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Human ancestors made the oldest known bone tools 1.5 million years ago

Ancient human relatives crafted sharp-edged tools out of animal bones around 1.5 million years ago, researchers say....

The Milky Way’s black hole is constantly bubbling

The black hole at the Milky Way’s heart neither slumbers nor sleeps. Instead, the ring of plasma...

Airplanes of the Future Could Be Fitted With Feather-Like Flaps

On a warm summer morning at Princeton University, aerospace engineer Aimy Wissa was at the university helipad,...

Crickets and flies face off in a quiet evolutionary battle

Hawaii’s male crickets can’t hide from their buzzing boogeymen for long. In just a handful of years,...

Citizen scientists make cosmic discoveries with a global telescope network

In January in Monterrey, Mexico, Iván Venzor was one of only a dozen people in the world...

These scientists have a plan to demystify the vaginal microbiome

McKenzie Prillaman is a science and health journalist based in Washington, DC. She holds a bachelor’s...

The sound of clapping, explained by physics

A round of applause, please: Scientists have finally figured out what’s behind the sound of clapping....

Scientists Just Created a ‘Woolly Mouse’ With Mammoth-Like Fur

De-extinction startup Colossal Biosciences has gene-edited mice to have mammoth-like features, creating what the company calls the...

How to See the Total Lunar Eclipse and Blood Moon This Month

Astronomy lovers in America will be treated to a great show in this month. In the early...

A Lethal Mystery Illness Spread in Congo. USAID Cuts Have Slowed the Response

Consequences of the United States rapidly slashing foreign aid are reverberating across the world, including in the...

A Private Space Mission Just Successfully Landed on the Moon for the First Time

With its Blue Ghost lunar module, Texas-based Firefly Aerospace has just achieved what no other private company,...

A child who got CAR-T cancer therapy is still disease-free 18 years later

About 18 years ago, a 4-year-old girl with a rare nerve cell cancer received an infusion of...
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