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Newly Discovered Dino Had a Rainbow of Shiny Feathers
The fossilized creature was likely a blend of hummingbird and crow
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Citizen Scientists Discover an Unusual Five-Planet Solar System
Users looking through data on Exoplanet Explorers flagged four sub-Neptune planets orbiting a distant star called K2-138
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Scientists’ Gender May Influence the Results of Experiments
A review of past research has found that subjects respond differently to male and female testers
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Scientist Autopsy the Aftermath of the Largest Underwater Volcanic Eruption of the Last Century
In 2012, miles of floating rock appeared in the Pacific. Now, scientists have studied the Havre seamount eruption that caused the mysterious pumice ‘raft’
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Take a Breathtaking Trip Through the Orion Nebula in NASA’s New Video
Combining visible and infrared imagery, the new video takes viewers deep into the star nursery
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Huge Deposits of Ice Found Just Beneath Mars’ Surface
Erosion has exposed eight sites of enormous quantities of water ice
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New Clues to the Origins of the Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts From Space
New analysis suggests that the bursts originate near massive black holes or neutron stars
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The Oldest Known Butterflies Existed Before Flowers
A new study raises intriguing questions about the evolutionary trajectory of butterflies and moths
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Heatwave Kills Hundreds of Flying Fox Pups in Australia
With temperatures hot enough to melt asphalt, the searing heat “boiled” the tiny creatures
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Scientists Shine New Light on the Blackest Black Feathers
Birds of paradise feathers boast a unique structure that traps 99.95 percent of incoming light
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What Went Wrong With the Launch of the Secretive Zuma Satellite?
Not all is well for the classified Zuma satellite launched from Florida on Sunday
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Runaway Sprinkles from the Museum of Ice Cream Create ‘Environmental Hazard’ in Miami Beach
Here’s the scoop: officials are worried that the museum’s fake sprinkles will get washed into oceans and eaten by marine creatures
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Climate Change Is Turning Green Sea Turtles Female. That’s a Problem
Over 99 percent of turtle hatchlings in northern Australia are female due to increasing sand and sea temperatures
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16th-Century Child Mummy Had Oldest Known Case of Hepatitis B
Long thought to suffer from smallpox, the genome of the 500-year-old mummy shows signs of HPB
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Toxic Algae Closes Important Maine Shellfish Region
The unprecedented late-season bloom may be linked to warming waters and could be a preview of things to come
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Administration Proposes Opening Nearly All U.S. Coastlines to Offshore Drilling
Over 90 percent of America’s waters will be available for oil and gas drilling under proposed plan
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Humans Like Helpers, But Bonobos Prefer Bullies
A new study has found that bonobos gravitate towards characters that push and steal toys
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How Peacock Spiders Make Rainbows on Their Backsides
The adorable arachnids use specialized scales to break light into its component colors to produce some of nature’s tiniest rainbows
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Asteroid-Sampling Spacecraft Captures Haunting View of Earth in Space
OSIRIS-REx tested its cameras by taking a gorgeous photo of its home planet
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UV Light Could Help Stop the Bat-Killing White Nose Syndrome
Research shows the fungus is susceptible to UV light. The problem is getting bats into the tanning beds
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