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Anthropogenic evolution is affecting species across the planet

Science in meter and verse

After decades of debate, grizzlies will be reintroduced to the North Cascades

Rather than relying on bacteria, whiteflies cut out the middleman and acquired their own genes to process nitrogen

Supportive care is often started late in an illness, but that may not be the best way

Rats as you’ve never seen them; the journey of restoring a garden; stories from a “post-Impact” future

Walking barefoot on hot stones; what makes bluebirds blue

With few states tracking who is being homeschooled and what they are learning, an untold number of U.S. children are at risk of a poor education or even abuse

Explore the new science of weird chemistry, anthropogenic evolution and near-death experiences

Forestry is deadly. Could automating some logging tasks help?

Scientists are putting together a catalog of communications from belugas’ forehead “melon”

Scientists think they’ve cracked the long-standing mystery of attraction among particles with a similar charge

Adam Higginbotham's new book "Challenger: A True Story of Heroism & Disaster on the Edge of Space" explores the fateful internal NASA decisions that partly led to Challenger's sudden destruction upon liftoff.

Underwater data centres being installed off the coasts of China, the US and Europe could be disrupted by sounds from military-grade sonar on ships and submarines, or even whales

Underwater data centres being installed off the coasts of China, the US and Europe could be disrupted by sounds from military-grade sonar on ships and submarines, or even whales

We face a moment of opportunity—and competition—in bringing digital twin technology to patients

The coming settlement of the High Frontier doesn’t have to be a repeat of the violent conquests and colonization of history. We will not take space from anyone, and we can give it to everyone.

A white dwarf star orbiting a sun-like star was thought to be impossibly small, but now astronomers have found another star in the system that solves the puzzle

A white dwarf star orbiting a sun-like star was thought to be impossibly small, but now astronomers have found another star in the system that solves the puzzle

Are you ready for the greatest story ever told? Launched in France on 25 April 2024, Space Odyssey is the first complete history of space in graphic novel form. Drawing on the latest scientific and historical sources, it tells the story of the men and women who pioneered humankind's journey into space.