The element bismuth can "float" between magnets due to magnetic levitation. What's the science behind this phenomenon? | Continue reading
The AutoBrush Sonic Pro for Kids promises to take the chore out of brushing for little ones, but can it deliver an excellent clean? | Continue reading
Two gargantuan structures discovered near our galaxy's ancient heart may be some of the earliest building blocks of the Milky Way. Researchers have named them Shiva and Shakti. | Continue reading
A pod of sperm whales flung their poop at unsuspecting orcas to avoid a fatal attack. | Continue reading
A clinical trial of a new method to activate and kill HIV in the body shows small success, but it's not yet a cure. | Continue reading
The Princess of Wales, whose health status has recently been questioned by the media and public, has announced that she has cancer. | Continue reading
Scientists found the ancient amphibian fossil in the collection at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. | Continue reading
The icy moons of Saturn and Jupiter shoot enormous geysers into space that may contain evidence of life. New research shows that NASA only needs to grab a few grains of ice from these plumes to find out for sure. | Continue reading
Researchers say the finds could help them understand the political and social changes going on in China during the Warring States period. | Continue reading
Fossilized footprints, tree stumps and feces discovered in Alaskan mountain foothills is a glimpse into life on Earth 100 million years ago. | Continue reading
Scientists modeled human-like communication skills and the transfer of knowledge between AIs — so they can teach each other to perform tasks without a huge amount of training data. | Continue reading
A study of 91 pairs of stars finds that about 8%, or one in 12, swallowed up a planet at some point in their lives. | Continue reading
The full "Worm Moon's" brightness will dim during a penumbral lunar eclipse on March 25, exactly two weeks before a total solar eclipse crosses North America. | Continue reading
Doctors in Boston performed the first pig kidney transplant in a living patient. | Continue reading
A reanalysis of 50-year-old Apollo mission data long abandoned by NASA has revealed 22,000 previously unrecognized moonquakes, almost tripling the known number of seismic lunar events. | Continue reading
A massive column of sulfur dioxide that was pumped out by the erupting volcano on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula is currently traveling across northern Europe. Scientists are concerned it could impact the ozone layer. | Continue reading
Scientists are in the early days of creating a drug that can mimic cellular benefits of exercise for people unable to engage in physical activity. | Continue reading
This pack of five solar eclipse glasses lets you and your loved ones safely view the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 — and they even come with a smartphone lens for taking photographs. | Continue reading
A simulated form of carbon called BC8, or 'super-diamond', could be 30% tougher than normal diamonds, but synthesizing it on Earth won't be easy. | Continue reading
Record earthquake activity off the coast of Vancouver Island hints at the birth of new oceanic crust. | Continue reading
In a surprise video, Elon Musk's Neuralink revealed the first recipient of the company's brain-computer interface using the device to play online chess. They also discussed the "life-changing" procedure for the first time. | Continue reading
An early lab-dish study in cancer cells suggests microplastics can persist through cell division and may contribute to cancer spread, when they're in tumors. | Continue reading
Save $50 on our all-time favorite Oral-B Genius X Limited electric toothbrush with this Amazon deal. | Continue reading
Scientists have discovered that, when a DNA-reading enzyme moves backwards along a gene, it may do so to help control when the gene is turned on. | Continue reading
Amazon is selling the Panasonic Lumix S5 II along with a 35mm lens for $1,997.98 in a limited-time deal for the Amazon Big Spring Sale, and it’s highly regarded for shooting video. | Continue reading
This 14-inch wireless charging device works at a rate of 100 kW, scientists claim, meaning it's up to 10 times as fast as some of the best commercially available alternatives. | Continue reading
Within weeks, for the first time in the U.S. consumers will be able to find a birth control pill on retail shelves. | Continue reading
Recent observations show that some white dwarf stars suddenly stop cooling. Now, scientists propose a 'fountian of youth' mechanism that may explain how these stellar husks avoid death for billions of years. | Continue reading
From solar eclipse glasses and viewers to solar binoculars and pinhole projection, there are plenty of ways to safely follow the moon's progress across the sun on April 8. | Continue reading
The wooden vessels were likely used by Neolithic people for fishing and transport. | Continue reading
Headaches are a common and recurring problem in space, even for astronauts that don't experience them on Earth. | Continue reading
The earliest settlers of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, appear to have had some sort of contact with people from South America as early as 1,000 years ago, a new plant study finds. | Continue reading
The already budget-friendly GermGuardian AC4825E air purifier is now even cheaper at Amazon. | Continue reading
A new species of deep-sea chimaera with a ghoulish appearance has been discovered in the Andaman Sea. | Continue reading
Fossil discovered in 1989 found to be new species of aetosaur — a massive armored crocodile cousin that lived during the late Triassic. | Continue reading
Figure 01 learned how to make coffee by watching a human do it, and now it can speak to you like a person. | Continue reading
The Garmin Forerunner 955 watch scored a full five stars in our tests — and now you can snap it up with a 2-year protection pack for $105 less at Walmart | Continue reading
Scientists trained an AI system to think before speaking with a technique called QuietSTaR. The inner monologue improved common sense reasoning and doubled math performance. | Continue reading
The idea of emergent gravity is still new and requires a lot of assumptions in its calculations to make it work. But if experimental evidence ever proves it real, we would need to totally rewrite the laws of physics. | Continue reading
The massive Neolithic burial site was part of a processional route where cattle were sacrificed. | Continue reading
Archaeologists identified 16 sites with representations of human footprints, animals and celestial bodies. | Continue reading
The total solar eclipse on April 8 will offer an incredible view of the fully obscured sun — but some places along the path of totality may see cloudy weather. Here's how to plan for the best view possible. | Continue reading
A free-swimming worm that can infect and kill dogs has been found in the Colorado River near the California-Arizona border. | Continue reading
A massive new 3D map of space includes more than 1 million supermassive black hole-powered quasars, which are among the brightest objects in the universe. | Continue reading
The Amazfit Bip 3 has been slashed to just $54.99 in an early deal for the Amazon Big Spring Sale, and it can do a range of things, from tracking your steps and your heart rate to providing you with weather updates. | Continue reading
Footage shows termites trapped inside a fungus in a death spiral, where they march until they die from exhaustion. | Continue reading
1st of its kind footage captures the moment an orca mom and her son drown a calf in an extremely rare case of infanticide. | Continue reading
Beluga whales appear to change the shape of their heads during encounters with one another in what scientists believe is a form of visual communication among this highly social species. | Continue reading