News

  1. Planetary Science

    NASA’s Perseverance rover found a new potential setting for Martian life

    Now atop Jezero Crater, the robotic explorer found quartz indicative of habitable environments and possibly the oldest rocks yet seen in the solar system.

    By Nikk Ogasa
  2. Life

    The ‘Blob,’ an unprecedented marine heat wave, killed 4 million seabirds

    Millions of other animals may have perished too, suggesting the die-off event might be one of the worst in modern times.

    By Jake Buehler
  3. Genetics

    Neandertal genes in people today came from hook-ups around 47,000 years ago

    Most present-day humans carry a small amount of Neandertal DNA that can be traced back to a single period of interbreeding, two genetic analyses find.