Geologists have known for decades that gold forms in quartz with the help of earthquakes, but now they have worked out exactly how the setting and seismic waves combine to form large nuggets. | Continue reading
Saturn will enter opposition on Sept. 7 and 8, orbiting on the opposite side of Earth as the sun. Here's everything you need to know to spot Saturn at its peak size and brightness this week. | Continue reading
The battery storage system will be able to store 8,500 megawatt-hours of energy — which is 130 million times the capacity of the best laptops today. | Continue reading
'The bottom line is, there is no crisis in terms of the standard model of cosmology. | Continue reading
Drinking can change the brain in a way that makes people more likely to speak their mind, but the effects aren't always straightforward. | Continue reading
Although no aliens were found, the results have helped constrain expectations of possible alien transmitter power. | Continue reading
It's unclear why people chose to live in the caves, but DNA is shedding light on their lives. | Continue reading
The flight tested the vehicle's landing gear and roll damper for improved handling. | Continue reading
Defense systems found in all complex life, including the human body, came from primeval microbes known as 'Asgards.' | Continue reading
NGC 6744 is a spiral galaxy bigger than, but otherwise very similar to, our own. NASA has dubbed the large spiral galaxy the Milky Way’s ‘big brother’. | Continue reading
Heat triggers a series of complex chemical reactions that change the color, flavor and texture of meat. | Continue reading
The secrets of black holes and dark matter could lie before the Big Bang, a new study of "bouncing" cosmology hints. | Continue reading
A mysterious ring invisible at all wavelengths except radio could be a trace of a dramatically unstable star shedding its skin. | Continue reading
HMS Hawke sank after an explosion caused by an enemy torpedo, with the loss of more than 500 of its crew. | Continue reading
Thorny devils have a plethora of defenses against predators, including a fake head and a weird jerky walk. | Continue reading
From the moment of the Big Bang, everything in the universe has kept moving, but why is that? | Continue reading
The photos will be displayed in October at London's Natural History Museum. | Continue reading
When two top predatory animals come into contact, anything can happen. One eating the other whole, though, is certainly unexpected. | Continue reading
The trigger behind summertime headaches may not be heat itself, but all of the things that come along with it, an expert said. | Continue reading
Discover interesting facts about where the Tasmanian tiger lived, what it ate, why and when it went extinct, and whether we could ever bring one back. | Continue reading
Recent cases of a viral illness nicknamed "triple E" have occurred in New England. Here's what you should know about the disease. | Continue reading
After analyzing a submerged bridge found in a Spanish cave, researchers have determined that humans inhabited the area earlier than previously thought. | Continue reading
A study has tied a substance in the blood to colorectal cancer in people under age 50. It may act as an early signal of the disease, scientists say, but that needs to be confirmed. | Continue reading
Scientists are getting very close to bringing a few iconic species, like woolly mammoths and dodos, back from extinction. That may not be a good thing. | Continue reading
NASA scientists have discovered a planet-wide electric field surrounding Earth, confirming a 60-year-old hypothesis. Studying the field could yield some vital information about how our planet's atmosphere has evolved. | Continue reading
A new study from Russian scientists claims that the unexpected detonation of SpaceX's Starship rocket during a test flight in November 2023 tore an "ionospheric hole" in the upper atmosphere. It is the first time this type of hole has been created by a human-caused explosion. | Continue reading
Finding the universe's brightness is essential for confirming our theories of what makes up the universe. But to do so, scientists had to send a spacecraft far away from our sun. | Continue reading
De-extinction — the science of resurrecting extinct species — is progressing in leaps and bounds. Here are six creatures that researchers could bring back to life. | Continue reading
The Garmin Forerunner 265 is now 22% off at Amazon and other online retailers. | Continue reading
The new AI system can estimate cosmological parameters with stunning precision, and it could help astronomers unpick one of the thorniest problems in the field. | Continue reading
Researchers have mapped the path of a giant submarine avalanche that tore through the Agadir Canyon — a deep trench in the Atlantic seafloor off the coast of Morocco — 60,000 years ago. | Continue reading
Listeria infections tied to the consumption of sliced deli meat have recently hospitalized almost 60 Americans. | Continue reading
Cases of "sloth virus" have been reported in the U.S. and Europe for the first time. But what is it? | Continue reading
Al Naslaa is a rock formation in Saudi Arabia's northwestern desert consisting of two huge, symmetrical stone blocks that are separated by a mysterious gap and sit on small pedestals. | Continue reading
Researchers have developed a new method to improve the accuracy and transparency of automated anomaly detection systems deployed in critical infrastructure. | Continue reading
Researchers have uncovered a bronze battering ram off the coast of Sicily. The weapon would have been used during the Battle of the Aegates between Rome and Carthage. | Continue reading
Analysis of samples from an expedition to the Arctic Ocean suggest that marine microbes could be a promising new source of antibiotics. | Continue reading
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has grounded SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket for the second time in as many months following a routine landing that ended in flames on Wednesday (Aug. 28). | Continue reading
New geoarchaeological research shows that metalworking in ancient Egypt led to significant contamination in a nearby port. | Continue reading
The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered six "rogue planets" careening through space without a star. The objects are believed to have formed directly from gas collapse, blurring the lines between planets and stars. | Continue reading
The newly discovered Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus fossils are the first of their kind from Kyrgyzstan and provide evidence of predatory dinosaurs caring for offspring in the Jurassic. | Continue reading
This first ancient Egyptian observatory discovered in modern times showcases advanced knowledge of astronomy and its profound link to the Egyptians' spiritual and ritualistic practices. | Continue reading
Ancient hunters may have mounted Clovis points on sophisticated pikes that fractured inside large mammals like woolly mammoths to inflict fatal injuries, archaeologists say. | Continue reading
The wandering albatrosses of Marion Island can't defend themselves against an invasive mice population that devours birds alive, but conservationists say a rodenticide 'bomb' could save them. | Continue reading
For thousands of years, people in Taiwan pulled out healthy teeth. Now we know why they underwent this painful procedure. | Continue reading
Over the past 41,000 years, viral communities have varied significantly between cold and warm climatic periods, scientists found. | Continue reading
The Taichi-II chiplet, which could one day power super-intelligent AI models, ups the ante in light-based processing. | Continue reading
Rare fossilized sea cow unearthed by a local farmer in Venezuela appears to have been killed by a croc then eaten by a tiger shark. | Continue reading