Citizen scientist finds ancient white dwarf star with enigmatic dust rings

This New Optical Device Could One Day Detect Plant Life on Distant Alien Worlds

With the best air pressure sensor ever on Mars, scientists find a mystery

When Kids Realize Their Whole Life Is Already Online

Scientists Release Controversial Genetically Modified Mosquitoes In High-Security Lab

Did Scientology Drive Kenneth Wayne Thompson to Commit Bloody Murder?

Why microwaving grapes creates a dazzling plasma light show

She was a maid at 9, wrote a hit song at 11 — and won a Grammy at 93

Why humans have evolved to drink milk

Grand Canyon visitors may have been exposed to radioactive material for two decades

Some Yellowstone geysers are getting more active—but why?

Infusions of young blood not proven ‘safe or effective’, US government warns

The Lab Discovering DNA in Old Books

Virgin of the Rocks: A subversive message hidden by Da Vinci

Flight reaches 801 mph as a furious jet stream packs record-breaking speeds

Hudson Yards Is a Gilded City Straight Out of a Billionaire’s Fantasy

This supermassive black hole sends jets ricocheting through its galaxy

New Squid Genome Shines Light on Symbiotic Evolution

Can a robot pick a strawberry better, faster, and cheaper than a seasonal farmworker?

First privately-funded spacecraft to journey to moon set for launch

Simulated space journeys to help keep the peace on manned trips to Mars

Disturbingly Black Snow Has Blanketed Several Towns in Siberia

What Is the Great Blue Hole in Belize?

A Different Kind of Theory of Everything

Should Mental Disorders Have Names?

New research suggests that the 80 two-ton blocks of Stonehenge were transported 230km over land

Inside the Spittlebug’s Bubble Home

Are we on the road to civilisation collapse?

The Herbal Supplement That Might Be a Deadly Drug

The True Story Behind an Iconic Vietnam War Photo Was Nearly Erased — Until Now

How the world got hooked on palm oil

This Simple Optical Illusion Could Actually Cause a Delay in Your Brain

Exotic spiraling electrons discovered by physicists

The Devastating Allure of Medical Miracles

An 81 megapixel composite photo of the moon (link to full version in the reddit comments)

Study blames YouTube for rise in number of Flat Earthers

A Mother Learns the Identity of Her Child’s Grandmother. A Sperm Bank Threatens to Sue.

Found: A 50-Year-Old Scientific Message, Stuffed in a Bottle

Killer whales eat dolphins. So why are these dolphins tempting fate?

Telling porkies: no, Peppa Pig is not giving American kids British accents

Why an Outlaw Was Stabbed to Death and Then Buried Face-Down in Medieval Sicily

The shady economics of ‘buy one, get one free’ deals

This Was The Last Photo Taken By NASA’s Opportunity Rover On Mars

The Army’s Next Infantry Guns Will Have Computerized Fire Control for Unreal Accuracy

A Whale’s Afterlife

Neutron star collisions hold key to universe expansion

The plot to assassinate George Washington — and how it was foiled

The truth about Hannibal’s route across the Alps

Saving the Bats, One Cave at a Time

The hunt for the fish pirates who exploit the sea

Searching Tardigrades for Lifesaving Secrets

You and your poo: Why fecal medicine could be the next big buzz

Is This the Footprint of One of the Last Neandertals?

‘Every Day Is A Good Day When You’re Floating’: Anne McClain Talks Life In Space

Common gut virus linked to coeliac disease

A suspected killer eluded capture for 25 years. Then investigators got his aunt’s DNA.

Did Henry VI have a sex coach in his marriage bed?

Smartwatches Are Changing the Purpose of the EKG

The Enduring Mystery of the Martian ‘Blueberries’ Discovered by Opportunity Rover

Cemetery Guns And Coffin Torpedoes