Rest in peace! A Dutch startup has created a $1,000 mushroom coffin that will biodegrade in less than two months.

How one group in Rio de Janeiro teamed up with researchers to adapt green roof technology for their community.

Originally thought to be ash, the ancient powdery substance helped researchers identify the building’s purpose

“For the first time, it may be possible to design a true living, breathing building.”

These bacteria and fungi can break down certain plastics at cool temperatures, saving money and energy compared to some current methods

An affordable, open-source device spreads the apes’ meals across their enclosure to promote a more natural foraging environment.

Developing economies pay a steep price for that sweet treat.

If the findings are confirmed, this will represent a step towards explaining one of physics’ most troubling problems.

The relationship like the one between weevils and their plants means that they both need each other to flourish.

The once-in-a-lifetime skeleton is the most complete gomphothere fossil from its time period discovered in Florida.

High-definition images of sunspots on the sun’s surface show the dark spots dotted with tiny pinpricks of light called umbral dots.

Using a device peppered with minute pores, researchers have found a way to harvest the electricity of water molecules in the air.

The supernova SN2023ixf was discovered just 21 million light years away—essentially next door, as exploded stars go.

Recruitment for Neuralink’s trial isn’t open yet.

“SpaceX continues to totally redefine the world’s access to space.”

The most precise way to measure time is *slowly* becoming a reality.

Iron from fallen asteroids could have helped convert atmospheric gas into organic molecules such as hydrocarbons, aldehydes, and alcohol.

Scientists are “watching with bated breath” to see if ice will return to normal levels. The planetary consequences could be huge.

New research claims that Saturn’s rings, while still very young, could disappear in the next few hundred million years.

Astronomers using the Very Large Array have detected what could be a stormy vortex at Uranus’ north pole, which could change everything.

As Alaska’s bleak winter sets in, arctic ground squirrels burrow deep into the ground to begin an eight-month-hibernation before popping up again in spring, famished and eager to breed.They hibernate around eight months of the year, digging about three feet (a meter) deep in the sandy banks of rivers, just above the tundra’s permafrost. 

Up to 92 percent of the unique, diverse wildlife in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone aren’t found anywhere else on Earth.

The only reason we don’t hear the Sun is that sound doesn’t travel through the vacuum of space.

The space observatory found an intriguing detection pointing at the very first stars.

If discovery is feasible in humans it could be used to send astronauts into suspended animation, say scientists

Scientists used computer modeling and the genomes of several hundred living people to examine our prehistoric origins

“It is gratifying to see folks coming around.”

At least five humans have already been cured through the same method, but this may be how we make it safe and reliable.

The Southern Ocean overturning circulation has ebbed 30% since the 90s, CSIRO scientist claims, leading to higher sea levels and changing weather

Fixed nitrogen is just too useful to leave to the sky gods.

Did you know you can leave Earth and find snowy mountains and tantalizing water oceans? If you could take a spin through the solar system, these are the sights you shouldn’t miss.

The fossil is thought to be 1.6 to 1.4 million years old.

The scientists who made the discovery are hinting at even bigger revelations to come.

A group of Japanese scientists say they discoered a rare crystal that melts and can change color whenever it is hit by light.

Whether a new subspecies, a species, or just a new population, these coastal chinchillas act in ways scientists have never seen before.

NASA’s Lunar Orbiter has spotted the Japanese Moon lander’s crash site after the lander went dark during its descent back in April.

This ancestor of mammals briefly thrived amid a massive extinction event, hinting at how carnivores may respond to climate change today

The fourth run of gravitational wave detections begins officially today.

Blood vessels in a partial skull suggest an “elaborate” accessory made of keratin.

Observations of a sleeping octopus startling awake have scientists asking if it has nightmares or is just getting old.

They are now spiky and armored.

Polylactic acid – a popular bioplastic – does not readily break down when released into the ocean, and could disrupt marine ecosystems

Tokyo-based Gitai wants to build the labor force for the moon and Mars, and its starting with a robotic arm and a robotic rover.

“We now have a new way of connecting very remote places.”

The discovery of WASP-84c lends support to a non-destructive origin story for hot Jupiters, or gas giants that orbit close to stars.

Only 3 percent of species are actually increasing in population density, according to a new report.

Scientists believe that killer orca whales in the waters off of Europe’s Iberian Peninsula are teaching each other how to sink sailboats.

A mysterious “dark mass” at the core of a star cluster is best explained by a hefty and rare black hole.

Be sure to schedule some stargazing this week.

A new exhibition now allows you to get up close and personal with these fascinating stones.