Mars may be whispering about its past, but can we afford to listen? As hints stack up, the proof could hinge on a mission struggling to leave the ground.

As heatwaves grow more frequent and intense, cooling our homes has become a pressing issue. Yet, millions of households lack air conditioning, particularly in regions like northern France, where ...

Gasoline without oil fields sounds like a contradiction. Meet the machine daring you to rethink what a green fill-up could be. In Los Angeles, a fridge-sized box hums, making gasoline from ambient air ...

How can a delicate butterfly survive with a genome that looks like a puzzle spilled on the floor? Cracking that riddle could upend ideas about evolution and open an unexpected door in cancer research.

On a planet with thin, dry air, a 1,800 km cloud appears like clockwork and vanishes by dawn. After two decades of dead ends, what finally cracked the case? Each Martian winter, a ribbon of cloud ...

What if eight arms don’t share the work equally? A cache of seaside videos has scientists rethinking how octopuses choose which limb does what, with implications that stretch far beyond the ocean.

Why would NASA fixate on speckles smaller than a grain of sand? On a planet of endless red dust, a new pattern is daring scientists to rethink what leaves a mark.

Why would NASA fixate on speckles smaller than a grain of sand? On a planet of endless red dust, a new pattern is daring scientists to rethink what leaves a mark. On the floor of Jezero Crater, ...

Fintech built our wallets; now it wants a body. What is Ant Group really testing with its first humanoid, and why are rivals watching? Ant Group, better known for Alipay, has stepped onto the humanoid ...

Illuminating unanswered questions It is tempting to view a superbolt as a quirky weather anomaly, but their remarkable energy, rarity, and unusual geographic distribution hint at a richer story. As ...

What happens when a medical emergency strikes and Earth answers minutes too late? NASA is betting on a digital crew mate to think like a doctor in deep space. The toughest test may be trust. Delayed ...

Why does diagnosing the retina still demand a blinding dome and a clenched jaw? A wafer-thin challenger now whispers the same answers from the surface of your eye, hinting at far more than a faster ...