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Contrary to the cliché, an analysis of news articles over the years shows that celebrity has lasting power
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The first-ever sequencing of the "produce microbiome" reveals that grapes, peaches and sprouts host the largest diversity of harmless bacteria
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Scientists can now quickly assess characteristics of a landslide soon after slopes fail, based on its seismic signature
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A German contemporary artist creates a meditative space—lined with beeswax—at the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C.
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Being socially isolated increases your chance of death—but not because you're feeling depressed over being lonely
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As Easter draws near, we celebrate creatures that seemingly die and then come back to life
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Should sending "Thank you" emails and leaving voice mails now be considered bad manners? Some think texting has made it so
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Animals with shrinking habitats are interbreeding, temporarily boosting populations but ultimately hurting species' survival
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It's a product of the emerging field of terradynamics, which studies the movement of vehicles across shifting surfaces
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With a surprisingly light touch, the New York City-based photographer instills feelings of solitude in his images of massive glaciers
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The new technology can be packed into a tiny space, requires no glasses and can project images and video in full color
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New data indicate the spacecraft, launched in 1977, has neared interstellar space, more than 11 billion miles away from the Sun
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Contrary to prior speculation about the elusive creatures, all giant squid belong to a single species and they all share very similar genetics
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An inch and a half long with bright red eyes, the swarm of Brood II cicadas is coming
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One of behavioral psychology's most famous scientists was also one of the quirkiest
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Conference-goers put into verse the ethane lakes on a Saturn moon, the orbital paths of Martian moons and a megachondrule's mistaken identity
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A 100,000-year-old skull has a hole that reflects genetic mutations from inbreeding—likely a common behavior for our ancestors
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Their internal circadian rhythms keep them crowing on schedule, even when the lights are turned off
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The Mariana Trench may serve as a seafloor nutrient trap, supporting remarkable numbers of microorganisms
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Ribbon worms swallow prey whole, grease themselves with their mucus to slide quickly through mud, split into new worms if severed, and much more
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