January 3, 2023, 6:02am Life
Some 1,600 bats found a temporary home this week in the attic of a Houston Humane Society director, but it wasn’t because they made it their roost. Read story
January 3, 2023, 6:02am Life
Scientists have uncovered new clues about a curious fossil site in Nevada, a graveyard for dozens of giant marine reptiles. Instead of the site of a massive die-off as suspected, it might have been an ancient maternity ward where the creatures came to give birth. Read story
January 2, 2023, 6:02am Life
Sandwiched here between the Pacific Ocean and Kona Airport — atop a dusty volcanic desert — dozens of 50-gallon water tanks gurgle and bubble away; each home to a solitary, wild-caught octopus and a couple of floating, plastic bath toys. Read story
January 2, 2023, 6:00am Nation & World
Engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder have confirmed what the germ-phobic among us have long suspected: The flush of a commercial toilet releases a Vesuvius-like cloud of tiny droplets and aerosol particles that reaches more than 5 feet above the seat. Read story
December 27, 2022, 6:04am Life
Now you see them, now you don’t. Read story
December 26, 2022, 6:19am Life
Paleontologists agree that a massive asteroid strike triggered the end of the dinosaurs, but a debate has persisted over the reptiles’ overall state at the time of the fateful collision. Read story
December 20, 2022, 9:41am Life
It could be the end of the red dusty line for NASA’s InSight lander, which has fallen silent after four years on Mars. Read story
December 20, 2022, 6:02am Life
They light up the night on the darkest days of the year. Read story
December 19, 2022, 6:01am Life
Some species of shark return to the same breeding grounds for decades at a time, and live longer than previously thought, scientists studying the animals off Florida say. Read story
December 17, 2022, 9:24am Nation & World
To feed a hotter and drier planet, Stanford scientists are building a smarter plant. Read story
