Scientists are using a variety of methods to study why Kilauea has repeatedly spewing lava fountains since late 2024. They may have ruled out one theory.

Participants in two small trials lost dangerous fat around their internal organs. This fat is linked to health issues like ...

Optogenetics, recognized by the 2026 medicine Nobel, makes cells respond to light, including eye cells that normally relay ...

Fresh boulder tracks on Mars could reveal how a quake shook the planet and help scientists detect future tremors from orbit.

A decades-old claim linking caregiving stress to risk of death has stuck around, hampering research into its benefits. But ...

Cassie Martin is the managing editor at Science News. She has a bachelor's degree in molecular genetics from Michigan State University and a master's degree in science journalism from Boston ...

Herugavialis is the new name for a fossil found in the same rocks that built the Great Sphinx. The reptile is a unique branch ...

Talk about a big fracking pain: activities that involve injecting fluids into the ground — for hydraulic fracturing (aka fracking), geothermal energy projects or wastewater disposal — occasionally ...

Bigger bodies and wider beaks help birds like the bare-throated bellbird belt out calls louder than a jackhammer, but why ...

If you're one of those unfortunate souls who steps outside in shorts for thirty seconds and returns looking like a human ...

The human brain is built to hear voices. Speaking connects us to other people — and ourselves. What do our voices reveal about ourselves?

The rain gods have an electrifying trick up their sleeves. Recent research reveals that when sliding water droplets pick up electrical charges, they transform into microscopic arc welders capable of ...