How the Goldenrod Plant is Challenging Traditional Views of Intelligence

Fossil of Neanderthal child with Down’s syndrome hints at early humans’ compassion

Rhino horns injected with radioactive material in bid to curb poaching

A black hole made from pure light is impossible, thanks to quantum physics

How Did the Case Against Alec Baldwin Go so Far?

Video: Watch How This Artisan Turns a Single Sheet of Gold Into an Ornate Teapot [14:18]

A New Way to Predict Earthquakes

A New Aluminum Alloy Is About to Drive the Evolution of Engines

Toys can change your life

Daily multivitamins do not help people live longer, major study finds

Boiling rocks from Earth’s crust tore an ocean into Mongolia 410 million years ago

Why is mystery object Cygnus X-3 so bright? Astronomers may now have the answer

Study: Active, Seafloor Hydrothermal Systems on Small Ocean Worlds Could Support Life

The brain makes lots of waste. Now scientists think they know where it goes

How This Self-Taught Guitarist Became a Music Legend

Jupiter’s Most Stunning Images Captured by NASA’s JunoCam in Sharp Detail

A Diving Crew Went on a Routine Expedition—and Uncovered a ‘Numbing’ Ancient Treasure

International scheme to tax billionaires’ wealth technically feasible, study finds

The fascinating sex lives of insects

Overthrowing Our Tech Overlords

This Rubens Painting Vanished During World War II. Now, It’s Returning Home to a Castle in Germany

The frogs of Puerto Rico have a warning for us

Self-healing ‘living skin’ can make robots more humanlike — and it looks just as creepy as you’d expect

Supershoes are reshaping distance running

Parkinson’s Link to Gut Bacteria Suggests Unexpected, Simple Treatment

Video: This is Where Skyscrapers Are Tested Before They’re Built [13:20]

Discovery of vast sex differences in cellular activity has major implications for disease treatment

Inside the US government’s brilliantly boring websites

Scientists dramatically increase worm’s life expectancy in ageing study

The Lies Los Angeles Was Built Upon

Satellite Collision Prediction Lost During Recent Solar Storm

What would it be like to stand on the surface of Titan?

Missing hiker survives by drinking water gathered in boot

Video: Why People Prefer More Pain [17:02]

How long would it take to reach Planet 9, if we ever find it?

Video: This Disease is Deadlier Than The Plague [10:52]

Engineers Discovered the Spectacular Secret to Making 17x Stronger Cement

How long does DNA stay on clothes?

In Search of the Rarest Book in American Literature: Edgar Allan Poe’s Tamerlane

Newly Decoded Scroll Solves Mysteries of Plato’s Death

You might feel you can trust your gut to tell right from wrong, but the friction of social change shows that you can’t

The Webb Telescope Found Strange, Sparkling Balls That Might Have Helped Light Up the Universe

The Fuzzy Science on Whether Fido Is Actually Good for You

Meet the Forgotten Woman Who Revolutionized Microbiology With a Simple Kitchen Staple

Extreme wildfires doubled over past two decades: Study

Move Over, Genghis Khan. Many Other Men Left Huge Genetic Legacies

‘The Stupidest Thing This Country Ever Did’

Scientists Built an Ingenious Trap to Catch Dark Matter. We’re About to See If It Worked.

Video: Footage shows moment deadly South Korea factory fire breaks out [0:31]

You Can’t Talk Your Way Out of Depression

Maakalla: Europe’s isolated, autonomous island

Jupiter’s upper atmosphere surprises astronomers

Video: ‘Louis Vuitton Sent A Private Investigator to My House’ [11:13]

Project Mayhem: The U.S. Air Force’s Secret Mach 10 Hypersonic Bomber

The science of dance: At the nightclub, we synchronize like a flock of starlings

Video: The Hunt for Europe’s Most Wanted Criminal [19:54]

Kevin, world’s tallest male dog, dies at age three: ‘He was the best giant boy’

The Most Unlikely Migration

When Sick Pets Need Blood, Animal ‘Superheroes’ Come to the Rescue

Detecting intelligent life that’s light years away: Greenhouse gases could signal alien activity