The disc of plasma surrounding the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way is constantly emitting flares both large and small.

Male crickets in Hawaii softened their chirps once parasitic flies started hunting them. Now, it seems, the flies are homing in on the new tunes.

On balconies and in backyards, Wi-Fi–enabled telescopes are connecting astronomy enthusiasts across six continents.

Vaginal microbes play a huge role in overall health, but researchers know relatively little about them. Citizen science could help change that.

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The “Helmholtz resonator” concept explains the frequencies of sound produced by clapping the hands together in different configurations.

The long-term survival of a patient with neuroblastoma suggests the personalized cancer treatment may work for solid tumors, not just blood cancers.

Star would be the first private mission to another planet and the first in over 30 years to directly measure Venus’s clouds.

Water may have formed less than 200 million years after the Big Bang, suggesting some conditions for life existed far earlier than previously thought.

In the fourth episode of The Deep End, Jon Nelson and others describe dealing with emotions they haven’t felt in a long time.

New brain-inspired hardware, architectures and algorithms could lead to more efficient, more capable forms of AI.