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Getting as little as 90 minutes less sleep than usual may lead to gaining weight and becoming more sedentary, a new study finds

Both Neanderthals and Homo sapiens may have shared tools and behavioral practices, new research suggests

Anthropeum is a daily game that uses the Met’s open-access data to showcase underrepresented art and artifacts

The exoplanet telescope TESS revealed a distant world using an entirely different detection method than the one it was built around

China’s Tianwen-2 aims to collect samples from asteroid Kamo’oalewa and return them to Earth

Some IVF clinics are using AI to perform tasks such as sperm and embryo selection, but some fertility experts question whether the technology will lead to more live births

Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show

The rocket's red glare has nothing on these images from Chandra X-ray Observatory

Working memory is the information we need to access to complete the tasks we’re engaged in right now, and scientists think it may be closely entwined with consciousness

The hominins may have gone on adventures, but they lacked key skills of modern humans

People in the U.S. experience more, and more intense, heat waves than the Founding Fathers would have

New archaeology has uncovered everything from musket balls to wig curlers at the site of the Battle of Bunker Hill, the first major clash of the American Revolution

The moon is Earth’s constant companion. But will that always be the case?

Female mammals have long thought to be born with all the eggs they would ever have, but new research is challenging that consensus

Trying to kill algae with chemicals is a common response when community ponds or other water features go green, but a freshwater ecologist says there may be safer and more effective solutions

The space agency has put out a call for its Moon & Mars Exploration Analog, which recreates the challenges of a long-duration space mission

The way women use energy while running is fundamentally different from men

A heat wave over the Fourth of July weekend could put millions at risk of heat-related illnesses. Here’s what to do to stay safe—and why you don’t just need to drink lots of water

Chat apps, e-mail, and cloud files have become the primary record of how power is exercised. Archivists are trying to preserve them before formats go dark or messages disappear without a trace

This new group, which is led by Harvard professor Avi Loeb, aims to advise the Trump administration and the U.S. intelligence community, as well as to publish its findings in peer-reviewed journals