EPA Sets First Federal Limits on Dangerous 'Forever Chemicals' in Drinking Water
Public water systems will have to test water and reduce levels of six types of PFAS if they aren't in compliance with the new rule
Why Are Some People Left-Handed? Scientists Identify Rare Genetic Variants That May Be Linked to the Trait
The variants are present in fewer than 1 percent of people, but they were 2.7 times more likely to appear in lefties than in righties
Physicist Peter Higgs, Who Prompted a Decades-Long Search for a Tiny Particle, Dies at 94
The Nobel Prize winner predicted the Higgs boson, a fundamental particle that scientists successfully discovered in 2012, explaining how particles get their mass and underlying a key theory of the universe
Mount Etna Puffs 'Smoke Rings' Into the Sky
The circular wisps are mostly condensed water vapor
Up to a Trillion Cicadas Could Emerge in the U.S. Later This Spring
Two specific broods will appear together for the first time since 1803
Dark Energy Could Be Evolving Over Time, Raising Questions About the Nature of the Cosmos
The largest 3D map of the universe ever made hints that dark energy might not be a constant, though the findings must be backed up with more data
Falling Object That Crashed Into Florida Home May Be Debris From the International Space Station
Nobody was hurt by the mysterious, two-pound object, but experts speculate it may be a piece of batteries ejected from the station in 2021
More Than Half of U.S. Landfills May Be Methane 'Super-Emitters,' Study Finds
Aerial observations of hundreds of large landfills across 18 states found they are leaking 40 percent more methane than is reported to the EPA
This Handheld Device Allows Blind People to Experience the Solar Eclipse With Their Ears
The technology, which translates the intensity of sunlight into a range of sounds, was designed to make eclipses more accessible to visually impaired people
Two New Species of Killer Whale Should Be Recognized, Study Says
A couple of eastern North Pacific populations of orcas have qualities that set them apart, according to researchers
Melting Polar Ice Sheets Are Slowing Earth's Rotation. That Could Change How We Keep Time
As ice melts into water and flows toward the equator, it redistributes mass around the Earth, affecting the planet's spin, a new study finds
Intermittent Fasting Linked to Higher Risk of Death From Heart Disease, Preliminary Study Finds
New research challenges the idea that restricting eating to a limited time frame is beneficial—though the work has some notable limitations, such as a reliance on self-reported eating habits
Astronomers Capture Dazzling New Image of the Black Hole at the Milky Way's Center
The first image of the black hole taken in polarized light, the new view shows the supermassive structure's magnetic fields and hints that it could be hiding an enormous jet
These Small Birds Flutter Their Wings to Say 'After You' to Their Partner
A new study of Japanese tits provides the first evidence of non-primate animals using gestures to convey messages
Stone Age People Survived a Supervolcano Eruption by Adapting to Dry Periods, Archaeologists Suggest
Humans living in northwest Ethiopia around 74,000 years ago switched to eating more fish following the eruption, a behavior that might have enabled migration out of Africa
Doctors Take Another Step Toward Animal-to-Human Organ Transplants With the First Pig Kidney Transplant
The experimental procedure was done on a man experiencing end-stage kidney failure last week who had been on the transplant waiting list for two years
Incredibly Well-Preserved Bronze Age Village Reveals a Snapshot of Early British Life Before a Fire
Residents fled when flames burned through the Must Farm settlement, and now, archaeologists have unearthed its buildings and objects that were preserved in a riverbed
Plastics Contain Thousands More Chemicals Than Thought, and Most Are Unregulated, Report Finds
A new database catalogs 16,000 chemicals found in plastics and identifies more than 4,200 that are potentially hazardous to human health and the environment
Most Astronauts Experience 'Space Headaches' While on the ISS, Study Finds
Surveys of 24 astronauts who traveled to the International Space Station found that nearly all of them reported headaches, and many of these occurred past the first week in space
Starship Reaches Orbit in Third Test Flight, a Success for SpaceX and the Future of Lunar Travel
As it returned to Earth, the spacecraft likely broke apart or burned up, and the booster was lost in the Gulf of Mexico
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