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Humans Are Making Too Much Noise—Even in Protected Areas
Turns out that protecting natural areas doesn’t give animals much peace and quiet
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Racism Harms Children’s Health, Survey Finds
Racism may not be a disease, exactly. But a growing body of research finds that it has lasting physical and mental effects on its victims
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How Glaciers Gave Us the Adorable, Handstanding Spotted Skunk
DNA tests suggest ancient changes in climate shaped the creatures’ evolution
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Urine Luck: Vinegar Is the Best Treatment for a Man O’ War Sting
A new study suggests urine, sea water and lemon juice all do more harm than good on painful stings
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How Scientists And Indigenous Groups Can Team Up to Protect Forests and Climate
A collaboration between Smithsonian researchers and the Emberá people of Panama aims to rewrite a fraught narrative
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Watch Two Cuttlefish Fiercely Battle Over a Mate
This is the first time researchers caught the creatures locked in a vicious fight in the wild
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Scientists Found a Sweet New Way to Measure Pee in Pools
A common food additive reveals how much urine lurks in the lanes
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Why Morning Glories Could Survive Space Travel
The seed of the common garden flower could survive long journeys in space
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Antarctica’s Blood Falls Helps Unravel the Inner Workings of Glaciers
A new study maps the path of the water that feeds the falls and explores how water can exist under the ice
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Model Looms Are Missing Link in China’s Textile History
Four miniature pattern looms found in a burial in Chengdu show how the Han Dynasty produced cloth to trade on the Silk Road
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DNA of Ancient Skeleton Linked to Modern Indigenous Peoples
A new study has established a genetic link between a 10,300-year-old man and native groups living in the Pacific Northwest today
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How and When Did Saturn Get Those Magnificent Rings?
The planet’s rings are coy when it comes to revealing their age, but astronomers are getting closer
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Latest National Report Card Shows Little Student Improvement in Music and Art
This is the third time that the National Center for Educational Statistics has assessed eight-graders in music and visual arts
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Scientists Make Sturdy Bricks From Mars-Like Soils
Their findings may be a step forward in the mission to build structures on the Red Planet
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Why Mother and Baby Humpback Whales Whisper to One Another
The quiet communication helps them avoid killer whales and randy male humpbacks
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Scientists Extract DNA From Ancient Humans Out of Cave Dirt
The new technique promises to transform the study of the hominid family tree
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Students’ Brains Sync Up When They’re in an Engaging Class, Neuroscience Shows
What does it really mean to get our brains on the same wavelength?
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The Secret Behind Bioluminescent Mushrooms’ Magic Glow
Scientists use chemistry to account for an astonishing phenomenon
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Dog Genome Project Reveals Secrets of Canine Family Tree
Researchers have been barking up the same tree for over 20 years
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