Dolphins have long captured our imaginations with their playful behavior, acrobatic leaps, and eerie, high-pitched chatter. But behind their oceanic charm lies something even more fascinating: ...

The Friday letters page is unsure how much of a success the Nintendo Switch 2 is going to be, as one reader asks if the new ...

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Get closer to our solar companions with the best telescopes for seeing planets, just in time for April's full moon and a stunning view of Mercury. Want to focus your stargazing on our cosmic ...

Mothers will even spend an entire week repeating the same whistle to their newborns in order to imprint the sound on them. These sounds have been recorded and extensively studied by scientists.

They've got a bit of time before Lihaku's dog-charge responds to Maomao's whistle. Can Jinshi reveal the truth before that time is up? Now that the frog has helped him to get Maomao in a ...

The district seems to think allowing girls a “private” changing space, if they are uncomfortable with the presence of a male in their space, is a sound policy. The district was thrown into the ...

"There really is something very different about how these giant planets form versus how small planets like Earth form." Scientists have used data from NASA's retired planet-hunting space telescope ...

A combination of the world's most powerful telescopes detected the planets. Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from ...

high frequencies correspond to sharp sounds, like a whistle. Controlling where sound goes is difficult because of a phenomenon called diffraction – the tendency of sound waves to spread out as ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has directly observed the key chemical of carbon dioxide in planets outside of our solar system for the first time, scientists announced Monday. The gas giants are ...

Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever existed. Whales can be found in every ocean ...