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As recently as 2019, U.S. military health researchers had concerns about testosterone levels among the troops. Their worries were not that male service members didn’t have…
Richard Feynman was a serious physicist who loved to answer unserious questions. Can math tell you how to order the optimal lunch? Can a human track…
The total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026, will bring thousands of photographers to a narrow path of totality through eastern Greenland, western Iceland and northern…
QUICK FACTSName: Relief fragment with vanquished enemiesWhat it is: Painted sandstoneWhere it is from: Luxor, EgyptWhen it was made: Circa 1427 to 1400 B.C.The ancient Egyptians…
Science word of the day: PandoPronunciation: PAN’-dohWhat it means: In Latin, “Pando” means “I spread.” And boy, does it. Pando is a clonal stand of aspen…
Two meteor showers will peak together overnight on Thursday, July 30, into Friday, July 31 — but skywatchers should expect a moonlit challenge rather than a…
Great white sharks can launch themselves clear out of the ocean, but why they breach so dramatically remains one of marine biology’s biggest mysteries. “Air Jaws:…
About 40 minutes after it landed on Mars on July 20, 1976, NASA’s Viking 1 lander sent this first photo from the surface of the Red…
Redheads are a rare breed, with people who sport ginger locks making up less than 2% of the global population. With such low numbers, would it…
Science word of the day: CenozoicPronunciation: See-noh-ZOH’-ihkWhat it means: The ascendency of mammals, the birth of the Himalayas, the diversification of birds — Earth’s in its…
