Scientists found the fourth type of transmissible cancer, and the first in a fish: a melanoma whose tumor cells spread between catfish in a Vermont lake.
Flames burned through the Deep Space Communications Complex near Madrid, but NASA has been unable to assess the damage as a wildfire emergency grips the region.
Hawai‘i’s beloved spinner dolphins, known as Naiʻa, are a major tourist draw. But a new study shows that we may be loving the playful dolphins to death.
This climate phenomenon could cause a massive global temperature spike and cause economic losses of $10 trillion by 2032.
The Trump administration unveiled the first “Genesis Mission” grants on Thursday, directing $5 billion toward hundreds of AI-driven science projects in an effort the White House has described as “comparable in urgency and ambition to the Manhattan Project.” At roughly the same time, Trump’s science adviser Michael Kratsios was on Capitol Hill selling lawmakers on […]
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Meet East Africa’s real ‘Spider-Man’ lizard — a herpetologist explains how it flashes red and blue in seconds to win mates and settle rival showdowns.
A psychologist breaks down five surprisingly lazy habits — like strategic napping and letting your mind wander — that quietly boost real productivity.
After several years of record-breaking short days, Earth’s spell of unusually rapid rotation may have peaked, with the shortest day of 2026 set to occur on July 26.
Never mind the “heat death of the universe.” Entropy is just a bridge between two levels of reality.