When Humans Learned to Live Everywhere
About 70,000 years ago in Africa, humans expanded into more extreme environments, a new study finds, setting the stage for…
Scientific Study Shows Bogong Moths Use Sky For Migration
A new study suggests that these Australian insects may be the first invertebrates to use the night sky as a…
Elon Musk’s AI Company Faces Lawsuit Over Gas-Burning Turbines
The company, xAI, has installed several dozen turbines in Memphis without proper permits, the group said, polluting a nearby community.Elon…
Octopuses’ 8 Arms Snoop on the Microbial World
Scientists discovered that octopuses use their limbs to sample the microbiomes on the surfaces they touch.When octopuses extend their eight…
Is Fake Grass Safe? A Manufacturer Sues to Stop a Discussion.
Four experts were sued for defamation ahead of a seminar where they planned to talk about research into the potential…
A Traveler Waits in the Stars for Those Willing to Learn How to Look
Among the Northern Dene people in Alaska and Canada, tradition holds that pointing one’s finger at animals, or the stars,…
Bat Cave Footage Offers Clues to How Viruses Leap Between Species
Video from a national park in Uganda depicted a parade of predatory species feeding on and dispersing fruit bats that…
Trump’s Cuts to N.I.H. Grants Are Illegal, Federal Judge Rules
The judge accused the Trump administration of discriminating against minorities and L.G.B.T.Q. people and ordered the government to restore much…
Graduate Students Push Back Against Science Funding Cuts
Hundreds of graduate students are writing to their hometown newspapers to defend their research, as the Trump administration drastically reduces…
Pangolins Should Receive Endangered Protections, U.S. Officials Say
The armored mammals are trafficked for their scales and meat.Pangolins — strangely adorable, scale-covered creatures believed to be the most…