Science

An unlikely friendship between a poor fisherman and a majestic bird that first visited his rowboat 13 years ago has captivated Turkey for years.The stork — nicknamed Yaren, or “companion,” in Turkish...

On April 8, a total solar eclipse will blot out the sun for roughly 4,200 miles stretching from Mexico to Canada — a cosmic show that so much of North America won’t...

The United States and China are locked in a new race, in space and on Earth, over a fundamental resource: time itself.And the United States is losing.Global positioning satellites serve as clocks...

How do champion skaters accomplish their extraordinary jumps and spins? Brain science is uncovering clues.By Pam BelluckPam Belluck is a neuroscience reporter and figure skating fan.March 27, 2024The recent World Figure Skating...

When the sky darkens during next month’s solar eclipse, electricity production in some parts of the country will drop so sharply that it could theoretically leave tens of millions of homes in...

With a head covered in rows of curved spines, ancient Selkirkia worms could easily be confused with the razor-toothed sandworms that inhabit the deserts of Arrakis in “Dune: Part Two.”During the Cambrian...

A study, published on Monday in the medical journal JAMA, found that the number of abortions using pills obtained outside the formal health system soared in the six months after the national...

The Biden administration plans to spend up to $6 billion on new technologies to cut carbon dioxide emissions from heavy industries like steel, cement, chemicals and aluminum, which are all enormous contributors...

Regardless of what stock market analysts, political pollsters and astrologers might say, we can’t predict the future. In fact, we can’t even predict the past.So much for the work of Pierre-Simon Laplace,...

Do you dream of leaving the planet?NASA is looking for its next group of astronauts, and you have until April 2 to make a pitch for yourself.“Typically, it’s a very popular application,”...