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Who should shovel the snow? This weird math puzzle can help

Blizzards are a real-life example of what game theorists call the "snowdrift problem," a cousin of the prisoner's dilemma that offers clues to why we choose to cooperate

Stone Age art may reveal 40,000-year-old precursor to writing

Thousands of markings on objects made around 40,000 years ago may have been more than just doodles, a new analysis suggests

New JWST images reveal the rosy glow of Uranus in unprecedented detail

Fresh observations from the James Webb Space Telescope show how vivid auroras surge through Uranus's tilted magnetic field

Female caribou grow antlers as a built-in postbirthing snack

A recent study found an unexpected benefit of female caribou antlers: they can function like a vitamin for deer that have just given birth

Mathematicians make a breakthrough on 2,000 year old problem of curves

Since ancient Greece, researchers have tried to isolate special rational points on curves. Now they have the first ever formula that applies uniformly to all curves

How horses whinny has long been a mystery. Now scientists think they know the answer

The distinctive sound horses produce when they whinny is created by combining low and high pitch sounds together, like grunting and whistling at the same time

Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn revealed she had compartment syndrome. Here's what that means

One of the U.S.'s most decorated downhill skiers, Lindsey Vonn, revealed she almost had to have her leg amputated because of a life-threatening condition.

Ghostly UV sparks light up forests as thunderstorms pass overhead

Thunderstorms can generate weak electrical discharges on the plants underneath, but until now, they had never been observed in nature