“A mass bleaching event is, by definition, a mass mortality event,” a leading coral reef expert says
At least 2.1 million cases of dengue fever have been reported in North and South America, and this year 1,800 people have died from the mosquito-borne disease
This eight-legged probe would scour Mars’s underground lava tubes for places where explorers might camp—or for signs of past life
A black hole weighing as much as 33 suns lurks a mere 2,000 light-years away from our solar system
How long can humanity’s artifacts endure on the lunar surface? A new installation from artist Jeff Koons is inadvertently putting this question to the test
When astronauts return to the moon later this decade, they’ll bring along science experiments to study moonquakes, lunar water ice and extraterrestrial agriculture
AI can better education, not threaten it, if we learn some lessons from the adoption of the calculator into the classroom
Uncontrollable sobbing is uniquely human, and it may be our emotions running out of our faces, a way to connect us with other people
Mixotrophs, which have characteristics of both animals and plants, could help blunt the effects of marine heat waves on ocean ecosystems
Volcano detectives use artificial intelligence to sleuth out ancient secrets in Alaska.
The tale of how the "backfire effect" ultimately, itself, backfired, and the "problem" with scientists.
