Even a brief glance reveals that the platypus is a pretty weird creature. It looks sort of like a beaver that tried to disguise itself as a duck. In fact,…

HOUSTON — After five days in space and five decades of waiting, astronauts just got a view of the moon unlike any other. The Artemis II mission’s Orion spacecraft looped around…

Good luck keeping yellow jackets from hovering over your dinner plate at a backyard barbecue. These wasps can track tasty smells — and then hang out to grab a bite…

Technofossil (noun, “Tek-no-FAH-sil”) A technofossil is an object that could offer future archaeologists clues about our modern life. A technofossil is not a true fossil. Real fossils are remnants of…

“AI is like a helper, like an enhancer,” says Dharunish Y. This high-school junior in Pennsylvania thinks AI-based chatbots, such as ChatGPT or Claude, can help people code, generate ideas…

Algorithms are incredible tools. When run by computers, they can fly airplanes without human pilots. They can figure out how much insulin a teen with Type I diabetes needs minute…

You probably know that social media apps try to keep us online as long as possible. But do you know how they do this? They feed us what computer algorithms…

Objective: Build a model beach and see how waves affect the shoreline of the beach. Areas of science: Ocean sciences Difficulty: Easy beginner Time required: Very short (≤ 1 day)…

Some 290 million years ago — before dinosaurs roamed the Earth — a predator gobbled up three other animals. Later, it barfed up their bones. Over the ages, that puke…

This is a developing story and will be updated periodically. For the first time in more than half a century, humans are flying to the moon. At 6:35 p.m. Eastern…