“One thing that this article is showing is that we are very seasonal creatures,” says Georgetown University School of ...

You might think of asteroids as just rocks of various sizes floating around in space. But they’re vastly more complex than ...

Test your science knowledge with this weekly news quiz! We’d love to hear from you! E-mail us at [email protected] to share your experience.

Rachel Feltman: When Tom Crawford climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and stood 5,895 meters [about 19,341 feet] above sea level, he was astounded by the natural beauty of the view. Who wouldn’t be? But unlike ...

Math’s “best-choice problem” could help humans become better decision-makers, at everything from choosing the best job ...

Some researchers dream of solving all mysteries with a common method—but a mathematical paradox may keep such solutions out ...

In the U.S. in the early 1960s the distributor of a thalidomide drug was impatient to get it on the market. But FDA medical ...

Mathematics communicator and drag queen Kyne will help you discover the beauty and power of math in this miniseries.

Three scientists are honored for developing a class of blockbuster weight-loss drugs. Is a Nobel prize on the way?

A long-awaited calculation of the W boson’s mass agrees with theory, contradicting a previous anomaly that had raised the ...

In online forums the term “cuck” has become synonymous with “sucker” and “loser.” But this use distorts its history and ...

Ghost imaging “creates possibilities for long-timescale dynamic imaging that does not damage live samples,” says laser ...