Lañilawal, a Patagonian cypress that may be one of the oldest trees on Earth, needs greater protection if scientists are to understand its secrets of survival, an environmental scientist says...
An increase in activity in dying brains might be associated with last-minute conscious experiences, but scientists don’t know for sure
New research attempts to discern how bizarre particles of strange matter form in the nuclei of atoms
The first timekeeping devices were probably natural materials lost to the ages, but the ancient Egyptians were the first to leave records of their timekeeping methods
Killer whales rip open the bellies of sharks to snag the liver. Other predators also have dietary preferences for organs, brains and additional rich body parts
A new review finds that only some methods to counteract conspiracy beliefs are effective. Here’s what works and what doesn’t
It’s probably a matter of when and how, not if, we humans will meet our doom
The World Health Organization declared the COVID outbreak a pandemic three years ago. Here’s what’s changed since then
The idea that wolf packs are led by a merciless dictator, or alpha wolf, comes from old studies of captive wolves. In the wild, wolf packs are simply families
Echoes from earthquakes suggest that Earth’s solid inner core has its own core
Trees communicate and cooperate through a fungal web, according to a widespread idea. But not everyone is convinced
In newly deciphered letters written from captivity in the late 1500s, deposed queen of Scotland Mary Stuart complained about her health and tried to negotiate her release
Does this all feel a little familiar? Called déjà vu, that sensation may be your brain correcting its own errors
The planet’s solid inner core might rotate at a different rate than the rest of the planet, and that rate might be changing
Scientists find that magnetic fields and turbulence amplify each other inside stars’ hidden layers, slowing down the stellar cores’ spin
A newly discovered interaction related to quantum entanglement between dissimilar particles opens a new window into the nuclei of atoms
Two-million-year-old DNA, the world's oldest, reveals that mastodons once roamed forests in Greenland’s far northern reaches
Heavy rains may have set off an outpouring of ash and gases from Indonesia’s volcano Semeru “like uncorking a soda bottle”
Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano on Earth, erupted for the first time in nearly 40 years. Its eruptions tend to be shorter-lived than those of the other Big Island volcanoes, and its lava is more liquid and flows faster...
Aye-ayes use their long middle finger to pick their nose, a first for this lemur species. But scientists aren’t sure why these animals picked up the habit
