Do the benefits of exercise differ by sex? The answer is yes, evidence suggests. | Continue reading
Does 8x magnification cut it for both stargazing and wildlife spotting, or is it just too small for either activity? | Continue reading
Challenges in visual and spatial processing and a deficit in training data have revealed a surprising lack of timekeeping ability in AI systems | Continue reading
Also known as "volcano snails," these gastropods grow a suit of metal-enriched scaly armor and have an enormous heart, which helps them survive in oxygen-poor water in the deep ocean. | Continue reading
The moon spent a few million years as a volcanic wasteland, covered with ongoing eruptions that spewed from mountains and even from the ground itself. | Continue reading
Elephants have the largest ears in the animal kingdom, and there's a practical reason for that. | Continue reading
May 17, 2025: 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
The record sheds light on the climate early humans experienced when they were spreading out of Africa. | Continue reading
Newborn pilot whales have been spotted mysteriously swimming among pods of orcas. Scientists are trying to puzzle out how the pilot whale calves got there and what happened to them. | Continue reading
NASA's PUNCH mission, a tiny constellation of four satellites, captured a photo of the moon drifting across the sky through a haze of sunlight. The mission is still undergoing commissioning and is expected to start science operations June 9. | Continue reading
New research has linked sea level rise and an increase in flooding in the U.S. Northeast over the past 20 years to the breakdown of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). | Continue reading
Researchers have discovered how orange cats got their coats — and why so many of them are male. The coat color comes from a genetic mutation on the X chromosome of orange, calico and tortoiseshell cats. | Continue reading
More than 15 billion miles from home, Voyager 1's ailing thrusters were threatening to abort the craft's mission. Until NASA engineers brought them miraculously back to life. | Continue reading
Three 1,500-year-old burials in the Negev desert have pendants of bone and ebony that may depict the deceased individuals' ancestors. | Continue reading
The best telescopes for kids that we recommend are not toys but usable instruments, based on how easy they are to use for younger astronomers who want to gaze at the heavens. | Continue reading
The Midcontinent Rift is a giant tear that formed in what is now the U.S. Midwest 1.1 billion years ago. Nicknamed North America's "broken heart," it is filled with solidified magma and lava. | Continue reading
The Dyson Purifier Cool PC1 is a great fan-air purifier combo, but it lacks the 'wow' factor that would justify its high price. | Continue reading
Moore's Law was an off-hand prediction that came to be one of the prevailing laws of modern computing — but what did it predict, and can we still rely on it? | Continue reading
The Garmin Instinct 2X Solar delivers excellent value for budget-conscious outdoor enthusiasts and it is now even cheaper at Walmart and Amazon. | Continue reading
A first-of a-kind space weather "tabletop" exercise has revealed major weaknesses in America's preparedness for major solar storms. | Continue reading
Researchers have discovered an ancient moth-like sea predator in a treasure trove of museum fossils in Canada. The half-a-billion-year-old creature, Mosura fentoni, reveals that Cambrian arthropods were more diverse than previously thought. | Continue reading
A baby known as KJ is the first person in the world to receive a customized CRISPR therapy designed to fix a specific mutation. | Continue reading
A new gene editor takes advantage of CRISPR-associated proteins to insert whole genes into the genome, scientists report. | Continue reading
Is the Star Manual of Master Shi the oldest known astronomical catalog? Experts are divided. | Continue reading
A large-scale genome study shows that Indigenous peoples in the Americas split off several times, resulting in loss of important genetic diversity. | Continue reading
The sun has released several powerful M- and X-class solar flares over the past few days, resulting in radio blackouts around the world. | Continue reading
A new physics paper takes a step toward creating a long-sought "theory of everything" by uniting gravity with the quantum world. However, the new theory remains far from being proven observationally. | Continue reading
Amber deposits in Japan show unique deformations that suggest trees were swept out to sea during a tsunami about 115 million years ago, giving paleontologists a new way to identify past tsunamis. | Continue reading
Scientists say that hiding secret messages using AI chatbots could lead to a world of iron-clad encryption. | Continue reading
These massive stargazing binoculars are hefty in both size and price, but is it worth splurging on the Extra Dispersion glass? | Continue reading
A combination of X-ray from NASA's Chandra observatory and radio data indicates that a galactic "fracture" was likely caused by a special neutron star called a pulsar. | Continue reading
The first Garmin watch with guided walking workouts. | Continue reading
Quantum computers can one day be vastly more powerful than the most powerful supercomputers on the planet — but only if scientists find ways to fix the extremely high error rate in qubits. | Continue reading
Prader-Willi syndrome is a rare genetic disease that causes poor feeding in infancy but later triggers insatiable hunger. | Continue reading
Scientists looked at Jupiter's massive auroras using the James Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes — and found a mystery they can't fully explain. | Continue reading
Astrophysicists have proposed a new theoretical maximum lifespan for the universe, which suggests that dead stars are decaying much faster than previously thought. The estimate of stellar remnant decay is based on Stephen Hawking's famous black hole radiation theory. | Continue reading
Researchers shed light on the "dark matter" of the gut, revealing a species of fungus that could potentially help counter fatty liver disease. The research is in its early days, though. | Continue reading
A massive stone carving featuring an Assyrian ruler and several deities has been found in Iraq. | Continue reading
The genomes of long-living, big-brained mammal species reveal that they carry more copies of immunity genes. Experts speculate that these genes may affect longevity. | Continue reading
NASA's Perseverance rover recently captured a photo of green auroras shining in the Martian sky for the first time. The alien light show, previously assumed to be impossible, could be visible to future astronauts. | Continue reading
New fossilized tracks made by an ancient reptile indicate that these animals evolved tens of millions of years sooner than scientists first thought. | Continue reading
"Mono", caused by Epstein-Barr virus, raises the risk of multiple sclerosis, but it's unclear why. A study pinpoints a genetic variant that might help explain. | Continue reading
The wrinkled, raisin-like patterns you get on your fingers after a long bath form the same patterns every time, new research suggests. | Continue reading
Archaeologists working in the Tangier Peninsula, in northwest Morocco, have discovered ancient cemeteries, rock art and standing stones. | Continue reading
An all-in-one tripod that boasts high-quality construction, versatility and reliability — you can't go wrong with the Benro Rhino. | Continue reading
Researchers have compiled a list of "ingredients" that could help resource exploration companies locate huge reservoirs of clean hydrogen, a critical element in the transition away from fossil fuels. | Continue reading
Enormous "mud waves" buried under the Atlantic seabed formed 117 million years ago as the Atlantic Ocean opened up. | Continue reading
Everything you need to know about choosing a rowing machine, from picking the right design and type of resistance to deciding whether to invest in fitness app subscriptions. | Continue reading