The World’s Most Ancient, Elusive Sharks Were Finally Caught on Video
Greenland sharks, which can live more than 400 years, reveal how little we know about life in the coldest oceans
King of the Mud Dragons
Robert Higgins has spent his career dredging out tiny creatures from dirt and obscurity
You Should Thank Maurice Hilleman for Helping You Live Past the Age of 10
A new Smithsonian podcast tells the story of the “Greatest Scientist of the 20th Century”
How Does Foucault’s Pendulum Prove the Earth Rotates?
This elegant scientific demonstration has been delighting everyday people for nearly 200 years
NIH Lifts Ban on Funding High-Risk Virus Research
Manipulating viruses could help prepare the U.S. for future pandemics, but it could also risk starting the next outbreak
How the First Man-Made Nuclear Reactor Reshaped Science and Society
In December 1942, Chicago Pile-1 ushered in an age of frightening possibility
Charles Darwin’s Grandfather Was Famous for His Poems About Plant Sex
Erasmus Darwin’s poetics influenced his grandson’s vision of nature
Was Enrico Fermi Really the “Father of the Nuclear Age”?
A new book takes a fresh look at the famed scientist
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
Meet Natalie Batalha, the Explorer Who’s Searching for Planets Across the Universe
The Kepler mission’s project scientist, she has guided the discovery of thousands of planets
A Neurosurgeon’s Remarkable Plan to Treat Stroke Victims With Stem Cells
Gary Steinberg defied convention when he began implanting living cells inside the brains of patients who had suffered from a stroke
Watch the Winners of the 2017 Dance Your Ph.D. Competition
From sea stars to mathematical braids, scientists translate their work into hot moves and killer choreography
Growing Ice Cracks Force Shutdown of Antarctic Research Station
The British Antarctic Survey’s Halley VI research station will close for the second year due to cracking of the ice
How to Stop a Lethal Virus
With tens of millions of lives at stake, medical researchers are racing to create a revolutionary flu vaccine before the next devastating epidemic
The Perks and Pitfalls of Being a Nobel Laureate: Early Mornings, Performance Anxiety
On the plus side, at UC Berkeley you get free parking
The World Has Millions of Colors. Why Do We Only Name a Few?
Cognitive scientists suggest that we name the colors of things we want to talk about
Liquid Cats, Didgeridoo Research and More From the 2017 Ig Nobel Prizes
A parody of the prestigious Nobel Prizes, the awards celebrate research that makes people laugh, then think
You Can Help Scientists Study Great White Sharks Off the Coast of Cape Cod
The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy is offering boating expeditions open to the public now through October
What Happened to America’s Public Intellectuals?
Our nation has always depended on these heavyweights to guide us, but are they still with us, and if so, who are they?
The “Nobel Prize Sperm Bank” Was Racist. It Also Helped Change the Fertility Industry
The Repository for Germinal Choice was supposed to produce super-kids from the sperm of white high achievers
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