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This Record-Breaking Octopus Fossil Isn’t an Octopus After All

Uncovering a case of mistaken cephalopod identity

April 7, 2026

The Mystery of Water on the Moon

Where it is, and how it got there

April 7, 2026

The Costs of Feeling Lonely in a Crowd

An interview with a loneliness researcher about the varieties of social isolation

April 7, 2026

Time Brings Order to the Universe

These scientists are proposing a new law of nature

April 7, 2026

How Video Calling Worked Almost 100 Years Ago

We’ve come a long way since then

April 7, 2026

The Creator of the SAT Was an Infamous Eugenicist

The racist origin story of the most common college entrance exam

April 6, 2026

Did This 17th-Century Novel Presage the Coming Artemis II Observations?

When a father of astronomy wrote the first science-fiction book about the dark side of the moon

April 6, 2026

Bumblebees Bounce to the Beat

Suggesting deep evolutionary roots of rhythm in animals

April 6, 2026

What Goes On Inside a Ripening Banana

The transition from green to yellow is more complicated than previously thought

April 6, 2026