Category: Science

Flu season in the U.S. is particularly bad this year, and a new branch of the flu family tree may be to blame.

Flu season in the U.S. is particularly bad this year, and a new branch of the flu family tree may be to blame.

The oldest river predates the dinosaurs. But how do we know this?

A burial mound in Turkey may have held the remains of a member of King Midas's family. But not all experts are convinced.

China's EAST nuclear fusion reactor has successfully kept plasma stable at extreme densities, passing a major fusion milestone and potentially bringing humanity closer to wielding near-limitless clean energy.

JWST peered at the glowing trail of stars left behind by a candidate runaway supermassive black hole deep in space, revealing new insights after other telescopes looked at the event.

In its preliminary data release, taken from just seven nights of observations, the powerful Vera C. Rubin Observatory has discovered an enormous, fast-spinning asteroid that sets a new record.