Is This Plan to Combat Climate Change Insane or Insanely Genius?
Harvard physicist David Keith wants to use two jets and one million tons of sulfur dioxide a year to halt global warming
Watch These Ants Hurl Themselves Out of Death Traps With Their Mouths
At least one trap-jaw ant species has coopted its exceptionally strong mandibles to escape its nemesis, the ferocious antlion
Paper Turtles and Frisky Skates Bring This Indoor Seashore to Life
A new exhibit at the National Aquarium in Baltimore takes visitors on a trip to the beach and into the dark depths of the Atlantic
A Lopsided Supernova, Orbital Espresso and More Cosmic Wonders
An exploding star reveals its secrets and an astronaut takes a coffee break in this week’s best space pictures
Your Online Dating Profile Picture Affects Whether People Trust You
Attractiveness is linked to trust, but the responses are very different between men and women
10 New Things Science Says About Being a Mom
Such as, how much time she spends with her child doesn’t matter as much as we think
How the Giant “Cosmic Navel” Formed in Utah
The unique landform in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is essentially one of the biggest potholes on Earth
DNA Testing Could Identify Litterbugs and Dog Poop Miscreants
Anonymous crimes may not be quite so anonymous anymore
Rockets and Microphones Reveal the First Images of Thunder
The acoustic visuals could help us better understand the physical processes that drive lightning strikes
Veggie Power? Artificial Muscles Made From Blinged-Out Onions
Turning root vegetables into working muscles requires gold, electricity and imagination
How Our Modern Lives Became Infested With Bed Bugs
After being bitten by the tiny pests, author Brooke Borel set out to learn all she could about her blood-sucking foes
Creating Plastic From Greenhouse Gases
Newlight Technologies is turning carbon emissions into plastic for everyday items
A Trip to Mars Could Give You Brain Damage
Exposure to cosmic rays may cause defects that would make astronauts lose their curiosity during a mission
Climate Change Will Accelerate Earth’s Sixth Mass Extinction
The pace at which species disappear is picking up as temperatures rise, and things are looking especially troubling in the tropics
Ask Smithsonian: Are Cats Domesticated?
There is little genetic difference between a tabby and a wild cat, so scientists think the house cat is only domestic when it wants to be
Birds Are in a Tailspin Four Years After Fukushima
Like the proverbial canary in a coalmine, avian abundances may paint a grim picture of the effects of nuclear disasters on wildlife
This Fluffy Little Dinosaur Had Bat-Like Wings
About the size of a sparrow, Yi qi probably glided through Jurassic forests on membrane-covered appendages
Monkeys Can Hack Each Other’s Grammar
Campbell’s monkeys add suffixes to alarm calls to indicate specific threats, and Diana monkeys tune in for their own benefit
Meet Chilesaurus, a New Raptor-Like Dinosaur With a Vegetarian Diet
A seven-year-old and his family found the unusual Jurassic theropod while out for a hike in southern Chile
Meet the Makech, the Bedazzled Beetles Worn as Living Jewelry
The unusual bugs from the Yucatán have a backstory as colorful as their rhinestone-studded rumps
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