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Remembering the Brilliant Maryam Mirzakhani, the Only Woman to Win a Fields Medal
The Stanford professor investigated the mathematics of curved surfaces, writing many groundbreaking papers
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How to Kill Nature’s Most Indestructible Creature
Only the boiling away of Earth’s oceans could bring about the extinction of these tiny water bears
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Lioness Spotted Nursing a Leopard Cub in Tanzania
It is the first time that a wild cat has been observed “adopting” another species—but the interaction may not have a happy end
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Like Humans and Apes, Ravens Can Plan for the Future
The birds were able to choose and hold onto a tool that could unlock an eventual reward
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Scientists Store Video Clip in DNA of Living Cells
This first could lead to health-monitoring molecular recorders inside cells
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Watch the Sri Lankan Navy Rescue an Elephant Stranded at Sea
It took 12 hours for a team of navy personnel, divers and wildlife officials to pull the creature back to shore
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How Fire Ants Build Incredible Writhing Towers
Using X-rays, researchers find simple rules help the ants raise each other up, which could be useful in robotics
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Astronomers Find the Smallest Star Yet
The faint orb is just a smidgen bigger than Saturn and around 2,000 to 3,000 times dimmer than our own sun
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John Dee’s Life Shows Science’s Magical Roots
His life shows a time when science and magic intersected–even for scientists
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Stunning Images Capture First Close-Up With Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
Take a peek at the solar system’s largest storm
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Diverse Splendor of Birds on Display in Audubon Photo Competition
100 of the top submissions can now be viewed online
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Delaware-Sized Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica
‘Whopper’ of an iceberg weighs more than one trillion metric tons—and has been threatening to make the break for years
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Space-Bound Humans Bring Fungus Aboard—And the Stowaways Could Cause Trouble
Microscopic life is everywhere, but it could be dangerous for future astronauts bound for Mars
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Strong Plant Defenses Made These Hungry Caterpillars Eat Each Other
When left with the choice of nasty-tasting plants or each other, the choice is clear for the beet armyworm caterpillar
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Genetically Modified Moth May Soon Be Coming to New York Crops
The move is an attempt to limit crop damage by the diamondback moth
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France May Say ‘Au Revoir’ to Fossil-Fueled Vehicles
It’s a bid to dramatically reduce the country’s carbon emissions
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Stunning Images Capture Rare Pale Tiger in India
An unusual genetic combination likely led to the creature’s exceptionally light coloration
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Today We Use Lasers For Almost Everything. But They Took a Long Time to Seem Useful
After the first laser was built in 1960, it took a long time before laser products were on the mass market
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Deep-Water Corals Glow for Their Lives
New research sheds light on the secrets of fluorescent coral reefs
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Mars Surface May Be Too Toxic for Microbial Life
The combination of UV radiation and perchlorates common on Mars could be deadly for bacteria
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