Science

An international team co-directed by British marine archaeologist Dr Sean Kingsley has discovered the first shipwrecks linked to real pirates of the Caribbean in the Bahamas....

A recent outbreak of Andes hantavirus on the cruise ship MV Hondius has drawn attention to the virus’s unusual behavior, according to a Science News report....

A portable device using $4 tests can detect tuberculosis from tongue swabs within 30 minutes, according to a study published April 29 in the New England...

Near Tallahassee, Florida, Nicole Dahrouge of the Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy (ARC) is working to prevent the frosted flatwoods salamander from entering an extinction vortex. The...

NPR’s Short Wave science podcast covered three new studies in its latest roundup. One study, published in Science Advances, found that when caterpillars eat bean plants,...

An entomologist ordered mezcal while on vacation in Mexico and launched a research project after noticing a worm in the bottom of the glass. Akito Kawahara,...

According to a report from space.com, the new Apple TV+ spin-off “Star City” presents a fictionalized look at the Soviet space program from the perspective of...

China’s Shenzhou 21 astronaut mission ended on May 29, 2026, when the trio returned to Earth in a borrowed spacecraft, landing at the Dongfeng Landing Site...

The second full moon of May 2026, known as a Blue Moon, will be the smallest full moon of the year. It will be livestreamed by...

NASA’s X-59 jet is preparing for its first supersonic flight, scheduled for this month. The aircraft is designed with an elongated geometry intended to reduce the...