A megamouth shark that was pregnant with seven pups when it washed ashore in the Philippines has revealed secrets about how this elusive species gives birth. | Continue reading
Black holes are some of the most powerful objects in the universe — and humans could devise ways to harness that power as an energy source, a new theoretical study claims. | Continue reading
Liftoff of the military's elusive X-37B space plane is scheduled for 8:14 p.m. ET on Monday (Dec. 11). | Continue reading
The CDC issued a health alert about cases of the tick-spread disease Rocky Mountain spotted fever seen among people who recently traveled to or lived in Tecate, Baja California. | Continue reading
If you've ever tried to hold in a sneeze, this new medical case report might make you think twice. | Continue reading
An Australian teenager had a lucky escape after being bitten by an extremely toxic blue-ringed octopus. A toddler also came close to touching the deadly cephalopod. | Continue reading
Researchers have discovered a jaw-dropping ecosystem of crystal-clear lagoons and salt plains in Argentina's Puna de Atacama desert that could offer a window onto early life on Earth and Mars. | Continue reading
A brand-new meteor shower triggered by the 'Christmas comet' 46P/Wirtanen may appear over Earth for the first time on Dec. 12, though it will be visible from only a small sliver of the world. | Continue reading
This groundbreaking wireless technology can make your smartphone or wearable devices last up to five times longer on a single charge. | Continue reading
The second-largest quantum computing chip won't be fitted into IBM's next-generation System Two quantum computer. Instead, it will use three smaller 133-qubit chips with a much lower error rate. | Continue reading
Some chemical tags on DNA, called epigenetic factors, that are present at a young age can affect the maximum life spans of mammal species. | Continue reading
A dolphin with deformed flippers that look like thumbs was spotted in the Gulf of Corinth in July 2023. It likely acquired what appears to be a genetic defect during development in the womb, experts say. | Continue reading
Scalloped hammerhead sharks used to seek refuge at two Mexican seamounts, but it appears fishing has killed them off. | Continue reading
A new method of assessing tsunami risk in New Zealand finds that giant waves could hit the country's shores once every 500 years. | Continue reading
What's the oldest fossil evidence humans have for our species? | Continue reading
Possible amino acids spewing from Enceladus' subsurface ocean can survive impact with a spacecraft, lab experiments show. | Continue reading
Dec. 10, 2023: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained. | Continue reading
In this interview, immunologist Ruslan Medzhitov explains how fundamental inflammation is, why it often goes wrong, and whether there's anything we can do about chronic inflammation. | Continue reading
Inflammation can be both a superhero and a villain, depending on the context. Rather than eliminating it completely, new treatments are trying to redirect it. | Continue reading
People often experience fevers when they get sick. But what is going on in your body as your temperature spikes? | Continue reading
Astrophotographer Petr Horálek shot this image of the Milky Way dazzling above strange geological formations in the desert close to the ALMA radio telescope array in Chile. | Continue reading
We worked out how many trips each of the solar system's eight planets has taken around the sun over the past 4.6 billion years. | Continue reading
Scientists have offered a new explanation for why COVID-19 vaccines that contained adenoviruses carried a rare-but-serious risk of blood clotting. | Continue reading
Cannibalism is more common in the animal kingdom than you might think. | Continue reading
Clouded leopards can rotate their ankle joints by almost 180 degrees and they kill by biting the back of their prey's neck with their huge teeth. | Continue reading
A house in Australia harbored more than 400 moths and butterflies, and hundreds of other species, including ones never documented before. | Continue reading
The island forged in fire off the coast of Japan in October this year is still growing, as seen in a Copernicus Sentinel-2 image caught on Nov. 27. | Continue reading
Only 1 in 10,000 people can recognize musical notes on the spot. Why? | Continue reading
Halley's Comet is predicted to reach its farthest point from the sun on Dec. 9, beginning a 38-year journey toward Earth that culminates in 2061. | Continue reading
A fifth century Mongolian saddle is one of the earliest examples of evidence of modern horse riding. | Continue reading
The FDA approved two new therapies for sickle-cell disease, including the world's first-ever approved CRISPR therapy. | Continue reading
The announcement comes after the FDA became aware of more than 40 cases of "DRESS syndrome" linked to the seizure medications levetiracetam and clobazam. | Continue reading
Ancient workers used a blend of organic materials such as mosses and lichen to build the architectural marvel and help protect it from erosion. | Continue reading
Paleontologists have found two pairs of hind legs from a small, bird-like dinosaur in the stomach of a juvenile Gorgosaurus unearthed in Canada. It is the first time that any food remains have been discovered within a tyrannosaur. | Continue reading
Doctors have described a potential new syndrome seen in infants whose mothers used nonprescription fentanyl during pregnancy. | Continue reading
Newborns' brains may look relatively smaller than those of other primate babies, but it's not because they're "underdeveloped" by comparison. | Continue reading
Five axes found in Poland date to 3,500 years ago, and may have been used as either tools to chop wood or for sacrificial purposes. | Continue reading
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio spent hours looking for a tomato that floated away on the International Space Station. Eight months later, his colleagues finally found it. | Continue reading
Agitation, anxiety and depression seen in people with Alzheimer's may be driven by brain inflammation, in addition to abnormal proteins. | Continue reading
As many as 120 'shooting stars' per hour will be visible during the moonless peak of the Geminid meteor shower on Dec. 13 and 14. | Continue reading
Save almost $100 on the LEGO Ideas Insect Collection at Amazon. | Continue reading
Save almost 50% on this nifty Ideapad laptop. | Continue reading
Archaeologists have discovered two temples, one buried atop the other, in the ancient megacity of Girsu in Iraq. One temple is linked to Hercules and Alexander the Great. | Continue reading
After the warmest autumn ever, researchers are confident 2023 will be the hottest year on record before it has even finished. | Continue reading
A seamount sitting on a subducting tectonic plate off the coast of Japan and plowing its way into Earth's mantle may be at the root of several magnitude 7 earthquakes in the past 40 years. | Continue reading
A new study re-examining old fossils collected by a Colombian priest more than 50 years ago has found they are actually rare hatchling turtles. | Continue reading
Current methods of tracking space junk in Earth's orbit only follow objects bigger than a softball. A new technique could trace the 99% of junk that's smaller. | Continue reading
Fresh water that trickled down into Earth's crust 6 million years ago became trapped thousands of feet beneath the Hyblaean Mountains in Sicily, forming an aquifer that has not budged since. | Continue reading