Science

Scientists have long suspected the Moon holds sizable reserves of water, secreted as ice in the deep cold of permanently shadowed craters near the poles. Two new studies tell us more about the possible extent of those reserves. One suggests the shadowy polar caches may cover an area equivalent to […]

Many black holes spin much faster than this.

Much like humans, chimps’ friendships change over the course of their lifetime.

Many of the statues not along the coast are in places that featured a resource vital to the communities that lived and worked there.

Is there any truth to this myth?

Microbes can land on surfaces moments after a cleaning.

More than 40 of the birds, in coalitions of three or four, may fight for days over oak trees in which to store their acorns.