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…
Smiles tweaked by AI can boost attraction, a speed-dating study shows
A well-timed smile could be the ultimate speed-dating hack. Smiles enhanced by artificial intelligence during…
50 years ago, scientists found a new moon orbiting Jupiter
Jupiter’s new moon — Science News, November 2, 1974 Jupiter’s tentatively identified 13th moon, discovered…
A distant quasar’s black hole is oddly huge for its galaxy
The first-ever sighting of starlight from a galaxy hosting one of the most distant quasars…