George Steinmetz - The Human Planet: Earth at the Dawn of the Anthropocene

The many methods we use to gather data ultimately boil down to either counting or comparing.

There are black holes that are too big to be born from the death of a star but aren’t quite supermassive either. There’s finally evidence for where those came from.

The detonation of the New Glenn rocket resulted in a huge fireball in Florida and may have long-term implications for the company's ambitions.

The discovery from the Trinity nuclear test site shows how extreme conditions can result in materials never before seen in nature or in the lab.

Once dismissed as empty expanses between galaxies, cosmic voids are becoming one of the most promising tools for probing the universe’s biggest mysteries.

To keep communications secure in a post-quantum world, cryptographers are digging down into the concept of cause and effect.

Releasing sterilized flies can crash a local population of flesh-eating screwworms. But the US currently has limited capacity to produce them.

Here’s how you can hack together a radio transmitter and receiver out of stuff you have at home—and explore the weirdness of wireless.

The USDA this week confirmed the first known infection of the carnivorous fly larva, which feast on the flesh of living mammals, after the United States eradicated the nightmare bugs in the 1960s.

Garlic, as your grandmother may have told you, repels mosquitoes; it also completely blocks them from mating and laying eggs. Diallyl disulfide, it turns out, deserves the credit.

It’s long been accepted that the smoother the surface, the lower the aerodynamic drag. That turns out not always to be the case.

States across the US are looking to take major sources of pollution and use them to generate much-needed power.