Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...

A landmark study reporting the discovery of Australopithecus africanus one century ago put the African continent at the centre of the story of humanity. Overcrowding can lead to disaster, and yet ...

Feb. 8, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

Feb. 7, 2025 — Researchers have analyzed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show that the long-necked marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin ...

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An annual safety report to NASA has both praise and also underscores a number of cautionary woes, including the space agency's Artemis undertaking to return astronauts to the moon. Firefly Aerospace's ...

But how can we actually achieve this and how can the latest scientific research help? Research into longevity (the science of living longer) and human flourishing (living with positive ...

Two decades after “The Republican War on Science” was published, the broader crisis has reached a level that hardly seemed possible in the recent past.

For almost a century, Science News journalists have covered advances in science, medicine and technology for the general public, including the 1925 Scopes “monkey” trial, the advent of the ...