From Spain to Iceland to Russia, millions gathered to witness the sun's light be fully blocked by the moon in the continent's first solar eclipse in almost three decades.

The following is a statement from Writers Guild of America East members at Scientific American on today’s decision to sell Springer Nature and lay off staff: “Earlier today in an all-staff meeting we ...

Reports say Texas recruits ill from outbreak, which comes weeks after defense secretary made flu vaccine optional

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Researchers at the University of Maryland are trying to get to the bottom of our farts.

Learn how paleontologists study fossilized vomit to explore what prehistoric predators ate.

How far would you be willing to go for bigger balls?

Move comes after Roger Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs

An 80-structure Maya settlement uncovered in Quintana Roo reveals monumental buildings, murals, and multiple construction phases dating from 250 to 900 C.E.

Archaeologists have used innovative techniques to reveal the secrets of an artificial island older than Stonehenge in a Scottish loch, discovering a…

More than 100 NASA astronauts have signed on to a nonpartisan effort to promote “the principles that have propelled our nation for 250 years”

Mysterious Lab Sprites are hiding in the laboratory. Some are easy to spot, others are harder to catch. Find them all and unlock new challenges along the way.

This beauty is one of the best butterfly fossils ever recorded.

Atmospheric scientist Perry Samson was doing fieldwork when he was unexpectedly caught inside a tornado—making him one of the few such people who have lived to tell the tale

Bones of 15,800-year-old puppy push confirmed origin of our canine companions back nearly 5000 years

Sydney Peterson is among the U.S. athletes heading to the 2026 Winter Paralympics. A neuroscientist in training, Peterson is studying movement disorders, similar to her own condition.

A total lunar eclipse is set to grace the sky on Tuesday. Here’s how to see it

A Dutch lock is closed for the spring, and its employees want you to tell them when migrating fish come knocking by ringing a digital doorbell

The device brings the study of farts “into the 21st century,” the researchers say.

When it comes to dog traits, genetics-based lineages are more telling than human-made categories

In the mid-20th century, the medicine cabinet was a fixture of many homes. Open one and you’d likely find a thermometer, a box of bandages, maybe a tin of aspirin — basics we still recognize today. Bu...

Compared to other great apes, human penises are mysteriously large, hinting they act as a signal to mates.

Lactating armpits, deadly burgers, and the world's nosiest parasite are some of this year's most bizzaro medical tales.

SO SMOL.

This annual contest celebrates the most hilarious wildlife photos of the year, from headless flamingoes to grinning brown bears.

UBC-developed enzymes successfully converted a kidney to universal type O for transplant, marking a major step toward faster, more compatible organ donations.

Some puns literally write themselves.

The winners of the 2025 Ocean Photographer of the Year competition captured the ocean and its wildlife like you’ve never seen before.

“Ice XXI” is an entirely new phase of ice with a crystal structure that’s more complex than the ice found on Titan or Ganymede.

Fat Bear Week 2025

An experiment that transformed lead into gold, a satellite designed to manufacture drugs in space, and many other fascinating projects all took home trophies at this year’s Science Fair.

Scientists who analysed fragments that crashed into a roof in Georgia, US, say it likely formed 4.56 billion years ago.