A newly mated bumblebee queen typically spends the winter alone underground. After mating in late summer or fall, she burrows into the soil and slips into diapause, an insect state of suspended ...

Commuters have long complained that subway platforms can feel unbearable in hot weather. A new study from Northwestern University suggests those complaints reflect a clear and measurable pattern.

In this spirit of rigorous worldbuilding, we just published a new study where we merged the disparate disciplines of literary worldbuilding and climate modelling. We used complex computer programs – ...

Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University. He has a PhD in cognitive psychology from the University of Western Australia. He founded Skeptical Science, a website which won the ...

Rendering of the planetary collision astronomers suspect occurred around star Gaia20ehk in 2021. Credit: Andy Tzanidakis Astronomers have captured a rare, real-time view of a planetary cataclysm ...

Although it feels like the promise of electric air taxis never left the shiny tech demo in a venture capitalist’s slide deck, the ball is finally moving. We’ve watched as teasing sleek prototypes ...

Scientists have described an exciting discovery: two marsupials that modern science thought to be extinct are still alive in ...

But new research suggests a new player is making an impact: us. By studying foraminifera, tiny single-celled marine organisms that leave behind fossil shells, a team of researchers from the University ...

A new study, published in The Astrophysical Journal, finally changes that. Using data from the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX), researchers built a three-dimensional map of ...

Meet Lucy's hunter, a massive, horned crocodile that likely terrorized early human ancestors in ancient Ethiopia.

A groundbreaking study in galactic archaeology proves the Sun made a treacherous journey to reach its current home in the ...

Teens increasingly turn to chatbots for health advice because professional dietitians can be expensive and difficult to ...