Link between bacteria metabolism and communication could pave way for new antivirulence drugs

Tales from the far-flung Faroes

Video: Simulation of the formation of the moon after Earth’s impact with hypothetical planet Theia

The Terrifying Lessons of a Pandemic Simulation

A ‘self-eating’ rocket engine which could place small satellites in orbit more easily and more affordably

An evolutionary adaptation that doesn’t directly rely on new mutations

Colliding Neutron Stars Likely Birthed a Baby Black Hole

Evidence Found for a New Fundamental Particle

161 years ago today was the date of birth for a gentleman of singular talent

Canadian researcher helps shed light on ‘hawk’ mummy that was really human

A suitcase full of photographic wonder

40 years ago this month an architect realized that a strong wind could topple one of his skyscrapers

The face in the waves

How The Marine Corps Blew The Biggest War Crimes Case Since Vietnam (note: disturbing images)

Mars Express has revealed the red planet in stunning new ways

‘Holy grail of cancer research’: doctors positive about early detection blood test

Blood Will Tell, Part 2: Did Faulty Evidence Doom Joe Bryan?

Is it really healthier to live in the countryside?

Do Dogs Really Prefer Baby Talk? You Might Be Surprised.

Sign Washed Away in Hurricane Sandy Lands on Beach in France

How to flirt in Canada — give personal space, split bills and don’t wait on a Canadian man to make a pass

Details that look sharp to people may be blurry to their pets

The World War I Battle That Turned Into a Suicide Mission

Something Weird Happened to Men 7,000 Years Ago, And We Finally Know Why

What Pluto and California Have in Common

Here’s what Earth looks like from the US’s most advanced weather satellite

Colleges Are No Match for American Poverty

Greenland Telescope Opens New Era of Arctic Astronomy

Using Deep Space Climate Observatory Measurements to Study the Earth as An Exoplanet

Wearing glasses may really mean you’re smarter, major study finds

Researchers have identified 121 giant planets that may have habitable moons

Is This Inscribed Stone a Notorious Forgery—or the Answer to America’s Oldest Mystery?

Why No One Answers Their Phone Anymore

Taking a photo of something impairs your memory of it, but the reasons remain largely mysterious

Race Against the Rains

How the resurgence of white supremacy in the US sparked a war over free speech

How an Unproven Forensic Science Became a Courtroom Staple

The Bizarre Not-Murder of Arkady Babchenko

The shining moment when Russian revolutionary women reinvented sex

Stricken hiker’s ‘terror’ stranded in California desert

Experiment Could Help Scientists Predict Avalanches Through Sound

Video: Floating an Anvil on Liquid Mercury

New vitamin supplement study finds they may do more harm than good

Process takes CO₂ from the air, converts it to carbon nanotubes

Desire for sugar eliminated in mice by rewiring brains

Two different forms of water isolated for first time

Here’s what we know about China’s future space station

Britain tried to kill Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1918 with secret RAF bombing raid, reveals archives

Mystery of Earth’s Missing Nitrogen Solved

What will we eat in 2050? California farmers are placing bets.

‘This is a genocide’: villages burn as war rages in blood-soaked Cameroon

‘Murdered’ Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko turns up alive

Valencia village lays claim to original Coca-Cola recipe

In the search for cheap, clean, sea power, one company has turned to a 100-year-old invention: a sail that looks like a tube

Your Recycling Gets Recycled, Right? Maybe, or Maybe Not

First 3D printed human corneas

Study: Women’s voices become temporarily deeper after pregnancy

The Forgotten Girls Who Led the School-Desegregation Movement

New research reveals ocean waves play greater role in trapping carbon dioxide

Speculative biology: understanding the past and predicting our future