Scent is essential to ant society: every ant within a colony wears the badge of membership in the form of smelly hydrocarbons. Human air pollution, a new study from Max-Planck Institute researchers suggests, is wreaking havoc on ant society by interfering with these characteristic…
A prehistoric human skeleton has been unearthed within an intricate underwater cave system off Mexico’s Caribbean coast, an area submerged…
The race to replace the International Space Station is…
“This is just not the right pathway forward,” Isaacman said.
A senior NASA official, speaking on background to Ars, noted that the space agency has experienced hydrogen and helium leaks during both the Artemis I and Artemis II prelaunch preparations, and these problems have led to monthslong…
The way people process information can be a strong predictor of whether they may be drawn to conspiracy theories, according to new…
NASA announced an overhaul of its ambitious Artemis lunar program on Friday morning, adding a new preparatory mission in 2027 that
A woman who died some 2,500 years ago survived a complex jaw surgery – a remarkable medical feat for her era.
Estimated to be 25 to 30 years…
The term ‘gamey’ often feels infuriatingly imprecise. It is somehow both positive and pejorative, used in one breath to…
