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A study finds that carrion crows can be taught to count and make vocalizations that indicate the number counted, much in the same way that human toddlers do.
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An Ohio elementary school teacher received a seed that orbited the moon on a spacecraft. It's now a five-foot-tall "moon tree" growing near a football field.
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The return of Starliner has been indefinitely delayed, but NASA and Boeing say the astronauts will use the spaceship to get home — eventually.
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NASA and other federal agencies recently did a tabletop simulation of an Earth-threatening asteroid to see how they'd handle it
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The 50th anniversary of the discovery of the famous Lucy fossil prompts this journalist to reflect on a lifelong fascination with human evolution.
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Ten models that exist only in the digital realm have made it to the finals of what's being billed as the world's first beauty pageant involving AI.
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Early adolescence is a time when kids are becoming more independent and spending more time on social media. When it comes to curbing screen time in this age group, new research suggests some parental strategies work better than others.
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When an NPR reporter heard a startling loud metallic noise in her house, she was about to get an interesting lesson in animal behavior.
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Troubled plane maker Boeing promised sweeping changes to its manufacturing operations in an action plan that was mandated by federal regulators after a midair blowout on a 737 Max jet in January.
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For a few weeks in late spring, thousands of fireflies emerge at the Congaree National Park in South Carolina to blink in synchrony. Scientists are trying to learn their secrets and to protect them.
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Ed Dwight, a former Air Force test pilot who was passed over to become an astronaut in the 1960s, described his flight aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard as "life changing."
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The solar storm that's pushing sightings of the Northern Lights to lower latitudes is forecast to continue into the coming days, but its impact has likely peaked.