Science&technology

In 1988, police officers in Australia came for Ian Dadour. Not because the entomologist was under arrest, but because they needed his exp ...

The “Mekong ghost” fish is a ghost no more.Like the legendary Rip Van Winkle, who wandered into the woods and disappeared for 20 y ...

Naloxone has saved thousands of lives by reversing opioid overdoses. But its success hinges on someone being nearby who can administer th ...

Polar bears face mounting challenges in a changing, warming world, mostly related to their waning wintery wonderland habitats. But they m ...

Life with diabetes usually includes many injections of the blood sugar–controlling hormone insulin. Recent research investigating a once- ...

This exoplanet’s atmosphere is going full steam ahead.A planet beyond our solar system called GJ 9827d has an atmosphere composed ...

Wildfires may put some of America’s favorite nuts — almonds, pistachios and walnuts — at risk.The flames themselves aren’t to blam ...

New video of male riflebirds’ extreme wrist flares and feather noises reveals how these show-offs do their dazzle.Males of the fou ...

Science and the sources of pain — Science News, October 26, 1974Chronic pain is no small problem for thousands of Americans. They ...

The United States’ reputation as an exemplar of democracy appears to be eroding.In a poll taken earlier this year, almost three-qu ...

Does It Fly?Roddenberry EntertainmentAvailable wherever you get your podcastsImagine you’re hanging out at a bar with your ...

It’s one of the most massive migrations on Earth: a huge biomass of tiny plankton that travel from deep in the sea toward the surface. Ye ...

With the snap of a camera shutter — and a handy microscope — what was once small can become grand.Tap on the images below to enlar ...

Insects have plenty to beware when it comes to carnivorous plants. Add an acid-loving fungus to that list of dangers.Sundew plants ...