Beyond the bright swirling arms of our Milky Way galaxy, something enormous, mysterious and shadowy barrels toward us. It’s called Smith’s Cloud. And it isn’t like any cloud you’ve seen…

Sound travels in waves of vibrating air molecules that bump into each other. Microphones work by picking up these vibrations. Scientists had wondered if they could make microphones that see…

Chenyang (Leo) Lin grew up in a city along China’s south coast. It was far from any woods. So the large trees and darting squirrels he saw while hiking in…

“Where’s your squeaky ball? Bring me your panda bear!” It’s not unusual for some dogs to learn the names of their favorite toys. But some dogs can categorize toys by…

Kleptotrichy (noun, “KLEP-tow-TRY-key”) Kleptotrichy is the act of stealing hair from live mammals. Some birds use the behavior to gather fur to line their nests. The word is a based…

Light pollution makes birds work overtime. Streetlamps, buildings and other human-made sources pollute the night with artificial light. This extra brightness can lead to birds singing nearly an hour longer…

How often do you talk to ChatGPT? A few times a week? Every day? “Everyone uses AI for everything now. It’s really taking over,” Kayla Chege told AP News. She’s…

That pimple patch you’re using now is so last year. A new type locks on to pesky pimples better. Its secret is its tiny, uniquely shaped needles. They also help…

Groups of ants seem to be smarter than the sum of their parts. But for groups of humans, that’s not always the case. In lab experiments, scientists gave longhorn crazy…