Recycling materials correctly in the age of international restrictions and a pandemic isn’t easy. ...read more

Humanity’s first dedicated spacecraft meant to explore Jupiter's moon Europa will be complete by 2023 — and it's custom built to find out whether life can exist on the ocean world. ...read more

The fusiform face area (FFA) responds to touching faces in people born blind. ...read more

Smoke from wildfires has traveled across entire continents and has even been visible from nearly a million miles away in space. ...read more

Images from space reveal the scope and intensity of 2020's burning season — from Siberia to the western United States. ...read more

From the parasitic fungus in "The Last of Us Part II" to plant genetics in "Animal Crossing: New Horizons," examples of real-life science in gaming might be right under your nose. ...read more

Higher resolution imagery from weather satellites reveals fine-scale features within storms and is also playing a role in improving forecasts. ...read more

Archaeologists still debate which city came first — let alone how to define one in the first place. But a few settlements offer illuminating views of early urban life. ...read more

There might some truth to the beloved quote, "A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies." Researchers say reading fiction can show us different viewpoints — and shape how we relate to each other. ...read more

And scuttles any possibility that we might ever escape. ...read more