Science

The base of computer chips and batteries tends to be made from unrecyclable plastic, but using skin from a certain...

While it would be awesome for people to be able to live in space, a "weightless" environment poses some serious...

The virus that causes COVID-19 probably shared an ancestor with bat coronaviruses more recently than scientists had thought. But finding...

A sweet reward influences ants’ decision-making when they encounter ambiguous situations, hinting that they might have internal states like our...

But an altercation that followed the event exemplified the resistance human rights activists face: According to a Washington Post report,...

For the first time, octopuses have been spotted throwing things — at each other. Octopuses are known for their solitary...

Many AIs can only become good at one task, forgetting everything they know if they learn another. A form of...

the bottle held a thin broth, light brown, with some uncertain chunks of dark matter bobbing on top—a soup, maybe,...

It was a good night for abortion rights at the ballot box. Five states had abortion measures on their ballots...

New York voters backed billions of dollars in climate-related spending in the US midterms, but voters in California and other...

Speakers have frequently invoked the phrase “climate reparation” to describe the responsibility to compensate future generations based on past harms....

When Susie Talevski sued the agency that managed her elderly father’s care before he died, she hoped to get justice...

The early adopters of the alphabet cared about their personal hygiene, judging by the inscription on the side of an...

It’s not a tremendous amount of melt per square foot. But over an area that’s the size of two large...

When billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk completed his purchase of Twitter and pledged that “the bird is freed” last week, Felix...

Break-ups are more common in bird species with longer migrations, probably because partners return home at different times and don’t...