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Mysterious Deep Sea Habitats Reveal New Species

Ecosystems that have not been fully explored or catalogued by science are at risk of severe damage

October 22, 2025

Check Out the Beak on This Baby Basking Shark

An intriguing image resurfaces from a decades-old paper

October 22, 2025

The Problem with Farmed Seafood

We're decimating the ocean to feed farmed fish. But an innovative solution has surfaced.

October 22, 2025

Evolution Is Written in Our Joints

Why do humans have such stupid knees, ankles, and backs?

October 22, 2025

The Cure Hiding in a Rotten Eggplant

Bacteriophage therapy’s new renaissance

October 22, 2025

Your Chatbot “Friend” Is Only Pretending to Like You

ChatGPT and Claude can’t offer real empathy

October 21, 2025

Space Is Raining Junk, and It’s Getting Worse

With another hunk of space debris crashing down, the perils of a jampacked low-Earth orbit hit home

October 21, 2025

Remembering the Genius Who Inspired Celebration of the Mind Day

Martin Gardner wanted to make math mathemagical

October 21, 2025

This Natural History Museum Heist Rivals the Louvre Robbery

A young music student lifted nearly 300 rare bird specimens from a British museum

October 21, 2025

The Trees That Remember the Pyramids

Dendrochronologist Valerie Trouet on what tree rings reveal about climate, fire, and human history

October 21, 2025

The Hidden Landscape Holding Back the Sea

The fate of our planet’s coasts rests on Antarctic bedrock

October 21, 2025

Psilocybin Lifted Her Burden

The Covid pandemic left this frontline medical worker burned out, angry, and depressed. Then she got high.

October 20, 2025