SCIENTIFIC NEWS

Potential hints of weird new particles in a dark matter detector have evaporated with new data. Following up on a beguiling result from its...

A fast-spinning neutron star south of the constellation Leo is the most massive of its kind seen so far, according to new observations. The...

When Herminia Pasantes Ordóñez was about 14 years old, in 1950, she heard her mother tell her father that she would never find a...

Massimo Pascale wasn’t planning to study the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723. But as soon as he saw the cluster glittering in the first image...

What did in the dinosaurs: Warm blood or soft eggs? — Science News, July 22, 1972 Dinosaurs might have been endothermic, or warm-blooded…. The...

Hot or not? Peeking inside an animal’s ear — even a fossilized one — may tell you whether it was warm- or cold-blooded. Using...

Human tears could carry a flood of useful information. With just a few drops, a new technique can spot eye disease and even glimpse...

A dog’s brain is wired for smell. Now, a new map shows just how extensive that wiring is. Powerful nerve connections link the dog...

How descendants of cannibals evolved abilities to share a home mostly without killing each other — never mind the rare oopsie snack — resonates...