence Neuro has started testing a brain-computer interface that could one day use electrical stimulation to prevent tumors from growing. [...]

25 books that shifted how the world thinks about power, science, and the self

From Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" to Simone de Beauvoir's "The Second Sex," these are the books whose arguments entered the world and changed it — permanently an [...]

Early land animals skipped the tadpole phase

Current amphibian development may not have been typical of early land vertebrates. [...]

Even the Internet’s Favorite Pool Guy Doesn’t Know How to Fix the Reflecting Pool

Algae blooms, peeling paint, and a host of fixes from hydrogen peroxide to nanobubblers have made it hard to diagnose what's wrong with the Reflecting Pool, let alone how to clean up the mess. [...]

The ‘Parasite of Parasites’ Has Been Discovered in the Tropical Forests of Borneo

A newly identified species of fungus attacks the famous “zombie mushrooms” that control ants. [...]

US's climate.gov site, taken down by Trump, relaunched by nonprofit

Climate.us has now restored everything taken down by the government. [...]

French Startup Uses Special Polymers to Better Help Nerves Heal

The biodegradable material can help improve healing after surgery—or an avocado-related accident. [...]