Following a traditional Bulgarian method of yogurt-making, researchers added four live forest ants into a warm jar of milk. Credit: David Zilber When you think of yogurt, you probably picture a neat ...

The rogue planet, known as Cha 1107-7626, is about 620 light-years away in the constellation Chamaeleon. It weighs in at five to ten times the mass of Jupiter and drifts alone in space, untethered to ...

Other studies came to similar conclusions. A U.S. study of more than 200,000 older adults found lower dementia risk in both recipients of the older live vaccine (Zostavax) and the newer recombinant ...

The European Space Agency’s CryoSat-2 satellite monitors subtle changes in ice sheet thickness in Antarctica and Greenland. Credit: ESA/AOES Medialab. Antarctica is often though ...

Global tree-planting pledges promise far more than they can deliver — and may even create new problems for food, water, and biodiversity.” ...

Now, researchers from Polytechnique Montréal in Canada and École Polytechnique in France have come up with a clever twist: making parachutes more accurate by cutting them. Inspired by kirigami (the ...

According to Spectrum, a stray round tore through a fiber optic cable and left about 25,000 people without internet, TV, or phone service for several hours. Repair teams scrambled, and most customers ...

New research quantifying the global impact of forest age transitions found that 140 million tons of aboveground carbon are lost per year because of old-growth forests being replaced by younger stands.

An antibiotic discovered on Easter Island in 1964 sparked a billion-dollar pharmaceutical success story. But the history told about this “miracle drug” has completely left out the people and politics ...

Scientists discovered molecular fossils that reveal sponges were among Earth’s earliest animals.

The promise of reusable period products seems simple: less waste, lower costs, and a better deal for the planet. But tucked inside those layers of fabric, scientists keep finding something that ...

Centuries-old mummies are unmasked with 3D scans, revealing faces hidden for hundreds of years.