Legendary Sci-Fi Author Arthur C. Clarke Didn't Mince Words About Star Trek You might think that legendary sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke would've adored the Star Trek franchise, but that wasn't exactly the case.

The world's oceans are the hottest on record for June—and El Niño is set to turn up the heat even more The world's oceans are the hottest on record for June, pushing past records set during the 2023–24 El Niño years.

Rats show empathy, according to model A rat first frees a cagemate rat and then shares food with it. Is this animal just as empathetic as humans? In an American study from 2011, researchers observed that rats first freed their fellow rats from a cage and then shared food with them instead of...

Spring songbirds may help pollinate UK trees, with pollen on 89% of studied birds The warblers—those harbingers of spring in the U.K.—have an unappreciated talent of a different sort. Common U.K. birds, including chiffchaffs and blackcaps, are playing a real role in the pollination of plants,...

Deuterium in comets tells interesting tales Comets have played an interesting role in the history of astronomy. Since antiquity, many cultures saw them as omens or spirits, portending good or bad news for kings, queens and emperors.

A new rover prototype is teaching NASA scientists how to design robots that can think for themselves and navigate terrain that would leave old rovers stuck in the lunar or Martian dust. The Exploration Rover for Navigating Extreme Sloped Terrain (ERNEST), developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion...