Science

Early hunter-gatherer women in the ancient Americas hunted big game just as much as men did, a new study suggests.

Plans to build an innovative new nuclear power plant—and, thus, revitalize the struggling U.S. nuclear industry—have taken a hit as in recent weeks: eight of the 36 public utilities that had signed on to help build the plant have backed out of the deal. The withdrawals come just months after […]

The blast was the ‘most powerful radio burst’ the Milky Way has ever seen, and could solve a decade-old mystery.

These changes are caused by the formation of abnormal cells triggered by the coronavirus spike protein.

We probably think we know gravity pretty well. After all, we have more conscious experience with this fundamental force than with any of the others (electromagnetism and the weak and strong nuclear forces). But even though physicists have been studying gravity for hundreds of years, it remains a source of […]

Elections have space consequences.

The judges praised Dr Camilla Pang for her original and unique perspective on our experience as humans through the prism of scientific understanding.

The concave-eared torrent frog’s unusual ear anatomy lets it hear high-frequency calls, which gives a mating advantage to the littler males that sing soprano.

Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.