Science&technology

The rings that make Saturn such a spectacle are probably heating its atmosphere and making it glow at ultraviolet wavelengths.Rese ...

Boomerang balloon makes twice round the world trip - Science News, April 7, 1973The Boomerang project has achieved a significant s ...

Two fossilized bat skeletons unearthed in western Wyoming represent a new species and are the oldest set of bat bones yet discovered, res ...

If the initial portrayal of a black hole resembled a blurry donut, the latest rendition appears more like a slim onion ring.Levera ...

A new study finds that fast-forming droughts are becoming more common and occurring with greater speed in many parts of the world due to ...

Estrogen causes hormonal birth controls’ most serious and rare side effects, such as stroke and heart attack. The hormone is also at the ...

The Pacific Northwest experienced a two-week-long heat wave in 2021, making it a record-breaking summer (SN: 7/7/21). However, tree ring ...

People who fly on long-haul flights and remain seated for extended periods can be at risk of developing dangerous blood clots, while hibe ...

PeriodKate ClancyPrinceton Univ., $27.95During a golf tournament in February, Tiger Woods handed a tampon ...

How do you know if the world’s largest living fish is expecting babies? Not by her bulging belly, it turns out.Scientists thought ...

Baseball, the world's best sport for number enthusiasts, has been the subject of extensive data collection, with its analysis even having ...

From a bird's-eye view, Gardi Sugdub Island appears to be a shipyard with brightly colored small dwellings squeezed together. On the grou ...

Yellow crazy ants break the rules of reproduction.Every male ant contains separate populations of cells from two distinct genetic ...

History has shown that civilizations do not last forever, as evidenced by the fall of the Aztecs, Maya, and the original Roman Empire. Fr ...