Some 6,500 light-years from Earth lurks a zombie star cloaked in long tendrils of hot sulfur. Nobody knows how those tendrils formed. But astronomers now know where they’re going. New observations, ...

The notion of a midlife crisis is dead. Or maybe it was always bunk. Now some scientists want a postmortem for the theory. The idea that happiness in the Western world plummets around midlife before ...

If you want to have a dream where you know you’re dreaming, you might be in luck. A phone app seems to boost users’ odds of having lucid dreams. Before bed, the app has users listen to a specific ...

Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses efforts of Indigenous people in British Columbia to preserve ancient trails.

Stonehenge’s central stone, known as the Altar Stone, may have had Scottish and not Welsh origins, researchers say. The finding suggests that Late Neolithic ...

The black hole’s mass is over half that of all the stars in the surrounding galaxy, a record for any galaxy hosting a quasar.

A well-timed smile could be the ultimate speed-dating hack. Smiles enhanced by artificial intelligence during video chats led to higher romantic attraction, researchers report October 28 in ...

At least one pig has picked up bird flu amid an outbreak in poultry on a backyard farm in central Oregon. While the infection appears limited to one farm so far, the discovery has raised new alarm ...

Tweaking the chemical composition of a parrot-specific pigment can shift feathers from red to yellow or green.

New finds in the Finding Fluorescence site include a Japanese beetle with a glowing blue mouth and a mushroom that gleamed bright red under its cap.

The occasional sweet treat likely won’t ruin your health. But too much added sugar at a young age could increase the risk of health complications later in life. Limiting added sugars during the first ...