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This Was a Big Week for Marie Curie, More Than 120 Years Ago

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

June 26, 2026

James Webb Space Telescope Captures the Cigar Galaxy’s Brilliant Stellar Halo in Pristine Detail

The newly released images offer hints into the galaxy’s turbulent past

June 26, 2026

How Humans Are Like Bloodhounds and Bats

A conversation with writer Richard Louv, who coined the term “nature deficit disorder”

How Fruit Flies Manage Their Exceptionally Long Sperm

If human sperm were a foot long, fruit fly sperm would span three football fields

Some Neanderthals Were Genetically Healthy Right Up Until the End

Not all populations of the ancient human species were struggling prior to their mysterious demise

June 25, 2026

Perseverance Scratches the Martian Surface, Finds Organic Carbon

Another hint life may have existed on the red planet

June 25, 2026

Archaic Hominin Species Buried Only Their Women

Ancient proteins recovered from the teeth of Homo naledi fossils tell the tale

June 25, 2026

Coincidences in My Life Have Me Wondering

My search for a hidden structure to astronomically unlikely occurrences

Orangutans Seek Out Medicinal Plants

In fact, they’re some of the same plants used pharmacologically by local Indigenous people

June 25, 2026

How Obesity Leads to Memory Loss

Scientists want to know if aging and an expanded waistline affect memory in the same way

Everyone’s Been Drawing Pterosaur Wings Wrong

Theoretical reconstructions hint at versatile approaches to prehistoric flight

June 24, 2026

Can We Air-Condition Our Way Out of Climate Change?

No. But in the midst of intense heat waves it may be necessary to save lives.

June 24, 2026