The birds grunt like tennis pros when generating their rat-a-tat, a performance strategy that may help stabilize core muscles.

Streams of liquid form drops thanks to unidentified disturbances. It could be the jiggling of individual molecules.

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From blaming the victim to replying "I have no interest in your life" to suicidal thoughts, AI chatbots can respond unethically when used for therapy.

Planetary scientist Adeene Denton runs computer simulations to investigate Pluto, the moons of Saturn and other icy bodies in the solar system.

Supernova remnants, stellar nurseries and more populate the new edge-on view of the Milky Way as seen from Earth’s southern hemisphere.

Math and physics explain the anguish of a golf ball that zings around the rim of the hole instead of falling in.

Mosquitoes have reached Iceland, a place once thought too harsh for them to survive. Climate change may play a role in this shift.

A safety device helped maintain a buried person’s oxygen levels for up to 35 minutes, tests show, buying crucial time for an avalanche rescue.

Theoretical physicist Alex Lupsasca is pushing for a space telescope to glimpse the thin ring of light that is thought to surround every black hole.

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A type of Japanese dogsbane releases a scent identical to wounded ants’ distress signal, drawing in scavenging flies that unwittingly pollinate it.