A new implant for blind people jacks directly into the brain

Ancient skeleton discovered in underwater cave in Mexico

Shock after alcohol flows from kitchen taps in Kerala

A 2020 Retrospective on the History of Work

In Norway, way up by the Arctic circle, global warming is already affecting people and nature. Here’s how.

Death: can our final moment be euphoric?

‘The luxury days are gone’: life on cruise ship stricken by coronavirus

Global Ocean Circulation Is Speeding Up

At the Battle of Marathon, Athens’ underdog victory stunned Persia

In Food Safety Regulations, a Surprising Paucity of Research

A New Experiment Hopes to Solve Quantum Mechanics’ Biggest Mystery

Astronomers discover unusual monster galaxy in the very early universe

World’s biggest iceberg makes a run for it

Beautiful outcome of a fight between sibling stars

Lasers etch a ‘perfect’ solar energy absorber

What the world can learn from Japan’s robots

The John, Paul, George, and Ringo of Genes

The Sensitive Plant

These Amateur Archaeologists Dig Up the Buzz Bombs That Fell on England in WW2

The first seizure

Why medics and the law clash with family in brain death cases

My Uncle, The Librarian-Spy

Charles Dickens: newly discovered documents reveal truth about his death and burial

After 2,000 Years, These Seeds Have Finally Sprouted

The Grand Unified Theory of Rogue Waves

Scientists said 99% of understanding of cancer was missing until today.

Bunker mentality: the man who built Albania’s underground Stalinist city

Gallery: Kamchatka peninsula, a land in the far east of Russia. Photos by Isabella Tabacchi

On the Trail of Hollywood’s Stolen Oscars

Why Are Uranus and Neptune So Different From Each Other?

Video: Global Transport of Smoke from Australian Bushfires [02:13]

Physicists determine the optimal soap recipe for blowing gigantic bubbles

Nighttime Camera Catches Coyote and Badger in Absolute Cahoots

Beneath the Arctic’s Sea Ice, Robots Are Illuminating a Mysterious World

Jackass penguin call shares traits of human speech, scientists say

R0: How scientists quantify the intensity of an outbreak like coronavirus and its pandemic potential

An algorithm that can spot cause and effect could supercharge medical AI

An Afternoon With Uncut Gems Breakout Wayne Diamond, New York’s Last Bon Vivant

Day Two at Yalta, the Conference That Shaped the World: When Churchill Quoted Marx to Stalin

The Edison of the Slot Machines

The modern alchemists racing to create a new element

Jim Crow laws created ‘slavery by another name’

Our Home Supercluster, Laniakea, Is Dissolving Before Our Eyes

New quantum switch turns metals into insulators

Permafrost Is Thawing So Fast, It’s Gouging Holes in the Arctic

Yarn grown from human skin cells could be knitted into your body

Bent into shape: The rules of tree form

Researchers identify unique neuron that computes like a compass

No One Can Explain Why Planes Stay in the Air

Could a habitable planet orbit a black hole?

Mathematicians Prove Batchelor’s Law of Turbulence

New Origin Story for Gross Blobs That Wash Up on Beaches

Catherine Burns: Inside the 50-Year Disappearance of an Oscar Nominee

This clifftop monastery is surprisingly accessible

Nearly 400 Years Later, the Fork Remains at the Center of American Dining Controversy

Abusing Pets and Drugs, One Vet Has Left Decades of Despair in His Wake

The Deadliest Disaster at Sea Killed Thousands, Yet Its Story Is Little-Known. Why?

Check out the first-ever electric car designed by Porsche, the 1898 P1

The Navy Is Arming Nuclear Subs With Lasers. No One Knows Why.

Day One at Yalta, the Conference That Shaped the World: ‘De Gaulle Thinks He’s Joan of Arc’