One of the largest known stars in the universe underwent a dramatic transformation in 2014, new research shows, and may be preparing to explode. A study led by Gonzalo Muñoz-Sanchez at the National ...

Our analysis showed that temporal perception has even greater variation than scientists may have realised. Our perceptual ...

Animals don't just see the world differently from one another, they experience time itself at dramatically different speeds.

In the second episode of our Dead World series, digital editor Nicholas St. Fleur examines how extreme environments preserved ancient bodies—and how science is revealing their secrets.

Even Charles Darwin was puzzled by the evolution of the vertebrate eye. New research suggests that it traces back to a cyclopean invertebrate with a single eye atop the head.

Animals face a constant battle to survive, not just by finding food but by avoiding becoming food themselves. Over millions of years, evolution has produced a vast range of defense strategies, from ...

Chip Murrow had never heard the term "exploding trees" in his 30 years as a forester for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Is there a danger of exploding trees in Iowa? And how does it happen?

North Jerseyans should be aware of the effects of extreme cold this weekend, from frostbite and numbness to ... exploding trees? That last item is a possibility, according to a viral post on X from ...

With a major winter storm about to blast pretty much every US state east of the Rocky Mountains, many are scrambling to prepare for the cold, ice, and snow. And according to popular meteorology ...

Many years ago, Lakota elder and tribal historian Victor Douville was traveling through the Black Hills of South Dakota in the dead of winter. It was early in the morning, and temperatures had ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. — John Seiler was strolling across Virginia Tech's campus with his students Thursday morning when something stopped them in their tracks: a sweet cherry tree with an unusual jagged ...