Why do you jerk awake right before sleep? Sleep scientists explain the leading theories behind this fall, including one linking it to our tree-dwelling primate ancestors.
The refurbished railway station in London I entered last week had none of the usual signs of being a tattoo studio. The walls were devoid of any art, and there were no reclining chairs or massage tables in the room. The only tattoo gun on the premises sat in a display case instead of buzzing […]
Heat waves are simultaneously hitting Europe, North America, and Asia, driven in part by the hot waters in the tropical Pacific—and climate change.
In the wake of July’s buck moon on July 29 comes an “eclipse season,” with a total solar eclipse followed by a deep partial eclipse of the sturgeon moon on Aug. 27-28.
As NASA joins up with Europe to plan a lunar astronaut base, one EU designer envisions robotically building a fantastical Moon Temple open to all the world’s spacefarers.
Several cruise lines are sailing into the path of the August 12, 2026, total solar eclipse—with NASA veterans and other astronauts on board.
The latest discovery from NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is a field of honeycomb-shaped polygons covering a Martian valley called Valle Grande. As Gizmodo reports, Curiosity has snapped pictures of the unusual terrain texture before, called polygonal fractures, each about 1.5 to 3 inches wide, but NASA says it’s previously only found them in small patches, […]
Today marks World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, with the theme “Trapped Behind the Scam.” This draws attention to trafficking victims forced into online fraud.
New research reveals the surprising habit that quietly dulls a sharp mind — and it’s not neglect, it’s the competence you’ve already built up over the years.
Basking sharks are not just drifting long-distance travelers relying on stored energy. Satellite tags reveal they likely feed throughout their migrations, diving deep into the mesopelagic zone to track dense layers of small organisms like fish and zoop…