Science

Earth has entered a grim new climate reality. The planet has officially passed its first climate tipping point. Relentlessly rising…

Taste and smell are so intimately connected that a whiff of well-loved foods evokes their taste without any conscious effort.…

Sid Sivakumar, a puzzle constructor and M.D./Ph.D. student in biomedical engineering, edited this puzzle. Looking for answers? Go to sciencenews.org/puzzle-answers.…

Vampire bats are a Halloween staple, and now they’ve got company. Another bat species snatches birds out of the air…

If you’ve ever had a slobbery ball at your feet and a dog’s hopeful eyes asking for yet another throw,…

Citations J.J. Mathews et al. Understanding dietary protein quality: Digestible indispensable amino acid scores and beyond, The Journal of Nutrition,…

When asked to generate resumes for people with female names, such as Allison Baker or Maria Garcia, and people with…

When I sat down to write this story, I remembered the gummy worms in the snack drawer of my kitchen.…

Antarctic krill keep revealing new superpowers. Euphausia superba, the Southern Ocean’s ubiquitous krill species, sequester large amounts of carbon via…

Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She is a two-time winner…

The longest woolly rhino horn ever found is providing new insights into the lives of these now extinct animals. The…

Work on peacemakers in the immune system won the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. The peacemakers are regulatory…