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NASA quietly ends financial support for planetary science groups

The space agency will quit funding several independent science advisory groups this year

Deer may see hidden glowing signs in forests

Deer antler rubs and hoof scrapes change how parts of the forest reflect short-wavelength light, perhaps leaving a glowing signal

New JWST images show Helix Nebula in astonishing clarity

A fresh look at the Helix Nebula captures new details of the cycle of stellar life and death

Oldest cave art ever found discovered in Indonesia

Beating the previous record for the oldest known cave artwork by at least 15,000 years, a hand stencil in an Indonesian cave might shed light on when early humans migrated to Australia

Mystery Prototaxites tower fossils may represent a newly discovered kind of life

Towering prototaxites ruled Earth before trees—and they may have been a form of life entirely new to science

NASA Crew-11 astronauts reflect on ISS medical evacuation and future of human spaceflight

At a press conference, former ISS commander Mike Fincke said Crew-11's evacuation of the space station left him feeling more confident about human space exploration

‘Bat accelerator’ unlocks new clues to how these animals navigate

Bats use echolocation to get around, but it wasn't clear how these creatures managed to navigate dense environments—until now

Scientists just calculated how many microplastics are in our atmosphere. The number is absolutely shocking

A new estimate suggests land sources eject 600 quadrillion pieces of microplastic into the atmosphere every year

Ancient bacterium’s genome could rewrite the history of syphilis

Treponema pallidum, a microorganism that can cause a deadly sexually transmitted disease in humans, may have a far more ancient lineage than scientists once thought

Parents might age faster or slower based on how many kids they have

A new study found that women in Finland who had a lot of kids—or none—aged faster than those with one or a few kids. But the findings don't necessarily translate to today's parents

Sonic booms can protect Earth from dangerous space junk

Scientists are using technology developed to study earthquakes to address an out-of-this-world risk

Is the flu shot linked to dysphonia? Here’s what the science says

The U.S. secretary of health and human services told USA Today that he believed the flu jab was a "potential culprit" for his spasmodic dysphonia that he could not "rule out"

Colon cancer is killing more young people in the U.S. than any other cancer

Fewer people under age 50 are dying from cancer in the U.S., but colorectal cancer mortality rates continue to surge

NIH ends fetal tissue research

The National Institutes of Health's move to end support for research using fetal human tissue is "clearly a political decision, not a scientific one," one expert says