Rare fossils of young T. Rex are finally filling in a huge gap in the dinosaur’s life cycle.
Amateur archaeologist Bill Ott went missing in 2012 while hunting for undocumented prehistoric rock art paintings. His backpack is still missing.
New research led by NASA Goddard found persistent “erroneous measurements” skewing past estimates for how severe geomagnetic storms can get.
A CDC lab tasked with tracking cyclospora outbreaks lost most of its staff during the DOGE cuts, and we're now having to grapple with the fallout.
Conservation scientists have determined that Trump’s plan to rescind the 2001 “roadless rule” could jeopardize clean water supplies in key states across the American West.
A physicians’ group has documented over 100 injuries caused by federal agents deploying nonlethal weapons in ways that violated manufacturer guidance and their own agency’s policies.
Researchers discovered groups of rodents carrying genetic mutations tied to rat poison resistance.
Geologists found what they call “invisible gold” hidden within a surprising mineral near undersea hydrothermal vents.
Two human-like robots just used regular surgical instruments and their bare android hands to competently operate on a living animal for the first time.
Researchers created a powerfully adhesive paintable electrode—and it’s over ten times more breathable in hot weather than normal medical electrodes.
A new study has found that police officers, park rangers, and even a poison control center have spread misinformation about the dangers of juvenile rattlesnakes for decades.
Scientists used to think so-called “slow slip events” were “theoretically impossible.” Now these subtle tectonic shifts could be the key to predicting future earthquakes.
Researchers in the United States, Europe, and Argentina have discovered that some trees stop growing in the heat of summer—a find that could upend current climate models.
Health officials are reporting record numbers of the unpleasant gastrointestinal infection in southeastern Michigan.
Nicknamed “Gus,” this Tyrannosaurus rex is reportedly one of the biggest, most complete, and most expensive dinosaur fossils ever to be sold via a commercial auction.
Researchers working with the Smithsonian pored over 10,061 artifacts and other elements to determine whether tiny ‘Homo floresiensis’ used fire or hunted big game.
NASA’s never-before-attempted plan to move a sensitive scientific satellite into a safer orbit has faced a week of delays—but it’s still go for launch.
Teetering near endangered status, the starlet sea anemone produces “an ancient mechanism” for fighting viruses that researchers called “counterintuitive.”
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s public-facing hub for climate science, climate.gov, has been reborn as climate.us.
An advanced research vessel off the coast of Brazil has ID’ed a new cousin to crabs and lobsters, nine new jellyfish, and two gigantic single-celled organisms visible to the naked eye.
