Science

U.S. Traffic Deaths Spiked in 2020, Even as People Stayed Off the Road

Italy Becomes First Country to Actually Block Covid-19 Vaccine Exports

A Boy’s Smelly Nose Was Caused by a BB Pellet Stuck Inside for Years

Hubble Captures Stunning View of a Spiral Galaxy

Asteroid Apophis Is Swinging by This Weekend to Taunt Us

Watch Live: SpaceX Attempts Third High-Altitude Test of Starship [Update: It Actually Landed!]

Dino ‘Parasites’ Trapped in Amber Are Not What They Appear to Be, Say Scientists

Cuttlefish Are Able to Wait for a Reward

Primates Appeared Almost Immediately After Dinosaurs Went Extinct, New Research Suggests

How This Ancient, Defleshed Human Skull Ended Up in Such a Strange Spot

Human Remains Unearthed Where Colonial Williamsburg’s First Black Church Once Stood

An Ancient Dog Bone Could Be Evidence of the Route Humans Took to North America

X-Rays Help Scientists Read ‘Letterlocked’ Renaissance Mail

What a Fossilized Hand Says About the Last Common Ancestor Between Humans and Chimpanzees

NASA’s Experimental Electric Airplane Edges Closer to Its First Flight

Raven the Science Maven Has a Message for Aspiring STEM Workers: Be Your Unapologetic Self

How Deep-Sea Fiber Optic Cables Could ‘Transform’ Our Detection of Earthquakes

The Arctic Ocean Was Once Filled With Fresh Water, New Research Suggests

The Atlantic Ocean Is Getting Wider Thanks to Upwelling Magma

Meet the First Endangered Animal to Be Cloned in North America

Promising Gene Therapy Trials Suspended Over Potential Cancer Risk

Highest-Resolution Images of DNA Reveal It's Surprisingly Jiggly

Common DNA Testing Method Has High False-Positive Rate for Rare Mutations, Study Finds

Mini Nuclear Reactor at Government Lab Shut Down After Radiation Leak

What Are Venus Flytraps Doing With Magnetic Fields?

After 69 Years, Chemists Finally Get a Good Look at Einsteinium

Artificial Human Genomes Could Help Overcome Research Privacy Concerns

Developing Algorithms That Might One Day Be Used Against You

New Zealand Scientists Built a ‘Volcano Bomb’ Cannon to Save Lives

17th-Century England Had Some Seriously Horrible Weather

These 3D-Printed Fish Bots Can Swarm and School Like Their Scaly Counterparts