Planetary-wide dust storms on Mars, lasting for months, may be linked to the motion of the Red Planet around the solar system.
Honeybees search high and wide for the best flowers. And when they find them, they go back to the hive and "tell" the other bees how to get there
In this episode of Generation Anthropocene, learn about rare earth elements (which aren't really that rare) and why they're so prized.
Green ants build their grand nests out of leaves, which they pull and join together with silk. Amazingly, this silk is produced by their newborn larvae
All that copper and zinc for a coin most people throw away--what's the sustainable solution?
You asked, we answered
In central Africa, a former Israeli military trainer and his team are deploying battle-tested tactics to stop the runaway slaughter of elephants
The chance discovery beneath a nearly 2,000-year-old pyramid leads to the heart of a lost civilization
New gene-editing technology gives scientists the ability to wipe out the carriers of malaria and the Zika virus. But should they use it?
A new theory links their fate to a meat-heavy regimen
Can a pioneering computer model save the rainforest's residents from our best intentions?
*Does busyness boost cognition, or do people with better cognition tend to keep busy?
University of Pennsylvania psychologist Angela Duckworth talks about her new book and the importance of the personal quality
Engineers have yet to find ways to protect astronauts from cosmic rays and solar radiation
With a mastery of macro, Levon Biss captures every hair and dimple on insects’ vibrant bodies
A new book details the sensational exploits of Harrison G. Dyar, Jr., a scientist who had two wives and liked to dig tunnels
Stone tools and mastodon remains help show that the Americas were peopled more than 14,000 years ago
The Grand Prismatic Spring might seem photoshopped, but there's very real science beneath its vibrant colors
As spring arrives earlier in far northern Russia, red knots get smaller—and have trouble in their African winter homes
Smithsonian linguist Ives Goddard finds that the Native Americans of central Massachusetts spoke five languages instead of one
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