NASA announced that asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 0.28 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but that number is expected to continue shifting with further observations
Researchers present an alternative to the long-held “hard steps” theory to explain the evolution of complex life, suggesting it’s the natural outcome of a habitable environment rather than a lucky break
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Using visual cues, including colors on wetsuits, seabream in the Mediterranean learned to identify researchers that would feed them
Wildlife officials in Florida captured and collared the adult male feline during a routine population check in late January
First banded in 1956, the Laysan albatross has become a mother once again at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
Paralympian John McFall has passed all the required medical exams and is now eligible for future travel to the ISS with the European Space Agency
In a study of 12 heterosexual couples, researchers noted the presence of a partner's genital bacteria after sex, even when the pair used a condom
While scientists once thought Greenland's ice streams flowed slowly and uniformly, new research reveals a quake-driven "stick-slip" motion that's linked to volcanic activity thousands of years ago
Volcanologists are closely monitoring the 11,070-foot-tall stratovolcano, located roughly 75 miles from Anchorage, after a recent uptick in earthquakes
The neutrino was 30 times more energetic than any other previously observed particle of its kind. Scientists still don’t know exactly where it came from
Researchers in China found Baminornis zhenghensis, which lived at roughly the same time as the famous Archaeopteryx but looked much more like modern birds due to its short tail
Loggerhead turtles can identify specific magnetic signatures, according to a new study, hinting at how the aquatic reptiles manage to return to the same foraging and nesting sites over and over again
Researchers and citizen scientists took samples of environmental DNA from saliva on backyard hummingbird feeders and agave plants to identify Mexican long-nosed bats
In a new study, scientists tested the complex layers in the animal's clubs that serve as mighty shields to absorb the shock of the impact
Scientists find that 82 percent of birds-of-paradise species show biofluorescence, often on their feathers, throat or inner mouth
The team used computer models of computational fluid dynamics, then tested out the painstaking—yet reportedly delicious—recipe for themselves
Seismic wave data previously suggested the Earth’s hot inner core is slowing its spin. Now, researchers say it’s also deforming around the edges
National Park Service officials haven't identified the person or people who illegally drove more than two miles across Eureka Dunes, home to the federally protected Eureka dunegrass
The cosmic superstructure Quipu is more than 13,000 times the length of the Milky Way, and its mass is 200 quadrillion times that of the sun, according to preliminary research
When the Renaissance artist painted his famous "Ecce Homo" around 1570, he covered up a portrait of an "an unknown professional man" standing at a desk
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