By digitally modeling muscles and tendons for the skeleton of Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis), researchers determined that our hominin ancestors could run well but topped out around 11 mph. | Continue reading
AI dominated tech news this year, but has the technology actually been improving? We review the leaps we've seen, as well as what's new in the world of quantum computing. | Continue reading
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When human activities disrupt and unbalance ecosystems, such as by way of climate change and biodiversity loss, things go wrong. | Continue reading
Soaring carbon emissions, an unexpected new source of global warming, and collapsing ocean currents shocked scientists in 2024. Here are our picks for this year's top climate change stories. | Continue reading
From a telescope network that spans much of the globe to a psychology study that spans 67 countries, here are the biggest science experiments on the planet. | Continue reading
Frosted branch angiitis is a rare condition that makes the blood vessels that supply the retina look like the frosted branches of a tree. | Continue reading
It's not a competition, but if it were, Saturn would be winning. | Continue reading
We've seen countless new innovations in the space of robotics, from humanoid robots to AI-powered machines — but how much do you know about them? | Continue reading
A new effort to map the rumblings in spacetime caused by enormous black hole collisions paints a surprisingly loud and lopsided picture of the universe. | Continue reading
What knocked this black hole over onto its side? It's a cosmic "whodunnit" that NASA scientists using the Hubble and Chandra space telescopes are trying to solve. | Continue reading
A massive, energetic jet from Virgo A could help scientists understand how matter behaves around a black hole. | Continue reading
From bloodsucking fly mites to fish being swallowed whole, photographers get up close and personal with an array of animals in this year's shortlisted entries for the Close-up Photographer of the Year 2024. | Continue reading
An excavation of three Viking graves in Norway reveals beads, coin jewelry and a stone carved to look like female genitalia. | Continue reading
Here are our biggest archeology stories of 2024. | Continue reading
Life expectancy prediction using data collected over four decades reveals southern right whales' exceptionally long lives — far longer than scientists previously thought. | Continue reading
The James Webb Space Telescope has caught a napping monster black hole in the early universe. The cosmic giant is slumbering after a massive meal like a reveler on Christmas Day. | Continue reading
A patient went to the doctor for cataract surgery, but her physicians were surprised to find a huge, foreign mass under her eyelid. | Continue reading
A display of auroras is expected to light up the skies on Christmas Day, thanks to a powerful M8.9 solar flare enroute to Earth. | Continue reading
Researchers have found that stick insects keep evolving the same 20 body plans, from the "tree lobster'" to the "bark hugger" and the "large-headed stick." | Continue reading
Massive reductions in Antarctic sea ice in recent years has been correlated with more stormy days in the Southern Ocean, and could have implications for vital ocean currents. | Continue reading
On Christmas Eve, NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew closer to the sun than any human-made object ever — a stunning technological feat that scientists liken to the historic Apollo moon landing in 1969. | Continue reading
The James Webb telescope has focused its attention on an oddball space rock lurking between Jupiter and Neptune. The unusual "centaur," named 2060 Chiron, has features of both comets and asteroids. | Continue reading
The Celestron Inspire 100AZ will get you looking up | Continue reading
The moon is a round, rocky body, but is it a planet? The answer, scientists say, is complicated. | Continue reading
Health channel editor Nicoletta Lanese looks back on some of our standout health stories from 2024. | Continue reading
Swimming goggles that that can genuinely improve your exercise performance. | Continue reading
Mercedes-Benz is developing a new type of solar paint that could free EV owners from the perennial problem of range anxiety. | Continue reading
We have trillions of body clocks — a central one in the brain and others in each cell of our body. Here's how they work with light to control our health. | Continue reading
An 1,800-year-old gold ring with a carving depicting Venus, a Roman goddess associated with victory, has been discovered in Brittany. | Continue reading
The ancient Egyptians celebrated the new year in a variety of ways, including having feasts, giving gifts, and exposing statues of gods to sunlight so they could be "regenerated." | Continue reading
A new study finds that middle kids and kids from larger families are more agreeable, honest and humble than younger and older kids or kids from smaller families, but the results contradict other research on the topic. | Continue reading
A 2018 astronaut photo shows a festive, fir-tree-shaped artificial reservoir in Iraq decorated with both natural and imagined ornaments. | Continue reading
From angry dolphins and snakes taking faking their deaths to the next level, to a frog who had just had enough. Take our quiz on the strangest animal news of 2024. | Continue reading
How much do you know about the archaeology of early Christianity? Take our quiz to find out. | Continue reading
Collected from some of the best-known photography competitions around the world, here are the most captivating nature photos of 2024. | Continue reading
Today, the Denali Fault rips apart some of the North American plate, but it was once a place where tectonic plates came together. | Continue reading
A new study hints at a "previously recognized" mechanism that links a rare chromosomal disorder to schizophrenia. | Continue reading
A genetic analysis of six people buried in a Moche tomb around A.D. 500 revealed that two teenagers were sacrificed to their close relatives. | Continue reading
Some Christmas traditions mirror pre-Christian festivities, but some pagan influences may have been overstated. | Continue reading
Kilauea volcano in Hawaii is erupting with fountains of lava. Check out a USGS livestream from within the Halemaʻumaʻu crater. | Continue reading
Experts explain why you're more likely to catch a cold in the winter than in warmer seasons of the year. | Continue reading
An artist's abstract illustration of cosmic strings. | Continue reading
The GaoJing 1-02 imaging satellite burned up over the U.S. in a mesmerizing 'fireball' that some skywatchers mistook for a meteor shower. | Continue reading
The bowstrings were found with wood-and-reed arrows and were used by the first European farmers. | Continue reading
The sun's most active phase, solar maximum, officially arrived in 2024, triggering some explosive solar storms and colorful auroras. Here are 10 of our favorite solar outbursts this year. | Continue reading
The Panasonic Lumix is a high-spec Micro Four Thirds camera with professional photo and video features that make it a great hybrid solution. | Continue reading