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During observation, the spiders’ overnight movements looked a lot like REM in other species — like dogs or cats twitching in their sleep. And they happened in regular cycles, similar to sleep patterns in humans.

The northern lights danced across the skies of Washington state and Montana over the weekend.

If you’re someone who gets cranky when you’re hungry, research now shows it’s not all in your head. Hangry, a portmanteau of hungry and angry, is defined by Oxford Dictionary as being “bad-tempered or irritable as a result of hunger.” And thanks to a team of social psychologists at Anglia Ruskin University, the phenomena known as hanger is now...

Ever felt so hungry you wanted to explode? That feeling, known as “hanger,” is real. A team of psychologists have proven there’s a link between feeling hungry and angry. Watch the video to hear from one of the scientists behind the study.

According to NASA, the photos taken by the James Webb Space Telescope capture some of the oldest galaxies we’ve ever seen, like a time machine. But what does that mean?

The mummified mammoth was uncovered on June 21 by miners who were digging through the permafrost on Eureka Creek, according to the Yukon government.

Scientists have discovered the world’s largest bacterium in a Caribbean mangrove swamp.

Cleaner air in United States and Europe is brewing more Atlantic hurricanes, a new U.S. government study found.

Marine animals could die off at a level rivaling the biggest mass extinctions in geologic history if people don’t curb greenhouse gas emissions.

Jessica Watkins, an accomplished UCLA and Stanford grad who worked on the Curiosity rover with NASA JPL, will make history as the first Black woman to serve on a long-duration space mission.

Scientists from UCLA have made an exciting discovery that’s heading toward our part of the cosmos from the oldest, outermost part of the solar system: the largest comet astronomers have ever seen.

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster teamed up with some friends to play a riveting game of water Jenga. Check out the fascinating science behind it all.

In a space-exploration-first, NASA’s Psyche mission will explore an asteroid made mostly out of metal rather than rocks. Scientists believe the Psyche asteroid may be the exposed core of an early planet — and it could tell us more about Earth.

Over 10 years, Girls Who Code has helped introduce over half a million girls to computer science. Now, the nonprofit’s founder and CEO want to address toxic tech culture.

Comedian and actor Pete Davidson was previously announced to be flying with the crew, but his seat was turned over.

History-making astronaut Sian Proctor talks about how she’s suffered with imposter syndrome her “entire life.”

Diabetes effects 537 million people globally, but there’s been no promising cure. Now, stem cells may finally offer a way to create new insulin-making cells.

One of the enduring mysteries of the Covid-19 pandemic is that children have been spared by the virus, for the most part.

The price hikes range from as much as a 20% increase for new Starlink hardware, to 8% for launches with the company’s Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets.

AstraZeneca has taken a roughly £25 million ($33 million) stake in U.K. health start-up Huma, according to a person familiar with the matter.