The inaugural launch and first-stage booster recovery of China’s Long March 10B rocket intensifies the nation’s spaceflight rivalry with the U.S.
Odds of a Super El Niño are rising, and that could have deadly consequences
The climate system is tied to more powerful typhoons, as well as famine and wildfires.
How could laxer radiation exposure rules affect public health?
A proposed rule change could expose more Americans to higher doses of radiation from nuclear facilities
Why the controversy over de-extinction risks missing the point
Efforts to revive the thylacine and woolly mammoth are forcing conservationists to face a long-overdue debate over what kind of natural world we want to build
Is Earth the only planet with total solar eclipses?
Other planets have moons, too. Do they get eclipses like we do?
‘Dark’ comets sprouting tails could help solve interstellar mysteries
A strange class of comet could explain the enigmatic behavior of ‘Oumuamua, the first known interstellar object—and even shed light on how Earth became habitable
Physicist says splashy new cosmology study made ‘elemental’ mistake
A recent study in the journal Nature carries cosmos-quaking implications for our understanding of the universe—except a new preprint says that it’s wrong
These absurdly cute mice live at higher altitudes than any other mammal—here’s how they do it
Living at altitudes with less than half the oxygen at sea level, these mice have adapted to their environment in unique ways
Cases of explosive diarrhea-causing cyclosporiasis are rising fast in the U.S.
Cyclosporiasis case numbers have skyrocketed from several dozen nationwide in June to more than 1,000 in the state of Michigan alone today
Early bird, night owl or something else? Five patterns may define how we sleep
New research identifies five distinct sleep subtypes, revealing links between brain patterns, behavior and health