Ciguatera poisoning causes creepy symptoms that go beyond gastrointestinal distress. And unlike E. coli or Salmonella, you can’t kill ciguatera by cooking it. ...read more
The extreme orbit of the gas giant exoplanet WASP-76 b gives it some truly terrifying weather. ...read more
With rows of sharp teeth, this bird had a little more bite than modern birds of the same size. ...read more
A look at how biosafety scientists balance the need to learn about deadly pathogens and the danger of working with them. ...read more
We know that birds and dinosaurs are related. But whether some or all dinosaurs sported feathers is where things get fuzzy. ...read more
A citizen scientist group now has thousands of radiation monitoring devices all around the world. But nuclear researchers are often reluctant to use the measurements. ...read more
Pulses from your heart shimmy all the way up to cells in your brain, new research suggests. ...read more
Scientists in Hungary claim to have found a new particle that reveals a fifth force of nature. ...read more
You can help collect data for scientific studies by mailing researchers your dog's saliva, samples of the forest floor and even spiny anteater scat. ...read more
Bringing the beasts back from the dead is a tempting prospect. But genetic evidence suggests we may not fully understand what makes a mammoth a mammoth. ...read more