About 3,000 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, brickmakers imprinted the names of their kings into clay bricks. Now, an analysis of the metal grains in those bricks has confirmed a mysterious anomaly in Earth's magnetic field. | Continue reading
Scientists have previously only gotten 'synaptic transistors' to work under cryogenic conditions, but this is the first that can operate at room temperature — while outperforming today's best-in-class machine learning systems. | Continue reading
The Beats Fit Pro would make a perfect for a Christmas gift for the fitness fan in your life. | Continue reading
A huge volcanic fissure appeared in Iceland on Dec. 18, spewing lava up to 30 feet into the air — and the eruption has been captured in incredible pictures. | Continue reading
Best Buy have stuck a massive discount on the Microsoft Surface Pro 9. | Continue reading
NASA has successfully transmitted data between Earth and two spacecraft using lasers, completing a groundbreaking experiment that could aid in future missions to other worlds. | Continue reading
A sea of migrating methane discovered below the permafrost in Svalbard may eventually escape its icy prison if the permafrost continues to thaw due to climate change. | Continue reading
A rare condition called "retrograde cricopharyngeus dysfunction" makes people unable to burp and can lead to troubling symptoms. | Continue reading
Four days after launching on its third-ever mission, China's mysterious Shenlong robotic space plane has apparently deployed 6 unknown objects in orbit. Some of them appear to be emitting signals. | Continue reading
The fact that this Stone Age fort was built by hunter-gatherers is transforming our understanding of ancient human societies. | Continue reading
Scientists have discovered complex molecules in the gas and vapor plumes escaping from Enceladus's icy core — and one of them, hydrogen cyanide, is a precursor for life. | Continue reading
This excellent fitness tracker is reduced already, and only launched a few months ago. | Continue reading
The fascinating patterns of 35 repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs) reveal new properties of these mysterious blasts of deep-space radiation that appear and disappear in milliseconds. | Continue reading
Volunteers in the U.K. are inhaling pollutants to help scientists understand why air pollution has long been linked to dementia. | Continue reading
Amazon's Project Kuiper, which uses optical inter-satellite link (OISL) technology to connect more than 3,000 satellites in a mesh network that blankets Earth, just cleared a final hurdle needed to launch next year. | Continue reading
Researchers have mapped the magma plumbing system beneath Tonga's underwater volcano and discovered three magma chambers, two of which fed the record-shattering 2022 eruption. | Continue reading
Scientists discovered 13 molecules, including some never spotted before in the early universe, inside two galaxies located 12 billion light-years away. | Continue reading
A volcanic eruption on Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula that began on Monday (Dec. 18) appears to be slowing down, but only time will tell how long the unrest will last, officials say. | Continue reading
The volcano on Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland began erupting on Monday (Dec. 18). | Continue reading
An algorithm reduced rates of antibiotics use in kids treated at Tanzanian primary care facilities without compromising their chances of getting better. | Continue reading
Rivets found at the site hint that the burial mound once housed a pre-Viking ship. | Continue reading
A new NASA survey identified 17 exoplanets that may have the right conditions for liquid water oceans hidden beneath icy shells. The planets could be good candidates in the search for alien life. | Continue reading
Jupiter and a bright moon will shine together on the winter solstice, which occurs Dec. 21-22 in the Northern Hemisphere. | Continue reading
The near-complete remains of a never-before-seen mosasaur that dominated the ancient Pacific Ocean have been unearthed in Japan. The great white shark-size creature is unlike any other aquatic animal, dead or alive. | Continue reading
The Echelon Row-S has 32 levels of magnetic resistance, a 22-inch touchscreen for virtual workouts, and a comfortable padded seat for longer sessions. | Continue reading
Hormone therapy for menopause might be made safer by taking statins at the same time, a study hints. | Continue reading
Our solar system has been orbiting the Milky Way's black hole heart for 4.6 billion years. But it is hard to pin down exactly how many trips around the galaxy our sun has made during that time. | Continue reading
The art is the first ancient pictorial art, which depicts images of nature with human-like and animal-like figures, to be found in Madagascar. | Continue reading
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope snaps the dramatic swirling lines of spiral galaxy NGC 1566, also known as the Spanish Dancer Galaxy. | Continue reading
By combining photonic and electronic components, scientists have built a prototype communications chip that can effectively access high enough radio frequency bandwidths for uses including advanced radar as well as 6G and 7G. | Continue reading
Dec. 17, 2023: 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
In her clinic, neurologist Suzanne O'Sullivan often sees patients with psychosomatic illness — conditions she believes are widely misunderstood. She's now on a mission to change that. | Continue reading
The James Webb Space Telescope’s discovery of the universe's oldest black holes is giving astronomers some vital clues for how they came to be. | Continue reading
Tarantulas use their "hair" for all kinds of things, including smelling and tasting. | Continue reading
People deem AI faces as being more 'real' than pictures of the people the algorithms are trained on — but only if these AI-generated faces are white. | Continue reading
Researchers are studying humpback whale communication systems to learn how to detect and interpret extraterrestrial signals from outer space. | Continue reading
In the adapted excerpt below, from Meetings with Remarkable Mushrooms, ecologist Alison Pouliot encounters a species that targets the larvae of ghost moths, revealing how the deadly fungus brings balance to the forest. | Continue reading
Sand strikers — also known as bobbit worms — reach up to 10 feet long. They have razor-sharp jaws they use to catch unsuspecting fish and can split into bits to regenerate. | Continue reading
European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen shared a series of lovely photos showing Earth's fleeting icebergs as seen from the International Space Station. | Continue reading
Intense pressure and sweltering temperature would accompany a trip down through Earth's layers and out through the other side. However, this trip would be possible only in science fiction. | Continue reading
A number of medical conditions can cause an allergic reaction to ultraviolet light from the sun. | Continue reading
A rolled-up piece of lead found in Germany was actually a 15th-century "curse tablet." | Continue reading
Astronaut Frank Rubio is officially off the hook in the case of the disappearing space tomatoes, now that ISS astronauts have finally found the bag of produce that went missing 8 months ago. | Continue reading
A "healing bowl" marked with drawings of a scorpion, dog and double-headed dragon were unearthed in a castle in Turkey. | Continue reading
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted what may be the smallest known brown dwarf, a "failed star" that's only three or four times larger than Jupiter. | Continue reading
On Dec. 14, a 2.8 magnitude X-class flare exploded from the sun, triggering radio blackouts on Earth and unleashing a CME that could also hit our planet in the next few days. It is the most powerful solar flare in more than six years. | Continue reading
Little is known about China's experimental Shenlong space plane or its objectives. The spacecraft just launched on its 3rd-ever mission. | Continue reading
Keep hydrated, boost your workout performance, and keep your coffee warm for up to 12 hours with these durable insulated water bottles. | Continue reading