Parents who ran pushing a stroller were less likely to suffer overuse injuries than those who ran without a stroller, according to new research published in the journal PLOS One. The study, which looked at self-reported mileage and injuries, found that for every 1,000 miles parents ran, those who ran with strollers had a 55 … Read more
Over the past 100 million years, crocodiles and their close relatives (including alligators, alligators, and gharials) have survived dramatic changes in climate and habitat. They have even suffered mass extinctions, including the event that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. Yet despite all this, their brains have changed very little, according to new … Read more
It’s time to vote for the invertebrate of the year 2026. For the third year in a row, we have profiled some of the most spectacular, fascinating and yet overlooked inhabitants of our planet; the huge category of animals (more than 1.3 million different species) that do not have a backbone. This group includes all … Read more
Researchers were stunned when they discovered a new “demon cave fish” in a well-studied cave beneath a US Army post in Alabama. Scientists at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) discovered a new genus of cavefish that is eyeless, colorless and slightly electric blue in life, according to a UAH news release from July. … Read more
The vast majority of mammals alive today (including us) give birth to live young, but this reproductive mode is neither unique to mammals nor universal among them. In fact, it evolved independently many times in other vertebrate groups, and some mammal species even lay eggs. For years, scientists believed that cynodonts (a major group of … Read more
The Perseid meteor shower will peak overnight Wednesday. Where to Watch in Northern California The Perseid meteor shower will peak overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning. But there will be scattered clouds that could obscure vision at times in Northern California, according to our weather team. Conditions should be better to capture the Perseids on Thursday … Read more
When NASA’s Perseverance rover used its laser to separate some pale rocks found in Jezero Crater in 2025, scientists weren’t expecting anything out of the ordinary. Little did they know what awaited them. The rocks contained something never before found on Mars: a mineral that, here on Earth, can be a literal treasure. The mineral … Read more
A radiation protective vest could one day protect astronauts from dangerous, random blasts from the sun, according to a new study. More than 50 years after the last Apollo mission, NASA’s Artemis program aims to return humans to the moon. To be successful, this project must protect astronauts from solar radiation, especially the intense and … Read more
Veteran NASA astronaut Mike Fincke is stepping away from his position at the space agency. The news comes months after he experienced a medical emergency aboard the International Space Station, forcing him and his three crewmates to end the trip prematurely. Fincke’s last day at the space agency is Wednesday, NASA said in a news … Read more
The only total solar eclipse of 2026 brought darkness to a swath of the Northern Hemisphere on Wednesday. Crowds gathered throughout Europe to see it, with northern Spain being a privileged place to observe it in the path of totality. First, if you have never had the opportunity to see a solar eclipse, what you … Read more