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  • A New, Thin-Lensed Telescope Design Could Far Surpass James Webb

    Space telescopes are limited in size due to the difficulties and cost of getting into orbit. By revamping an old optical technology, researchers are working on a lightweight and thin telescope design.

  • Does Turning the Air Conditioning Off When You’re Not Home Actually Save Energy?

  • Not All Repellents Are Equal – Here’s How to Avoid Mosquito Bites This Summer

  • Woman Spends 500 Days Alone in Cave: How Extreme Isolation Alters Sense of Time

  • Fire Danger in the Western United States’ High Mountains Is Intensifying:

  • How Better Pollen Forecasts Could Help With Allergy Season

    Rising temperatures mean longer, earlier pollen seasons, but a bigger problem is what more carbon dioxide will do to the amount of pollen being released.

  • How Do Superconductors Work? A Physicist Explains

  • Why the Ethics of Octopus Farming Is So Troubling

  • Why Rain on Snow in the California Mountains Worries Scientists

  • Turkey Earthquake Video Shows Buildings Collapsing Like Pancakes: Here’s Why

  • 2022’s US Climate Disasters: A Tale of Too Much Rain – & Too Little

    Millions of people around the world suffered through deadly flooding and long-lasting heat waves in 2022. A climate scientist explains the rising risks.

  • Bad Hangovers? Why Genetics, Personality & Coping Mechanisms Can Make a Difference

  • Nuclear Fusion: How Scientists Can Turn Latest Breakthrough Into New Clean Power Source

  • Arctic Report Card 2022: The Arctic Is Hotter, Rainier & Wetter, Study Finds

  • Measles: Why the World Health Organization Has Declared It an ‘Imminent Global Threat’

  • Shorter Days Affect the Mood of Millions: How to Avoid the Winter Blues

  • Fatherhood Changes Men’s Brains, According to Before-&-After MRI Scans

  • Scientists Discover 5 New Species of Black Corals Living Near Great Barrier Reef

  • Why Some Like It Hot: The Science of Spiciness

  • What Is RSV? 5 Questions About Respiratory Syncytial Virus Answered

    Tens of thousands of children have tested positive for RSV, respiratory syncytial virus, in the last months in what is the largest outbreak of the virus in recent years.

  • How You Can Help Protect Sharks – & What Doesn’t Work

  • Etienne Klein: French Scientist Posts Picture of Chorizo on Twitter

  • James Webb Space Telescope: Chorizo Slice Is Stand-In for Distant Star

  • Here’s Why Monarch Butterflies Are Now an Endangered Species

  • How the James Webb Space Telescope Helps the Search for Alien Life

    Life on Earth has dramatically changed the chemistry of the planet. Astronomers will measure light that bounces off distant planets to look for similar clues that they host life.

  • James Webb Space Telescope: Astronomer Reveals Details About How It Works

  • What Is Monkeypox? 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

  • Sagittarius A*: See the First Photo of a Black Hole in the Milky Way

  • New Study Suggests Video Games Boost Intelligence in Children

  • Vuity: New Eye Drops Can Help Aging People See Better, Optometrist Explains

    As people age, their eyes lose the ability to focus on close objects. A new eye drop treatment called Vuity can improve vision without the need for glasses, contacts or surgery.