Supercomputers play a vital role in scientific discoveries — from helping us forecast climate change to discovering new drugs. We've rounded up the top fastest on the planet right now. | Continue reading
California health officials warn that the number of active tuberculosis cases in the state rose last year. | Continue reading
Though everyone is hoping for clear skies, here's what might happen if an eclipse-chaser's worst enemy — clouds — decides to make an appearance. | Continue reading
Rescuers have been trying to coax a 2-year-old orca from a lagoon off Vancouver Island and back to the ocean for five days, but they only have a 30-minute window every day when waters are high. | Continue reading
The final liftoff of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket is scheduled Thursday at 2:45 p.m. ET. You can watch it live here. | Continue reading
Ancient hunter-gatherers created rock art next to dinosaur footprints in what is now Brazil. | Continue reading
Technical scuba divers found a rare pink handfish hidden among the wreckage of the SS Tasman. | Continue reading
Popular VR headsets like the Meta Quest or Apple Vision Pro can be broken into, with hackers adding fake experiences called "inception layers" that let them manipulate how a user behaves. | Continue reading
The remains of the ornately decorated Roman buildings contain numerous artifacts, including "curse tablets," tiny axes and a horse-headed belt buckle. | Continue reading
Once more, sildenafil, the main active component of the "little blue pill," has been found to be associated with a reduced risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. | Continue reading
A new polarized light image of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* has given us our first clear look at the magnetic field of the cosmic juggernaut, which suggests that it may have superheated jets just like even larger black holes. | Continue reading
Scientists found a monster black hole that 'hiccups' every 8.5 days, and a smaller black hole that keeps punching through its accretion disk may be to blame. | Continue reading
Why did the bridge collapse, and what can we do to make other bridges more safe against such collapse? | Continue reading
This 10-pack of MedOptics Solar Eclipse Glasses has been discounted to just $6.99 on Amazon. | Continue reading
A metal detectorist has unearthed a gold nugget that is currently up for auction and expected to sell for over $37,000. | Continue reading
In mice, a new type of immunotherapy appeared to partly turn back the clock of "immune aging." | Continue reading
The researchers compared Ötzi's ancient tattoos with modern tattoos made using different techniques on the skin of one of the authors. | Continue reading
A man developed symptoms of fever earliest this month and tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza. | Continue reading
Quantum computers will break encryption one day. But converting data into light particles and beaming them around using thousands of satellites might be one way around this problem. | Continue reading
Earlier this month, a sudden atmospheric warming event caused the Arctic's polar vortex to reverse its trajectory. The swirling ring of cold air is now spinning in the wrong direction, which has triggered a record-breaking "ozone spike" and could impact global weather patterns. | Continue reading
Scientists have created an n-channel transistor using diamond for the first time, potentially leading to faster components that can work in extreme conditions. | Continue reading
For millennia, solar eclipses like the upcoming one on April 8 have inspired awe, wonder and fear. Here are some of the most intriguing accounts of solar eclipses from ancient Greece to the Mayan empire. | Continue reading
A woman developed kidney damage three times in two years after repeatedly visiting a salon for a hair-straightening treatment. | Continue reading
A mutant gene that produces proteins in sweat may raise some people's risk of Lyme disease, while the standard version of the gene may protect against infection. | Continue reading
Here's how to safely, and effectively, take stunning photographs and videos of the solar eclipse with your smartphone on April 8. | Continue reading
Unpasteurized milk samples and throat and nose swabs from cows on U.S. dairy farms have tested positive for bird flu, marking the second known cases in ruminants in the U.S. | Continue reading
An object that slammed into Mars roughly 2.3 million years ago created 2 billion smaller craters around the main Corinto impact crater, near the Red Planet's equator. | Continue reading
Physicists created a 'quantum vortex,' which flows with 500 times less viscosity than water and could be used to study the space-time warping caused by black holes. | Continue reading
Unistellar is offering 10% off all its products when you buy before the end of the month, just in time to watch the April 8 solar eclipse. | Continue reading
Scientists have built a framework that gives generative AI systems like DALL·E 3 and Stable Diffusion a major boost by condensing them into smaller models — without compromising their quality. | Continue reading
When the moon fully covers the sun on April 8, viewers will have a rare view of the sun's corona, and everything that explodes out of it. | Continue reading
Archaeologists are studying a Bronze Age village built on stilts to better understand the lifestyles of the people who lived there. | Continue reading
Three codices from the 16th and 17th century describe historical details about the Aztecs and the area that is now Mexico City. | Continue reading
An analysis of car crashes during the 2017 solar eclipse in the U.S. suggests the upcoming April eclipse could also come with an uptick in fatal accidents. | Continue reading
A recent X-class flare, which was split into two simultaneous explosions, launched a coronal mass ejection that smashed into Earth, triggering the most powerful disruption to our planet's magnetic field for more than six years. | Continue reading
Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lander has failed to awaken following its plunge into lunar night, despite the spacecraft's solar panels now receiving enough sunlight to ostensibly power its radio. | Continue reading
A giant layer of pumice and ash found buried underwater in the Santorini caldera indicates an eruption in A.D. 726 was much bigger than previously thought. | Continue reading
Scientists believe toe-biting giant water bugs have arrived in Cyprus from the mainland, but they're not sure why or how. | Continue reading
New chip design uses photons rather than electrons to perform calculations, and scientists hope to integrate the technology into future graphics cards to train AI. | Continue reading
Cumulus clouds rapidly dissipate as the land surface cools. This isn't just good news for eclipse chasers on April 8, but also has implications for sun-obscuring geoengineering efforts. | Continue reading
Sea levels were extraordinarily high during the last period of the dinosaur age. But ocean levels may have been even higher before that. | Continue reading
Tattoo ink ingredients don't always match what's labeled on the bottle. | Continue reading
The ancient Egyptian tomb has colorful wall paintings depicting what life was like 4,300 years ago. | Continue reading
International Space Station astronauts orbiting 270 miles above Earth have photographed the moon on the cusp of 2024's first "eclipse season." | Continue reading
The FDA recently approved semaglutide (Wegovy) for preventing serious heart conditions in some people, but questions remain about how it works. | Continue reading
Have you ever heard of the plant Brassica oleracea? | Continue reading
In a new book, renowned biologist Venki Ramakrishnan explores the reasons why we die, and discusses unproven ways people hope to cheat death, such as cryogenics. | Continue reading
One population of Eleonora's falcon is reported to keep little birds alive inside rocky prisons — a behavior not seen in any other raptor species. | Continue reading