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Inside the Tarantula Nebula, gravity fights with feedback from new stars. → Read More
Miniature Brachycephalus frogs are known to faceplant after leaping, and new research explains why they are so clumsy. → Read More
A team of researchers traced the origins of chicken domestication to human-made rice fields in Thailand. → Read More
Scientists dropped wandering salamanders, native to California, into a wind tunnel to watch them glide. They used their tails and heads to steer in midair. → Read More
During climate fluctuations millions of years ago, some phytoplankton seemed to die off. But new findings show they may have been there all along. → Read More
A red-tinged lunar eclipse captured the eye of stargazers and photographers from Germany to Brazil on the evening of May 15 and morning of May 16. → Read More
Eroding coastlines allowed tides to creep dangerously close to beachside homes. This week, the sea toppled two houses in North Carolina. → Read More
Summer 2022 will be another scorcher — and many states will be prone to extreme temperatures starting in May. → Read More
On April 27, a fireball rattled the sky over Mississippi, raining down meteorites that people are now collecting outside the city of Natchez. → Read More
A deadly heatwave is tearing through India and Pakistan as South Asia experiences some of its hottest temperatures on record. → Read More
Behind the James Webb Space Telescope's primary mirror are the 4 vital instruments that allow it to see the universe in wavelengths invisible to the human eye. → Read More
A pterosaur specimen from Brazil could rewrite what we know about the evolution of feathers — and the relationship between pterosaurs and dinosaurs. → Read More
The discovery of a clear calendar date at a Preclassical Maya site shows that ancient peoples were using the calendar around 300 B.C. → Read More
One researcher explains that the electrical pulses created by fungi could be a language. → Read More
In a new study, researchers analyzed the footsteps of an injured dinosaur and found that toe injuries may have been more common for theropods than previously known. → Read More
By reconstructing a lavish home that was buried in ash from Mount Vesuvius, researchers can understand how Roman architecture and art conveyed wealth and status. → Read More
Weighing just 30 milligrams, these micro discs catch the breeze with ease. Researchers want to use them to monitor remote environments. → Read More
During a total lunar eclipse in 2019, researchers observed a sudden change in black swift behavior, showing that the birds are easily swayed by moonlight. → Read More
A new species of cat-like, carnivorous machaeroidine sheds light on the first mammals that evolved to eat mostly meat. → Read More
Megalodon size correlated well with where they lived, discovered by looking at the latitudes the ancient shark relatives occupied. → Read More