Chemists and perfumers are using new techniques to bring ancient scents back to life, from mummies to a 5,000-year-old ...

Even when the weather blows them off course, tagging has shown that many butterflies can get back on track and keep heading south. After migrating, they overwinter in cool, moist places, resting to ...

A new study suggests dogs began to diversify about 11,000 years earlier than we thought. Plus, a long-running experiment to ...

The mountaineering history behind "skimo," a new Winter Olympic event. Plus, new USDA dietary guidelines tell us to “eat real ...

For C. Thi Nguyen, rock climbing brought joy and satisfaction—until he started chasing scores and focusing on "leveling up." ...

A new book explores what we lose when we’re always keeping score—at work, in life, even within ourselves. Can games help set us free?

In turbulent times, it helps to hear stories of resilience. What can we learn from 3.5 billion-year-old bacteria that eat ...

A science historian looks to the past to understand our current moment, and how ghostwriting in scientific papers is harming ...

A flu variant called subclade K emerged too late to be fully covered by this year’s vaccine. But the flu shot can still help protect you. Plus, a new study suggests dogs began to diversify about ...

In a speech last week in a speech at the World Economic Forum, President Trump said China was making a lot of wind turbines, but not using much wind power in their own country. Is that right? China ...

New USDA dietary guidelines tell us to “eat real food.” Should policymakers get highly processed foods out of our stores and ...