Earthquakes added to Pompeii’s death toll
In A.D. 79, a massive volcano in southern Italy suddenly, explosively awoke, leading to one…
Record-breaking Coral Sea temperatures threaten the Great Barrier Reef
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef faces critical danger from back-to-back bouts of extreme ocean heat. Ocean…
Scientists are getting serious about UFOs. Here’s why
For millennia, humans have seen inexplicable things in the sky. Some have been beautiful, some…
Hundreds of snake species get a new origin story
The ancestors of cobras and related snakes first emerged in Asia roughly 35 million years…
‘Then I Am Myself the World’ ponders what it means to be conscious
Then I Am Myself the WorldChristof KochBasic Books, $30 The human brain is the most…
Why a small seabird dares to fly toward cyclones
Tropical cyclones are synonymous with destruction. But at least one seabird may take advantage of…
A proposed hydraulic lift for Egypt’s first pyramid may, or may not, hold water
Waterpower may have given a big lift to builders of Egypt’s oldest known pyramid, the…
Climate change is driving the extreme heat baking France’s Olympics
Extreme Climate Survey Science News is collecting reader questions about how to navigate our planet's…
Alzheimer’s blood tests are getting better, but still have a ways to go
Alzheimer’s disease is hard to diagnose. But proteins in the blood might provide clarity. A…
Tycho Brahe dabbled in alchemy. Broken glassware is revealing his recipes
Artifacts from the ruins of a medieval laboratory are spilling a famous scientist’s secrets. A…
