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Why Pantone’s Color of the Year Is the Shade of Science
PANTONE 18-3838 Ultra Violet is a deep saturated purple, but it doesn’t hold a candle to true ultraviolet
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Millions of Migrating Red Crabs Are Coming to Google Street View
The crustaceans are making their brief annual appearance on Australia’s Christmas Island
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Earth’s Mysterious Hum Recorded in the Deep Sea for the First Time
The discovery could help unlock the planet’s deepest secrets
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You Don’t Have to Have Synesthesia to “Hear” This Silent Gif
How we perceive the world is the result of the complex intertwining of illusion, synesthesia, and suggestion
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The encyclopedic list includes more than 40 space terms ranging from the Moon to exoplanet
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Gaze Into a 530-Million-Year-Old Eye, the Oldest Yet Discovered
Found on an Estonian trilobite, the eye once processed 100 “pixels” of information
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New Species of Extinct Marsupial Lion Deepens Their Fierce Family Tree
The dog-sized animal adds more diversity to the history of Australia’s largest predator
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Narwhals Have a Strange Stress Response
When the creatures are frightened, they both flee and freeze
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Air Pollution May Diminish the Benefits of Exercise
You might want to rethink that walk along the smoggy roadway
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How Robots Left the Lab and Started Helping Humans
Computers were the size of refrigerators—or larger—but robots were on their way
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Newly Discovered Swimming Dinosaur Is Delightfully Bizarre
The cartoonish creature blends characteristics of velociraptors, penguins, swans, and ducks
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Little Foot, the Most Complete Australopithecus Fossil, Goes on Display
After 20 years of excavation and cleaning, the 3.67-million year old hominin is ready for her closeup
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Scientists Need Your Help Rescuing 100-Year-Old Weather Records
A new citizen-science project needs volunteers to digitize decades of temperature, rain and barometric data from across western Europe
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Scientists Discover Ancient Black Hole From the Dawn of the Universe
Sitting some 13.1 billion light years away, the find offers a window into the early universe
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Five Things to Know About the Redrawn National Monuments
The president is reducing two massive National Monuments by millions of acres. Read the context behind the decision and what to expect going forward
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Winding Ice Age Cave Discovered Beneath Montreal
The cave stretches for more than 600 feet and splinters off into a number of different passageways
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Satellite Images Show Frightening Intensity of California Wildfires
Thick plumes of smoke can be seen blowing across the Pacific
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Is Your Champagne Good? Listen to the Bubbles for Clues
You may be able to hear a high-quality bubbly
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Royal Society Photo Contest Winners Capture Drama and Wonder of the Natural World
From Antarctic ice to eclipses and killer whales, the images unveil nature’s strange and sometimes surreal beauty
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Geminid Meteor Shower Will Blaze Across Skies
Will you stay up to catch the show?
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