The species’s boundaries in North America seem to have been fairly fluid. We tend to lump all mammoths together as big, hairy elephant-like beasts with enormous tusks. But there were a number of mammoth species, including less furry ones that inhabited temperate regions. And the furry ones include at…
“Once a species enters, they never leave,” interior secretary says. But there’s more to the story. “You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.” It’s the ominous slogan for “Hotel California,” an iconic fictional lodging dreamed up by the Eagles in 1976. One of…
A species known only by a single rib turns out to be covered with meter-long spikes. Ankylosaurs, with their squat, armored bodies and bizarre, weaponized tails, are an iconic group of dinosaurs. While there were plenty of species present in the Cretaceous, they’re thought to have origins that trace…
This was the first successful flight of SpaceX’s second-generation Starship after three failures. STARBASE, Texas—SpaceX launched the 10th test flight of the company’s Starship rocket Tuesday evening, sending the stainless steel spacecraft halfway around the world to an on-target splashdown in the Indian Ocean. The largely successful mission for…
Collapsing gas clouds in the early universe may have formed lower-mass stars as well. For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical elements, which enriched the universe and allowed the next generations of stars to form the…
It’s not just you. Survey says: “Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky” Marine biologist and conservationist David Shiffman was an early power user and evangelist for science engagement on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. Over the years, he trained more…
“I don’t want to gamble on which major city or two we lose in a scenario like that.” Rep. Seth Moulton, a Massachusetts Democrat in his 11th year on Capitol Hill, had some things to say when the House Armed Services Committee met last month to write President Trump’s…
Half of a year of data shows that the solar boom is not slowing down. On Tuesday, the US Energy Information Agency released its latest data on how the US generated electricity during the first six months of 2025. The data suggests the notable surge in power use is…
“We wish we were young again and NASA was this vivacious, you know?” STARBASE, Texas—For the third day in a row, SpaceX engineers prepared to send the company’s massive Starship rocket into space Tuesday after a technical problem and bad weather grounded the test flight on two previous launch…
Triple-fermented Belgian beers have the longest-lasting foam; single-fermented lagers have the shortest. For many beer lovers, a nice thick head of foam is one of life’s pure pleasures, and the longer that foam lasts, the better the beer-drinking experience. A team of Swiss researchers spent seven years studying why…
