Due to a delay with SpaceX's Dragon capsule, NASA's Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who were meant to spend 10 days in space in June 2024, will now not return to Earth until late March 2025 at the earliest, NASA announced. | Continue reading
The geoengineering scheme, known as stratospheric aerosol injection, would not be cheap, but scientists say it could buy us some time until we reach net-zero carbon. | Continue reading
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an image of a baby, Milky Way-like galaxy that formed more than 13 billion years ago. This "Firefly Sparkle" galaxy could reveal how our own galaxy evolved. | Continue reading
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More than a dozen ancient gold tongues have been discovered in a cemetery at the site of Oxyrhynchus in Egypt. | Continue reading
Scientists have shown that a "remelting event" more than 4.3 billion years ago "reset" the internal clock of most lunar rocks, which has helped obscure the moon's true age. | Continue reading
Fossils of the oldest saber-toothed predator are helping researchers understand the evolution of early mammal relatives called gorgonopsians and our shared origins in the therapsid group. | Continue reading
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The "megaberg" A23a is on the move again after spinning in one spot for months on end. This is the ice slab's second great escape in as many years after being stuck in place for the first 37 years of its existence. | Continue reading
A man in his 60s went to the emergency room after a fall and ended up being diagnosed with a rare disorder of the penis. | Continue reading
Geographical barriers and cultural differences can prevent people from mingling with their neighbors, leading to genetic isolation — and the phenomenon is more common than most people think. | Continue reading
An Alabama woman underwent a transplant procedure to get a new kidney from a gene-edited pig. | Continue reading
The updated version of the World Magnetic Model was released on Dec. 17, with a new prediction of how the magnetic north pole will shift over the next five years. Here's why it was changed. | Continue reading
While investigating a mysterious radiation signal unlike any seen before, astronomers may have uncovered a rare pair of binary supermassive black holes with a truly monstrous appetite. | Continue reading
When will MDMA be approved for therapy? Major trial issues may stand in the way, psychiatrist Dr. Albino Oliveira-Maia says | Continue reading
A newfound clay head from the sixth millennium B.C. is the first of its kind ever found in Kuwait, but similar finds have been unearthed from ancient Mesopotamia. | Continue reading
Tiffany Taylor, professor of microbial ecology and evolution at the University of Bath in the U.K., recommends the books that shaped her career and her outlook on life. | Continue reading
Computer modeling suggests Saturn's rings are billions of years older than previous research suggests — but the new findings are up for debate. | Continue reading
With a 29% saving, these tech-packed binoculars are at the lowest price they have been in years. | Continue reading
Licking a lollipop-shaped device can let you taste and smell nine flavors in VR. | Continue reading
A 2018 satellite photo shows the aptly named Deception Island, which was formed by a massive eruption 4,000 years ago and remains volcanically active today. | Continue reading
The extremely violent treatment of the corpses of at least 37 Bronze Age people is rewriting the history of prehistoric Britain. | Continue reading
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Io is the most volcanically active world in our solar system. Now, NASA scientists have revealed how and why. | Continue reading
Two men from Rochester, New York died from a type of pneumonia after being exposed to a harmful fungus living in bat poop used to grow cannabis. | Continue reading
The blob — an extreme marine heatwave that hit the northeast Pacific between 2014 and 2016 — killed approximately 4 million common murre, and the population is yet to recover, a new study finds. | Continue reading
A three-part complex based on the molecules that give "Conan the Bacterium" its radiation resistance may protect humans against damage from ionizing radiation. | Continue reading
Henry the Nile crocodile will celebrate his 124th birthday at the Crocworld Conservation Centre in South Africa on Dec. 16. | Continue reading
The world's first nuclear-diamond battery uses carbon-14 to power devices for more than 10,000 years. | Continue reading
"She still has one final gift for us, which is that she's now going to continue on as a weather station of sorts." | Continue reading
Fragments of a helmet recovered from the Sutton Hoo ship burial show that early-medieval metalwork could be decorative and functional. | Continue reading
Atoms make up everything around us, but do these building blocks of matter ever actually touch? | Continue reading
A silver amulet found in a 1,800-year-old grave in Germany speaks to the importance — and the risk — of being Christian in Roman times. | Continue reading
Two cannons found at a site dating to 1541 in Arizona may be the oldest surviving firearms in the U.S. They were abandoned by the Spanish after they were defeated in battle. | Continue reading
Astronomers analyzing archival images from JWST have discovered an unexpectedly vast population of the smallest asteroids ever seen in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. | Continue reading
Here's everything you need to know to catch the Ursids, the last meteor shower of 2024. | Continue reading
Composite images reveal how the sun's corona changed from one total solar eclipse to another in 2023 and 2024, just as solar activity began to peak. | Continue reading
The infinite monkey theorem is a fun thought experiment, but does it actually apply to our finite world? | Continue reading
Alien life might look unlike anything we've ever seen on Earth. Trying to find evidence of these unknown organisms will require some creativity. | Continue reading
Marine otters live on rocky coasts with extreme swells and strong winds, with their dens built into crevices and caves. | Continue reading
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How's your moon knowledge? Full, half, or total eclipse? | Continue reading
Scientists have identified some of the involved genes behind cats' spots, but there's still a piece missing. | Continue reading
Dec. 14, 2024: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend. | Continue reading
A carved boulder found deep in a cave in Israel may have been used for rituals more than 35,000 years ago. | Continue reading