How to watch the Orionid meteor shower, which is caused by debris of Halley’s comet
The Orionids will peak with the arrival of a new moon, providing an excellent opportunity to see shooting stars without interference from moonlight.
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Music could help ease pain from surgery or illness. Scientists are listening.
Over the past two decades, live performances and recorded music have flowed into hospitals and doctors’ offices as research grows on how songs can help ease pain.
Scientists say they have solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars
Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars off the Pacific coast of North America in a decade-long epidemic.
Scientists solve the mystery of sea turtles’ ‘lost years’
Using satellite trackers, scientists have discovered the whereabouts of young sea turtles during a key part of their lives.
How to catch the Quadrantids, the first meteor shower of 2025
When the Quadrantid meteor shower peaks on Friday, it will be the first chance of 2025 to see fireballs in the sky.
Giant sloths and mastodons lived with humans for millennia in the Americas, new discoveries suggest
Sloths weren’t always slow-moving, furry tree-dwellers. Their prehistoric ancestors were huge — up to 4 tons — and when startled, they brandished immense claws.
The Taurid meteor showers peak a week apart in November
The Southern Taurids will reach their zenith early Tuesday morning and the Northern Taurids on Nov. 12.
Nobel Prize in chemistry honors 3 scientists who used AI to design proteins, life’s building blocks
Three scientists who discovered powerful techniques to predict and even design novel proteins — the building blocks of life — were awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday.
Two meteor showers will flash across the sky around the same time in late July
The Southern Delta Aquariid meteor shower peaks in late July. And this year, it will coincide with a second smaller meteor shower, the Alpha Capricornids.
How do animals react during a total solar eclipse? Scientists plan to find out in April
When a total solar eclipse transforms day into night, will tortoises start acting romantic? Will giraffes gallop? Will apes sing odd notes?