Science Magazine

These strange salt ‘creatures’ could help unclog power plant pipes

How highly magnetized neutron stars set off powerful cosmic explosions

Alaska’s forest fires are shifting the region’s carbon balance—sometimes for the better

Ancient fish share a key feature of human vision

How life-span shifting insects are reshaping aging research

Plumage and song split two nearly identical birds into different species

Ten years later, here’s what Fukushima’s damaged reactors look like today

Dolphins ‘talk’ to each other to synchronize their behaviors

A technique to track Earth’s subtle movements with orbiting radars is heating up

Hungry teen dinosaurs crowded out their competitors

Snippet: Martian rover sends back breathtaking video from the Red Planet

How fairy circles form in Shanghai's salt marshes

Watch—and hear—the impact human noises have on marine life

How do the leading COVID-19 vaccines work?

Naked mole-rat colonies have their own dialects—selected by their monarch

The wondrous life—and death—of Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory

Swarms of robotic fish can synchronize their swimming, for the first time

Snippet: Voracious antlions engineer deadly sand traps

Low-cost interventions help combat the ‘psychological poverty trap'

2020 Breakthrough of the Year

Snippet: Swarm of drones flies through heavy forest—while staying in formation

These ‘beetlebots’ keep flying, even after crashing into poles

Roots from different plants compete for prime real estate underground

Snippet: Giant hornets on the attack? Try a little water buffalo poop