For decades, scientists have gone back and forth about whether massive volcanic eruptions or an asteroid impact — or maybe both — caused a mass…
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Charles Darwin. Carolus Linneaus. Gregor Mendel. They’re all men. They’re all white. And their names appear in every biology book included in a new analysis…
A patch of three oddly short feathers spotted among the fossilized plumage of Microraptor may be the first evidence of a nonbird dinosaur molting. The…
In the depths of the ocean, it might take more than a little light to illuminate some of the planet’s darkest fish. Some deep-sea fish…
Get out the marshmallows and toasting sticks. The closest images yet taken of the sun show tiny flares dubbed “campfires,” astronomers announced in a news…
The intense heat wave that gripped Siberia during the first half of 2020 would have been impossible without human-caused climate change, a new study finds.…
On movie missions to Mars, getting there is the easy part. The Martian’s Mark Watney was fine until a dust storm left him fending for…
When it comes to the expansion rate of the universe, physicists have apparently agreed to disagree. Two types of measurements clash over how fast the…
Science writer Kate Greene couldn’t have known that her memoir about her time on a make-believe Mars mission would be published as millions of people…
In the race to scarf down as many hot dogs as possible in 10 minutes, competitive eaters may have a limit: 83 franks, buns and…