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NASA’s X-59, an experimental supersonic aircraft developed in partnership with Lockheed Martin, has broken the sound barrier for the first time. The test represents an important…
The United States successfully eliminated measles decades ago by taking measures to ensure the virus stopped spreading consistently within the country — but now, it’s likely…
This week’s science news was awash with alarming updates from the world’s oceans, with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declaring the official onset of El…
As water molecules move around the planet through the water cycle, they take on many forms, moving from solid to liquid to gas and back again.…
A pair of sibling dwarf galaxies is having a gravitationally charged squabble in our cosmic backyard, and it will likely end with one ripping the other…
A single climate-change-fueled cyclone killed 7% of Tapanuli orangutans — the world’s rarest great apes — in just five days last year, new research reveals.The study…
For Sarah Hall, every mealtime was dangerous.She has a rare condition called cardioinhibitory syncope, which causes overactive nerve signals to tell the heart to stop beating…
Frozen droppings of prehistoric ground squirrels are chock-full of DNA from ice-age beasts, including woolly mammoths, a mysterious big cat and a huge array of other…
Earth’s underground fungal network is so vast that, if it were in outer space, it would span roughly 10% of the Milky Way if placed in…
A century-old tuberculosis vaccine reduced insulin use in people with diabetes, new clinical trial results suggest. The catch: Research on this vaccine has divided the diabetes…
