America’s Oldest City Is Not Where You’d Expect
Step aside Roanoke, Jamestown and Plymouth — St. Augustine was here first, and it's survived more than 450 years. Here's the history of this place. ...read more
Author: Vishay Singh
Our Ancestors’ Chipped Teeth Are Taking Scientists Further Back in Time Than Ever Before
Researchers salvage ancient proteins to learn more about human ancestors. ...read more
Does Dream Interpretation Have Any Scientific Basis?
Scientists are trying to wrap their heads around the content of your dreams, from the wild to the mundane. ...read more
Female Serial Killers Exist, but Their Motives Are Different
Male perpetrators may get more press, but they don’t have a monopoly on serial murder ...read more
Earth Is on the Cusp of the Sixth Mass Extinction. Here’s What Paleontologists Want You to Know
There have been five mass extinctions in our planet's history. The sixth will be more of a slow burn, and unlike the ones before it, humanity is to blame. ...read more
6 Ways the Coronavirus Pandemic Changed Science
COVID-19 uprooted much of human life — including how we do research. The pandemic could bring permanent changes to the field. ...read more
Do All Galaxies Have Dark Matter?
The discovery of two ghostly galaxies created a hullabaloo in the astronomical community. But the jury’s still out on what’s really going on. ...read more
How One Person in Pakistan Made a Difference for Air Quality
Air pollution kills hundreds of thousands of people every year in Pakistan, yet no one was monitoring air quality. Now a group of citizen scientists is prompting change. ...read more
Scientists Are Trying to Save This Seahorse Paradise in the Bahamas
Researchers are rushing to save a Bahamian pond critical to the understanding of seahorse ecology — as well as their evolution. ...read more
Did COVID-19 Heal Nature?
A global shutdown in 2020 seemed to turn over city streets (and, supposedly, canals) to wildlife. Ecologists saw something deeper. ...read more