Internal clocks can tick very differently. While some people are most productive in the morning, others are only active later in the day or at night. This phenomenon is known in science and medicine ...

Using a new computer model, scientists simulated the stripes, spots and hexagons on a species of boxfish, imperfections and all. A male ornate boxfish with distinctive, complex patterns of stripes and ...

A square starfish sounds antithetical, but due to some genetic mutations, they do in fact exist. While extremely rare, these unique invertebrates are amazing to see. There are several reasons why a ...

A livestream of an undersea project has captivated Argentina as President Javier Milei wields a chain saw on the budget for science. By Emma Bubola and Lucía Cholakian Herrera Reporting from Buenos ...

Amazon already dominates online shopping, but now it's setting its sights even higher. With a new artificial intelligence-powered project called Starfish, the company aims to become the world's most ...

Scientists found a “large”-eyed creature in a pond of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from B. Katemo Manda via Nagy (2025) Near a river in the ...

Starfish Space plans to make history on its second-ever mission, which is set to lift off next month. On Tuesday (May 20), the Seattle-based startup unveiled the outline of the groundbreaking flight, ...

Starfish Space's Otter Pup 2 (left) will approach and dock with a D-Orbit ION vehicle after launch in June. Credit: Starfish Space WASHINGTON — Satellite servicing company Starfish Space is ready to ...

Coral reefs face threats from many sources, but the crown-of-thorns starfish is often singled out for its ability to chomp through living coral at staggering rates. Scientists have puzzled over this ...

Population structure has two different, but related, components: demographic structure and genetic structure. The first one is determined by all life-history processes, such as birth, death, ...

The toxic pesticide DDT was dumped into the ocean off Southern California more than 50 years ago, and it is still contaminating fish and sediments in the region decades later, according to researchers ...