Constructed by ancient Egyptians, the Great Pyramid has survived multiple earthquakes through the ages—now researchers think they know why
The critters were carrying the Sin Nombre variant of hantavirus, which can be spread from rodents to humans, but not from one person to another
An out-of-this-world weather report from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals how clouds move across a giant planet hundreds of light-years from Earth
Gold doesn’t tarnish like similar metals do. A new paper says that the key is the intricate “herringbone” pattern of its atoms.
Experts question this study’s design and its recommendations—and point out that you probably get more exercise than you think
This year’s expected El Niño could hamper hurricanes in the Atlantic but boost them in the central and eastern Pacific
While drugs such as Wegovy target a single gut hormone, retatrutide is among a new class of GLP-1 drugs that aims at three hormone receptors
A chatbot’s result for the 80-year-old “unit distance” conjecture is the first AI proof that would likely be published in math’s top journal if humans had done it alone