Science

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Two years ago, in a project called the Beyond the Imitation...

When darkness falls on central Ohio during the total solar eclipse on April 8, will animals think it’s time to...

Company Accused of Greenhouse Gas Smuggling Hit with Record FineA penalty leveled against a company accused of smuggling greenhouse gases...

International trade may have helped medieval elites acquire the best horses for jousting tournamentsPRISMA ARCHIVO / Alamy Horses owned by...

It’s shadow time, baby! Soon, people living in North America will get to experience their first solar eclipse in almost...

Researchers have uncovered evidence of extensive horse trading by the elites of late medieval and Tudor England. The findings, published...

The Future of Driving in the U.S. Is Electric—Sort OfThe EPA’s final rule on car emissions will result in far...

An artist’s impression of Europa Clipper near the moon it is named afterNASA An instrument on a NASA spacecraft due...

Every night, I—like millions of others—put on a noise machine to help me sleep. Mine offers several types of noise:...

A study led by researchers from the University of Washington in Seattle and the Freie Universität Berlin has shown that...

How Much Energy Would It Take to Blow Earth to Smithereens?A mathematical formula shows what would be needed to reduce...

Ejections of plasma from the sun can create geomagnetic storms when they smash into Earth’s atmosphereJurik Peter/Shutterstock The largest recorded...

Slayman received his first kidney transplant in 2018 from a human donor. The donor kidney initially functioned well, but Slayman...

Smokers tend to weigh less than non-smokers, but they may be hiding an unhealthy secret – extra belly fat that...

Another of NASA’s “Great Observatories” is facing its end. Between 1990 and 2003 the space agency launched four magnificent machines...

Noland Arbaugh can play chess using his Neuralink implantNeuralink Neuralink, the brain-computer interface company founded by Elon Musk, has revealed...