Most people don’t spend much time thinking about bees when they pour coffee, bite into an apple, or sprinkle almonds on their morning yogurt. That’s precisely the problem. The connection between the ...

The Allen Telescope Array at the Hat Creek Radio Observatory. Credit: Seth Shostak/SETI Institute A rare visitor from another star system prompted SETI to hunt for alien technology, but the mysterious ...

A strange interstellar comet discovered last year and speculated by a prominent astronomer to be an alien spacecraft could be older than our Solar System, according to a new study. The comet, first ...

Honeybees routinely travel up to 2 miles (3 km) from their hive in search of food before returning home, with remarkable accuracy. Relative to body size, this is comparable to a human traveling ...

If you’re sleeping enough, moving your body and still hitting a wall by mid-afternoon, your home lighting might be the variable you haven’t thought to check. Here’s a plain-language breakdown of what ...

America’s bees and beekeepers are losing a valuable ally just when they need its help most. The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to soon close the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, a ...

America's bees and beekeepers are losing a valuable ally just when they need its help most. The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to soon close the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, a ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The closure comes at a critical moment for bees. In winter 2025, many beekeepers lost ...