Beneath the ice of Saturn’s moon Enceladus lies an ocean that seems an unlikely home for life. Its water is highly alkaline, ...

Every morning, a gigantic cloud stretches across the Martian sky, reaching up to 1,800 kilometres before vanishing just hours ...

A pine cone on a forest floor, a fossil from an ancient sea, a shorebird stopping to feed on a beach. At first, these may seem like small, separate details of the American landscape. But look closer ...

Most of us think of sitting as one big category. Too much of it is bad, and that is the end of the story. But new research suggests the picture may be more complicated than that. The real question may ...

Three faint smudges in James Webb’s data may be pointing to something astronomers have argued about for years: “dark stars.” The name sounds like science fiction, and it’s misleading. These objects ...

Thinking of astronaut food we often imagine floating packets of pre-cooked meals. But as our aim for space missions becomes longer and humans plan to stay on the Moon or even Mars, having access to ...

Ever wonder why, despite getting enough sleep, you still feel exhausted, moody, or unfocused? Research suggests the issue might be your exposure to artificial light at night, such as screens from ...

Staying cool during hot summer days usually means relying on energy-intensive air conditioners. However, new materials created using machine learning and artificial intelligence promise to change this ...

Scientists at the University of Manchester and The Australian National University have created a new molecule that may soon enable ultra-compact hard drives (the size of a postage stamp) by allowing ...

Have you ever wondered how animals adapt to urban life, with its traffic jams and busy streets? A fascinating observation by researcher Dr. Vladimir Dinets sheds light on how some birds might not only ...

A recent social media trend involving taping one's mouth shut at night to prevent mouth breathing has sparked considerable debate. But according to new research, this popular sleep hack may be less ...

Scientists have discovered just how little of the deep ocean we've actually seen. According to a recent study published by researchers from the Ocean Discovery League in Science Advances, less than ...