A huge, ancient Maya city has been found in southern Mexico
A massive Maya landscape has been hiding under a forested area of southern Mexico. The…
Exploiting a genetic quirk in potatoes may cut fertilizer needs
Potatoes are the third-most consumed food worldwide and a delicious snack. But modern farm potatoes…
Putting vampire bats on treadmills reveals an unusual metabolism
Vampire bats have become such specialized bloodsuckers that they metabolize their food more like some…
Feather-inspired airplane flaps could boost flight performance
Airplane plumage might be the next big thing in aviation. Bird wings are contoured with…
The ‘midlife crisis’ is too simple a story, scientists say
The notion of a midlife crisis is dead. Or maybe it was always bunk. Now…
A phone app could help people have lucid dreams
If you want to have a dream where you know you’re dreaming, you might be…
A zombie star’s spiky filaments shed light on a 12th century supernova
Some 6,500 light-years from Earth lurks a zombie star cloaked in long tendrils of hot…
Rethinking archaeology and place
Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses efforts of Indigenous people in British Columbia to preserve…
Readers discuss cloud formation, Stonehenge and Earth’s frenemy Jupiter
Icy moves Stonehenge’s central stone, known as the Altar Stone, may have had Scottish and…
Why finding bird flu in a U.S. pig for the first time is raising new worries
At least one pig has picked up bird flu amid an outbreak in poultry on…