Science

The sky over an unusually wide swath of the northern hemisphere lit up with a brilliant display of color overnight into Monday morning, dazzling people across North America and Europe.The display was...

When the American Museum of Natural History’s new insectarium opens on May 4, a half-million leafcutter ants will share the title of star attraction.The ants are biological marvels, living in enormous colonies...

¿Qué relación hay entre la mente y el cuerpo?Es posible que la mente sea como el control de un videojuego; desplaza el cuerpo por el mundo y lo lleva a paseos divertidos....

Early in 2020, on the same day that a frightening new illness officially got the name Covid-19, a team of scientists from the United States and China released critical data showing how...

WASHINGTON — President Biden’s administration is poised to announce limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants that could compel them to capture the pollution from their smokestacks, technology now used by fewer than 20 of...

On any given night, far from bright city lights, there’s a chance that you’ll see a beautiful streak shoot across the sky as a meteor flies overhead. But on special dates scattered...

Pitcher plants supplement their diets with this one strange trick: eating flesh. Usually found growing in relatively poor soil, the plants sprout pitcher-shaped cups with pretty, frilly tops that obscure their true...

Missouri this month became the first state in the country to severely restrict gender treatments for people of all ages, following a series of quieter moves across the country that have been...

For the past 53 years, April 22 has been Earth Day. It started as a call for a regeneration of a polluted environment and has since come to focus on climate change.Since...

At first, Ronnie Cole thought the bright light in the sky over southern Alaska was an airplane.Mr. Cole, a tour guide with Alaska Photo Treks, was setting up a portrait with two...