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How Language Evolved from Climate and Terrain
Try shouting words into the wind, what sounds make it through?
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Happy Birthday Hedy Lamarr, Hollywood Star Turned Scientist
The beauty had brains—after all, she invented the tech behind Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS
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Sleepwalkers Might Not Feel Pain, at Least Until They Wake up
By day, sleepwalkers may suffer chronic pain, but by night they can jump through windows without feeling a thing
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The Antares Spacecraft Explosion in Horrifyingly Beautiful Detail
New photos show the grim (yet beautiful) blast
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Watch 30 Minutes of Mesmerizing, Ultra-HD Sun
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory stares at the sun so you don’t have to
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New Insights Behind the Sand Dunes That Swallowed a Boy
Scientists have confirmed that fungus-ridden trees are to blame
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This Man Got Cancer from a Tapeworm
A very strange case challenges some assumptions about parasites
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The Culprits Behind Mysterious Mass Antelope Deaths Finally Exposed
More than half of the world’s endangered saiga antelopes died suddenly on the Central Asian steppes last spring
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A Minecraft World Built for Exploring Chemicals
The new world, called MolCraft, is a virtual chemistry museum
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This Scientist Live-Tweets Cheetah Hunts
Documenting nature in all its beauty, viciousness, hilarity and boredom
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New Fossils Show Ostrich-like Dinosaurs Sported a Coat of Plumage
Bits of ancient feathers and skin still clung to the exquisitely preserved fossils
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Weak Skeletons May Have Spelled the End for Mammoths
New results suggest that weak bones made the beasts more susceptible to human hunters
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Orion’s Return, Falling Fireballs and Other Treats in November’s Night Skies
A constellation rises as the Leonid and Taurid Meteor Showers return
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What is Happening to Antarctica’s Ice Sheets
While parts of Antarctica get icier, others are on the verge of collapse
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Coywolves Are Taking Over Eastern North America
Coywolves are not ‘shy wolves’—they are coyote-wolf hybrids (with some dog mixed in) and now number in the millions
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Why the Sands of Many Dunes Sing, Boom, and Even Burp
Contrary to Marco Polo’s tales, it’s not because they’re full of mysterious spirits
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Tiny Ancient Skeleton Redefines the Split Between Monkeys and Apes
The last common ancestor of all apes may have been smaller than previously thought
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Wyoming Has a Crack Problem (And It’s Not What You Think)
A mysterious tear in the ground is the state’s new social media star and a testament to the fast fury of Mother Nature
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Mexico’s Navy is Battling Seaweed Along the Caribbean Coast
Mountains of seaweed are blanketing beaches around the Caribbean Sea and the government is calling everyone to arms
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Russia Wants to Send Monkeys to Mars and Women to the Moon
The Russian space agency has announced plans for space missions through 2029
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