A new investigation alleges that official organizations in Tanzania have imperiled the country's artifacts and remains at four critical human heritage sites they were supposed to protect
A flesh-eating New World screwworm was just found in a Texas cow—here’s what to know
This marks the first case of the New World screwworm in U.S. livestock since the parasite was eliminated in the country in the 1960s
Astronomers just solved a 50-year-old mystery about the Milky Way’s black hole
A breeze is emanating from Sagittarius A* at the heart of our galaxy
Did we just see a primordial black hole at the Milky Way’s edge?
A blip of light in the outer reaches of the Milky Way might be a bizarre black hole born at the beginning of time itself—and the long-sought solution to the mystery of dark matter. Astronomers are calling it “Phoebe”
Humans conquered the planet 300 times faster than genetic evolution can explain
Culture is humanity’s secret for world domination. This calculation shows just how powerful it is
Search for alien technology on Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS comes up empty
Even though astronomers didn’t detect alien tech signals from a rare interstellar visitor, the results are worthwhile, they say
White House reclassifies federal epidemiologists and other scientists from civil servants to “at-will” hires
The long-anticipated “Schedule F” order strips job protections meant to safeguard federal employees from political interference
Scientists just built a powerful AI computer worm that learns as it spreads
This prototype could help the world prepare for AI malware threats, according to the researchers who made it
Landmark pancreatic cancer treatment paves way for targeting other tricky tumors
Unprecedented results against a stubbornly hard-to-treat cancer are boosting optimism that other challenging tumors will be next
NASA’s Mars mission MAVEN is lost forever
MAVEN was the first mission designed to study the atmosphere of Mars. It also became a vital node of NASA’s communications network at the Red Planet