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When a Chimp Screams, What Do You Hear?

The calls of our closest living evolutionary cousins still hit an ancient target in the human brain

December 5, 2025

Satellite Photobombing Is Disrupting Space Telescope Astronomy

Yet another peril of a teeming low Earth orbit

December 5, 2025

Watch a Frog Eagerly Munch on a Murder Hornet

Pond frogs nonchalantly dined on the venomous insects, hinting at special mechanisms that help the amphibians avoid pain—and grisly deaths

December 5, 2025

Selfies of Endangered Sumatran Tigers Expose a Robust Population

Array of camera traps captures surprising images of tigers in the wild

December 5, 2025

An Ancient Earthquake Might Have Unleashed a Sea Turtle Stampede

Potential flipper marks found by free climbers might point to the marks of frightened reptiles

December 4, 2025

Why Stress Sparks Hair Loss, According to Mice

Dead hair cells might confuse the immune system and lead to chronic shedding

December 4, 2025

Crick and Watson Did Not Steal Franklin’s Data

Matthew Cobb’s 3 greatest revelations while writing his book Crick: A Mind in Motion

December 4, 2025

We Finally Know the Time of Day on Mars

This deceptively difficult question to answer is vital to exploration

December 4, 2025

The Air In Hospitals and On Airplanes Is Cleaner Than You Think

These crowded spots may not be the airborne pathogen cesspools we fear

December 4, 2025

Did Volcanoes Spark the Black Death?

New research points the finger for precipitating Europe’s most deadly pandemic at scores of massive eruptions

December 4, 2025

Reality Exists Without Observers? Boooo!

Why I don’t root for the Many Worlds team

December 4, 2025

This “Cinderella Sense” May Be Tied to More Than 130 Disorders

Researchers give a whiff of why smell matters to health

December 3, 2025