2025-04-21

Lyrids Meteor Shower Peaking Tuesday: Get Outside and Watch the Fireballs

Don't worry if you miss the peak -- the Lyrids will continue through Saturday. [...]

2025-04-21

Are these chimps having a fruity booze-up in the wild?

New data suggests that the human inclination toward feasting in groups is part of our deep evolutionary history [...]

2025-04-21

Here's How to Watch Every Major US Space Launch for the Rest of 2025

Space launches have already made headlines this year. Here's a look at upcoming launches you can watch from the comfort of home. [...]

2025-04-20

Ghost forests are growing as sea levels rise

As trees choked by saltwater die along low-lying coasts, marshes may move in. [...]

2025-04-20

Scientists Are Mapping the Bizarre, Chaotic Spacetime Inside Black Holes

By understanding the churning region near singularities, physicists hope they might be able to reconcile gravity and quantum mechanics. [...]

2025-04-19

Lichens can survive almost anything, and some might survive Mars

The symbiotic organisms appear to be able to avoid some radiation damage. [...]

2025-04-19

Doctor Who ‘Lux’ review: Hope can change the world

Spoilers for “Lux.”<br /> It’s an interesting time to be a long-running science fantasy media property in the streaming TV age. Star Trek is in the grip of an existential crisis as it (wro [...]

2025-04-19

Scientists Think They’ve Found the Region of the Brain That Regulates Conscious Perception

A new experiment suggests that the thalamus plays a key role in humans becoming consciously aware of stimuli their brain receives. [...]

2025-04-19

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is about to have its second close encounter with an asteroid

A NASA spacecraft will make a close approach to an asteroid in the main belt on Sunday afternoon, in the second of several asteroid flybys planned for its 12-year mission to study remnants of the earl [...]