Recently, AI agents undergoing tests acted in surprising and concerning ways. This wasn’t supposed to happen, so how worried ...

Studying humanmade seismic waves is useful for a few reasons. It can help engineers construct safer buildings. City planners ...

Virga refers to rain or snow that evaporates before it reaches the ground.

New sensors can map infrasound — a deep-bass thrumming lower than what human ears can hear — emitted by a fire as its flames ...

What is your favorite way to eat a marshmallow? Melted in hot chocolate after a long day of sledding? Or roasted and squished between a slab of chocolate and graham crackers while you are sitting ...

A shape with symmetry has parts that match each other in some way. Imagine cutting a heart from a piece of paper. To ensure the two halves match perfectly, you might fold your paper in half. Then, you ...

Chocolate-chip sea stars are famous for the rows of dark, pointy bumps that cover each of their arms. The animals really look like they’re dotted with chocolate chips. But what’s inside their arms is ...

The Marvel Cinematic Universe really should be called the Marvel Cinematic Multiverse. In the films, alternate realities can be created and destroyed. Characters can also hop between them. This has ...

behavior: The way something, often a person or other organism, acts towards others, or conducts itself. behavioral ecologist: A scientist who studies how animal behavior relates to where animals live.

If you enjoy listening to a song, you might say it moves you. Of course, you don’t mean that the sound pushes you around. But with new techniques, some scientists have begun using sound to physically ...

Summer is finally around the corner, bringing lots of opportunities for outdoor adventures. With more free time, it’s easy to spend entire days splashing at the pool or visiting local parks with ...