Category: 7. Science

In a scene that feels more like a midnight vigil than a routine inspection, NASA engineers and scientists gathered in near darkness inside a pristine cleanroom. Armed with flashlights and ultraviolet lamps, members of the Nancy Grace Roman…

At this time of year, many of us are looking forward to giving and receiving gifts, but humans aren’t the only ones to give presents. From spiders to penguins, dolphins to bonobos, gift-giving is remarkably common in the animal kingdom, where…

If you’re talking to a scientist, try not to use the words “bear” and “hibernate” in the same sentence.

It’s common knowledge that bears enter a deep sleep during winter, but what’s the proper terminology for that? Calgary naturalist Brian Keating…

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They may not be home for Christmas, but astronauts in space are finding their own way to make the season bright. They’ve even…

They may not be home for Christmas, but astronauts in space are finding their own way to make the season bright. They’ve even hung their space stockings by the airlock with care.

Four astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) are…

New species are still being added to the tree of life – not only from remote field sites, but also from museum drawers, where specimens have waited for better tools and new questions.

In 2025, researchers at the American Museum of Natural…