Fossil colour studies are changing our idea of how dinosaurs looked

Coming soon to the battlefield: Robots that can kill

Social worker, diaper changer, dietitian, day planner, warden and more — all at dismal wages

A charismatic con artist devastated her victims—then they fought back

An extraordinary landscape at the edge of the world

Monadnock Building: The Last Brick Skyscraper

The wall holding back a desert

Centuries of breeding have reshaped dog brains—here’s how

The mystery of the missing millionaire continues to enthrall

Why are fossils more often male?

SpaceX Satellite in Near Collision with European Space Agency’s Aeolus

Ability to detect directional gaze is not unique to humans

A New Lake Grows in Kilaeua Caldera

Teen’s Junk Food Diet Caused Him to Go Blind, Doctors Say

Europe and US teaming up for asteroid deflection

The science of senolytics: how a new pill could spell the end of ageing

How Two Sisters Pulled Off a Daring Escape From Saudi Arabia

Some Vaccine Doubters Swayed by Outbreaks

Earth’s “fingerprint” could one day help us find a habitable exoplanet

The Hidden Science of Elevators

xkcd’s Randall Munroe on How to Mail a Package (From Space)

What People Hate About Being Managed by Algorithms, According to a Study of Uber Drivers

160 years ago today the Earth was struck by the most powerful geomagnetic storm in recorded history

Bugatti has broken the 300mph barrier

The Price of Self-Delusion

The Secret Story of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’s Last Tango

How Not to Get Away With Murder

Fixing the Flaws in Animal Research

Cutting Edge AI Learns to Model Our Universe

Video: Jetpack: British inventor flies letter to Isle of Wight

A Love Letter to the Last Planet

Identified: Three Oklahoma teens missing 40 years, found at the bottom of a lake

Shelved: Van Morrison’s Contractual Obligation Album

China’s Loyal Wingman Drone Flies Alongside Manned Fighters

These Researchers Want to Run a Cable From the Earth to the Moon

The Dawn of WWII, According to the Chief of British Secret Intelligence

Why you should think about being a good ancestor

The Mysterious Vaping Illness That’s ‘Becoming an Epidemic’

A Dutch gallerist made thousands of forgeries and passed them off as the work of real artists. When he was caught, a new con began.

How Big Is the Universe?

A water tunnel, 1,036 meters long, excavated through a mountain on the Greek island of Samos in the sixth century B.C.

The International Space Station Is More Valuable Than Many People Realize

Scientists discover evidence for past high-level sea rise

The Rise of the ‘One-and-Done’ Family

Cormac McCarthy’s Three Punctuation Rules, and How They All Go Back to James Joyce

A Very Fast, Very Safe, Very SLIMM Nuclear Reactor

Waiting for the Monsoon, Discovering a Brain Tumor Instead

The world’s most advanced nanotube computer may keep Moore’s Law alive

The greatest threat to life on Earth may come from space

The frighteningly simple technique that hijacked Jack Dorsey’s Twitter account

The Mad Beach Party of 1923

80 years ago today Nazi SS agents took over Polish radio stations to broadcast fake anti-German sentiments

The Government Needs Your Help Finding Sketchy Underground Tunnels

How Colonialism Shaped Body Shaming

Flying Aircraft Carriers

Possible Detection of a Black Hole So Big It ‘Should Not Exist’

Archaeology of the 99%

When Royalty, Scientists, and Gardeners All Wanted Fake Fruit

Scientists discover way to ‘grow’ tooth enamel

Why Soviets Sent Dogs to Space While Americans Used Primates