There are a heck of a lot of reasons not to.

A new fossil find may help pinpoint the origins of mammals’ uber-flexible hyoid bone, which anchors the tongue and gives us our signature swallowing style.

A new analysis pinpoints some of the most ancient stars in our galaxy—and tells the story of the Milky Way’s ravenous past.

Under extreme conditions, a human can produce more than three gallons of sweat in a single day.

Researchers have built a prosthesis that enabled a man who lost his hand to text, pluck grapes from their stems, and stuff a pillow into its case.

This crustacean-like critter stalked the seas half a billion years ago.

The trifecta, discovered by NASA’s TESS, includes a “super-Earth” and two “sub-Neptunes” in a system called TOI-270.

Using data from an especially bright population of stars, astronomers have reconstructed the Milky Way’s peaks and valleys like never before.

With a goal to empower youth to tell stories about the world in new ways, NOVA Science Studio was able to give students exposure to a wide range of careers in STEM, journalism, and media production.

Researchers are using fluid dynamics to try to improve the study of crime scene blood spatter.

Two kinds of glow-in-the-dark catsharks convert blue light to green, and now we know how.

The long-sought molecule could one day power high-energy electronics.

The feces contain the oldest example of parasite DNA ever recorded.

The technology is still in its infancy, but could someday aid the development of faster, more energy-efficient electronics.

That earns this fish, Electrophorus voltai, the title of the strongest known living source of electricity.

Two men born without arms showcase the brain’s extraordinary flexibility.

Delays during migration can imperil birds’ chances of a successful breeding season.

The gargantuan structures hint at a massive explosion in our galaxy’s past.

A new study hints at the ways in which air pollution may directly impact a fetus.

Researchers used rabbits and antidepressants to search for a link between orgasm and ovulation in female mammals.

A new analysis predicts that 3,196 animals will join the 5,579 already snared in the global wildlife market.

Light from nearby galaxies illuminated the web’s ‘threads,’ making them directly visible to telescopes on Earth.

Even forests that look green from space can show symptoms of impending decline.

A new refrigeration technique harnesses the ability of rubber and other materials to cool down when released from a tight twist.

Nearly half a billion years ago, marine arthropods called trilobites lined up single-file before meeting a tragic end.

Researchers have uncovered a new category of giant storm on Saturn’s surface.

Thousands of fossils from Colorado show how plants and animals evolved together after an asteroid devastated life on Earth.

Researchers used artificial intelligence to reevaluate elevations vulnerable to rising sea levels.

The relationships these winged mammals forge in captivity are strong enough to survive the jarring transition back into the wild.

New research quantifies the fire risks of eight species of invasive grass.

The images confirm the species, which has been “lost” to science for 29 years, is alive and well in its native Vietnam.

Leonardo da Vinci dissected some 30 cadavers in his lifetime, leaving behind a trove of beautiful—and accurate—anatomical drawings.

Scientists are using artificial cervices and 3D models of the uterus to better understand pregnancy and childbirth.

As law enforcement agencies deploy AI-powered facial recognition systems, some communities are pushing back, insisting on having a say in how they’re used.

Black holes, gene editing, and quantum computing wowed us—while new climate findings and racial bias in medicine brought renewed urgency.

We’ve counted down our ten most-read articles of 2019 and found that health and medicine, physics—and of course animals—were fan-favorite topics this year.

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When you build it, you send it.
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Between 83,000 and 190,000 people could die of COVID-19 in Africa, with 29 million to 44 million infected, in the coronavirus pandemic’s first year if containment measures do not work, the African regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday.

France's former 94-year-old president Valery Giscard d'Estaing is accused of sexually assaulting a German reporter.

LAUSD's decision to temporarily shut down schools causes an enormous disruption. And it's not clear how helpful the move will be in slowing coronavirus spread.

It's not the government takeover that many Californians wanted for the fire-starting utility, but the deal Gavin Newsom struck with PG&E should help.

Closing trial courts to the public and postponing non-essential proceedings during the covid19 emergency makes good sense as a public health measure but shuts the public out of proceedings that under normal circumstances are rightfully accessible. Constitutional rights of criminal defendants are protected not just by the right to counsel but also by public scrutiny of hearings, judges, prosecutors and other public officials. Many problems would have been avoided if only courts would embrace televised proceedings and modern communications technologies.

A pandemic threatens participation in the ultimate act of citizenship.