The January 15 eruption of a Tongan volcano triggered atmospheric shock waves and a rare volcanic tsunami; its history suggests it may not be done.

With the brightest X-ray glow of a new class of exploding stars, cosmic oddity AT2020mrf boosts evidence of these mysterious blasts’ power source.

Rainfall extremes have powerful impacts on the global economy, affecting the manufacturing and services sectors more than agriculture.

Actions like sharing bites of food or kissing may cue young children into close bonds, a new study suggests.

An “oral plug” may explain how lunge-feeding fin whales don’t choke and drown as they fill their mouths with prey and water while eating.

Long metal tubes enabled communal beer drinking more than 5,000 years ago, scientists say.

Minuscule featherwing beetles have evolved a unique way of flying that lets them match the speed of beetles three times as big.