Robotics

This Butterfly’s Epic Migration Is Written into Its Che...

Painted ladies travel the globe every year on massive journeys—including across ...

This Robot Copies Life—By Decomposing

A new soft robotic arm and its controller break down naturally

HIV, Trans Health, and Covid Research Targeted by Trump...

An analysis reveals which fields of science and U.S. states are being hit hardes...

JWST Spots Remains of Alien Planet That Fell into a Star

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope provided a closer look at the aftermath of a s...

Crows Are Surprisingly Good at Geometry

Crows can tell the shapes of stars from those of moons and symmetrical quadrilat...

Dolphins Communicate with ‘Fountains of Pee’

This discovery adds to a growing list of how animals talk with their urine

Three NASA Climate Satellites Are Dying. There’s No Pla...

Scientists are increasingly concerned about the future of Earth science under Pr...

What Is a Star?

At the lower end, and to the bitter end, defining a star is tougher than you mig...

Getting Rid of FEMA Will Bankrupt Small Towns

If the Trump administration successfully shutters FEMA, it will bankrupt small t...

Dear Breakthrough Prize Billionaires: Fund the Science ...

The billionaires behind Facebook and Google can do more than hand out glitzy awa...

Measles Outbreak in U.S. May Undo Formal ‘Elimination’ ...

The U.S. formally eliminated measles in 2000 thanks to widespread vaccination, b...

Noninvasive Prenatal Blood Testing Finds Cancer in Some...

Researchers are trying to understand how a common prenatal blood test called NIP...

Long after Her Tragic Death, We Follow in the Footsteps...

The regime of dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo all but erased Andrea Evangelina...

Biggest Brain Map Ever Shows Mouse Neurons in Stunning ...

Neuroscientists have created the largest and most detailed map of a mammal’s bra...

Jared Isaacman, Trump’s Top NASA Nominee, Sets a Course...

Billionaire entrepreneur and private astronaut Jared Isaacman told the U.S. Sena...

Denisovan Fossil Shows Enigmatic Hominins Lived from Si...

The third confirmed location of extinct hominins known as Denisovans shows these...

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