The wreck is the first time the remains of a pirate corsair have been found in the region known as the Barbary Coast. | Continue reading
New research shows that an injectable goo can repair cartilage damage in animals' joints within six months. Scientists are now developing the tech for use in humans. | Continue reading
"We give a definitive answer that meteorite impact vaporization is the dominant process that creates the lunar atmosphere." | Continue reading
The statue was created by the Indus Valley Civilization, a Bronze Age culture that once inhabited what is now Pakistan. | Continue reading
We know that people in colder environments eat more calories. But why does our hunger abate in the heat? | Continue reading
Up to 75 'shooting stars' per hour may be visible as the annual Perseid meteor shower peaks on Sunday and Monday (Aug. 11 and Aug. 12). The annual shower is linked to debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle. | Continue reading
Weather experts talk about why the film "Twister" is often such a favorite among tornado researchers and what they think of its new stand-alone sequel, "Twisters" | Continue reading
These scientists may be lesser known than Einstein and Newton, but they made giant contributions to science, including astronomy, physics, chemistry and medicine. | Continue reading
A Hawaii telescope just captured a sun-like star's glowing remains after it collapsed in a supernova explosion. The resulting butterfly-shaped nebula is a sight to behold. | Continue reading
Scientists found that two brain-made chemicals, including oxytocin, may play a role in increasing blood pressure after repeated periods of low oxygen. | Continue reading
Animals have been reproducing sexually for hundreds of millions of years, but not always like we do it. | Continue reading
New research could solve the mystery of how the complex building blocks of life first formed. | Continue reading
Researchers using the Gaia space telescope studied some ancient stars near the sun, revealing that our corner of the Milky Way may be billions of years older than once thought. | Continue reading
The Pacific geoduck is a clam that lives along the shore from Alaska to Mexico, can reach 9 pounds in weight and can outlive humans. | Continue reading
The European Space Agency shared a high-resolution interactive image of central Paris highlighting several notable venues where the 2024 Summer Olympic games are being held from July 26 through Aug. 11, 2024. | Continue reading
If we can see at most 3% of the universe, how can we estimate the total number of galaxies in it? | Continue reading
"Sailors believed they grew underwater at the bottom of the Indian Ocean, and it was thought that male trees uprooted themselves on stormy nights and walked to find female trees, embracing them to pollinate their large flowers." | Continue reading
Kepler's sun drawings are the oldest sunspot records with known dates. | Continue reading
The coins were found beneath a home and were likely hidden by mercenaries. | Continue reading
A drug-resistant bacterium that causes severe infections has been spreading globally, and it's now in at least 16 countries, the WHO warns. | Continue reading
A tiny extinct penguin from New Zealand is key to understanding penguin wing evolution, researchers say. | Continue reading
Wildfires can generate tornado-like fire whirls and other "unpredictable and erratic" weather. An atmospheric scientist explains how. | Continue reading
Tanzania's outlandish Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano, the only volcano on Earth that is currently erupting carbonatite lava, has been sinking at a rate of 1.4 inches per year for the past decade. | Continue reading
The light from the most distant galaxy in the known universe suggests that there's something off about our current cosmological models, a new James Webb Space Telescope study finds. The explanations remain elusive. | Continue reading
The T Coronae Borealis nova will soon burst into life above our heads for the first time in 78 years. | Continue reading
Researchers say they've discovered evidence for the recently proposed 'law of increasing functional information' by proving that minerals evolve as life does. | Continue reading
The mummy was well preserved with an expensive embalming material. Her organs were still intact, showing an unusual mummification technique, a CT scan revealed. | Continue reading
The Salar de Uyuni desert is famous for its gleaming surface waters and hexagonal salt crust patterns, but below this otherworldly landscape lie about 11 million tons of highly sought-after lithium. | Continue reading
What did Bronze Age people do with all that bronze? New research revives old arguments about the nature of money | Continue reading
The last gasp of a "cannibal" coronal mass ejection that slammed Earth on Tuesday will bring lovely auroras to parts of the northern US and most of Canada tonight, with more northern lights displays on the way this weekend. | Continue reading
New methods applied in live mice suggest that molecules called neuropeptides, not neurotransmitters, play the main role in our response to danger. | Continue reading
Little is known about the fate of PFAS in our environment, but new research finds that bacteria in wastewater can degrade specific types of "forever chemicals." | Continue reading
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found that Ariel, a moon of Uranus, has some of the most carbon dioxide-rich deposits in the solar system, hinting at a buried water ocean. | Continue reading
An orthopedic surgeon explains what it's like to support USA Basketball at the Olympics. | Continue reading
Huge iron ore deposits in Western Australia's Hamersley Province formed when major tectonic events led to the breakup of supercontinent Columbia and to the amalgamation of Australia. | Continue reading
New ion-trap chip eschews lasers for an integrated circuit that can be mass produced in existing semiconductor factories. | Continue reading
Citizen scientists have discovered what may be a brown dwarf racing through the cosmos at around 1.2 million miles per hour. Now astronomers want to know what launched it. | Continue reading
Archaeologists used metal detectors to find the hoard, which includes several pieces of jewelry and weapons. | Continue reading
Olympic triathlon racers finally dove into the Seine following postponements due to poor water-quality test results. Will the water stay swimmable? | Continue reading
Vivid clouds swirl across Jupiter's skies like colorful brushstrokes in a new photo from NASA's Juno spacecraft. | Continue reading
A peculiar leopard-spotted rock, found beside an ancient, dried-out river in Mars' Jezero crater, contains some tantalizing clues of ancient life, NASA said. | Continue reading
The unusual patterns, found beneath West Antarctica's Doston Ice Shelf, could help scientists to better understand how glaciers erode. | Continue reading
Researchers say they've recovered one of the world's oldest known dinosaurs after heavy rains exposed a Herrerasaurid skeleton in southern Brazil. | Continue reading
Researchers have laid out the case for complex life evolving 2.1 billion years ago, but not everyone is convinced it started so early. | Continue reading
The newly discovered Youti yuanshi larva fossil is so well-preserved that it provides a road map for arthropod evolution during the Cambrian period. | Continue reading
Trees don't like to breathe wildfire smoke, either. | Continue reading
The Paris Olympics welcome the strongest, fastest and sharpest athletes in the world. But to what extent does age raise or lessen their chances of gold? | Continue reading
The nature of quantum entanglement remains an outstanding problem in physics. But Albert Einstein's theories, along with insights from quantum computing, could finally put the mystery to rest. | Continue reading