Science & Technology

They’re being too “conservative,” but not in the way you might think

The hydra has one of the oldest and most rudimentary nervous systems of any species

(Another reason to think twice before eating snow)

Songbirds offer insights into language learning, and other findings

(It’s bigger than Lake Erie and Lake Ontario combined)

Fund people over programs, study suggests.

A new study suggests that they may have helped slash US murder rates in the 1990s

Why does an island in the Indian Ocean contain a mountain of crystalline rock that could never have formed there naturally?

Certain areas of the Marshall Islands should remain off-limits, scientists say

0.3 percent of Earth's rare elements come from a single stellar explosion 4.6 billion years ago

A study looks at what makes the group’s online propaganda successful

A million plant and animal species are at risk of disappearing, many within decades