2025-02-24

2025 Is a Year Full of Meteor Showers: The Next One Arrives This Week

You don't need to pay for a streaming service to watch a sky full of shooting stars. [...]

2025-02-24

COVID shots protect kids from long COVID—and don’t cause sudden death

Researchers recommend kids stay up to date on the COVID vaccines. [...]

2025-02-23

Intuitive Machines is expected to launch its second lunar lander this week

Intuitive Machines, the company that pulled off the first-ever commercial moon landing this time last year with its Odysseus spacecraft, is gearing up for another shot at touching the lunar surface. I [...]

2025-02-23

In war against DEI in science, researchers see collateral damage

Senate Republicans flagged thousands of grants as “woke DEI” research. What does that really mean? [...]

2025-02-23

The Saw-Toothed Function That Broke Calculus

In the late 19th century, Karl Weierstrass invented a fractal-like function that was decried as nothing less than a “deplorable evil.” In time, it would transform the foundations of mathematics. [...]

2025-02-23

Flashy exotic birds can actually glow in the dark

The birds, known for their showy displays, look even more colorful than we thought. [...]

2025-02-22

The secretive X-37B space plane snapped this picture of Earth from orbit

It’s not every day that we get to see a glimpse of what a mysterious space plane is up to in orbit. This week, the US Space Force shared a picture it says was snapped last year by the X-37B, showing [...]

2025-02-22

Why Is Chocolate So Expensive Right Now?

Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and other climate impacts are throttling cocoa production and driving up chocolate prices. [...]

2025-02-22

The seemingly indestructible fists of the mantis shrimp can take a punch

Specialized structures in the animal's claws can seemingly absorb impact. [...]