It killed the dreams of science-fiction fans, but kick-started decades of Martian exploration

Is a new image of star systems colliding a vision of our Milky Way’s future?

Researchers have discovered that our galaxy’s outermost spiral arms are wide open and farther away than we thought

When you go into battle with nearly 40 gigantic pachyderms, you need to take the shortest path possible

Pioneering microbiologist Louis Pasteur helped save the life of a dog-bitten boy

Despite steep odds, she became the first woman in France to earn a doctorate in science

It’s a harrowing tale of deadly winters in Berlin captivity

There’s at least one glaring exception

Abuse, neglect, and loss can reverberate in a partner’s behavior

A Western diet is bad for us and bad for the planet

And now it’s come for the East Coast

A natural experiment in sun-scorched Australia points the way

3-D avatars of macaques fool their flesh-and-blood counterparts—up to point

It’s one of only a handful of new monkey species identified on the continent in the last 75 years

So how are beehives in the US faring almost two decades on?

People who can’t see images in their minds challenge an old philosophical standby

In this age of AI anxiety, listen to your heart

Author and physicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on the crisis in American science