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Butterflies crossing oceans, moths navigating by the stars: unravelling the mysteries of insect migrations

Trillions of insects embark, largely unnoticed, on epic journeys every year across mountain ranges, deserts and seas, and it is only now, as their numbers suffer huge declines, that scientists are tracking their movements On a cloudless...

Mar 18, 2026

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First test of a new neuroscience theory shows how smart brains coordinate information

JWST Peers Into the Haze Surrounding an Unusual Cotton Candy-Like Planet

Letting Teens Start School Later Boosts Sleep, Health, and Grades

Nebraska is battling its largest wildfires in history. Worse may be yet to come

The Iran war disrupts global helium supply and artificial intelligence chip makers

This overlooked organ may be more vital for longevity than scientists realized

Lava Flows Down Mayon

The mystery of how volcanic lightning happens has been solved

Ice core reveals low CO2 during warm spell 3 million years ago

Psychedelics may be no better than antidepressants for depression

Google rerouted hundreds of flights to cut climate-warming contrails

The neuroscientist who wants us to be nicer to psychopaths

Electrically-Charged Dust Creates Hazards on Mars and the Moon — an Invisible Carbon Layer May Explain Why

Scientists discover a new brain pathway that rapidly depletes diet-resistant body fat

A static electricity mystery comes to the surface

Scientists Uncover Aging Link That Could Change How Cancer Is Treated

“Harmless” Peptide May Actually Be Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease

Molecules with largest dipole moments aren’t due to electronegativity differences

From Service to Space Systems: A Pathways Journey to NASA

You Can Have a Normal Weight and Still Be at Risk for Heart Failure

Eating Blueberries and Chicken May Slow the Shrinking of Your Brain

To make a ‘Snowball Earth,’ sci-fi moves fast. Geology is far slower

Astronomers Search for "Exotrojans" Hiding in Extreme Pulsar Systems

NASA’s Hubble Unexpectedly Catches Comet Breaking Up

Ancient skeleton discovered sitting upright in France

The psychological reason we judge groups much more harshly than individuals

The math that explains why Y2K is back in fashion

The Hunt for Dark Matter Just Got Colder Than Outer Space

Your Brain Is Already Running Simulations of Your Future Self

The Snail Molecule That Could Replace a Century-Old Blood Thinner

These roaches form exclusive long-term relationships after eating each other's wings

Sharks are ingesting drugs in the Bahamas

The Download: The Pentagon’s new AI plans, and next-gen nuclear reactors

Scientists Take a Major Step Toward Solving the Mystery of the Universe’s Rarest Isotopes

How marine mammals stay hydrated in a salty sea

Sound Can Now Reprogram How Stiff a Material Is, And It Works by Remote Control

Scientists discover how gut inflammation can drive age-associated memory loss

Butterflies crossing oceans, moths navigating by the stars: unravelling the mysteries of insect migrations

These Sea Slugs Can 'Eat' Sunlight—but They're No Astrophage. Here's How the 'Project Hail Mary' Antagonist Has a Real-Life Analog in Earth's Oceans

Mars Was Once Warm and Wet. NASA’s ESCAPADE Is About to Learn What Went Wrong

NASA’s Psyche Could Reveal the Secret Inside This Metal World

Beyond weight loss—how the GLP-1 story is evolving

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers Spiderweb Ridges on Mars That Hint at Ancient Water

New psychology research reveals the cognitive cost of smartphone notifications

Explainer: what is thermal paper?

What do new nuclear reactors mean for waste?

Citing Conservation, Tanzania Pushes Ahead on Evictions of Indigenous Maasai

A Quantum Leap for the Turing Award

Quantum Cryptography Pioneers Win Turing Award

Plantwatch: the Natal crocus co-opts fire, bees and ants to reproduce