The two innermost planets, Venus and Mercury, will shine together low in the western sky at sunset on March 10. Here's how to get the best view before they disappear. | Continue reading
We're sharing our best tips on how to photograph the moon and with the total lunar eclipse on March 13-14 — discover the right gear, settings and composition techniques to make the most of the event. | Continue reading
A more than 500-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Sweden isn't a Viking vessel after all, scientists have found. | Continue reading
A case report highlights one potential danger of competitive speed eating. | Continue reading
These striking puppets suggest that Indigenous people in what is now El Salvador had rituals that were more connected to the rest of Central American culture than previously thought. | Continue reading
The silver coins were minted over a period of more than 200 years, suggesting that Roman currency at this time was relatively stable. | Continue reading
A CDC report has revealed that nine of 68 of children who died of flu this year had brain damage, but it's unclear whether this influenza-associated encephalopathy is on the rise. | Continue reading
Explore the wonders of the night sky with our guide to the best celestial sights you can observe with binoculars between February and April 2025. | Continue reading
Extremely rare fossil of an ancient scorpion unearthed at China's Jehol Biota. The scorpion would've been a key species in the Cretaceous ecosystem, scientists say. | Continue reading
Discover interesting facts about snakes, from how they hunt and eat, to why they don't have legs. | Continue reading
Can this eco-friendly toothbrush live up to the hype? | Continue reading
Specific phobias are out-of-proportion fears to objects, animals or situations, and fortunately, they can be treated. | Continue reading
Coastal erosion from rising sea levels has led to the collapse of 280 buildings across Alexandria, Egypt, over the past two decades. | Continue reading
A new therapy repairs corneal damage to a patient's eye using stem cells from their other, healthy eye. | Continue reading
Scientists with the company Colossal have created genetically engineered "woolly mice" with thick, golden-brown hair and fat deposits similar to those of cold-adapted woolly mammoths. | Continue reading
A total lunar eclipse on March 13-14, 2025, will be visible across Earth's night side. See detailed maps of where and when to watch the dramatic 'Blood Moon'. | Continue reading
Humanoid robots typically struggle to stand up after being knocked over, but new AI-powered research from China brings us one step closer to the rise of the machines. | Continue reading
A newly unveiled astronaut photo shows a "gigantic jet" shooting upward from a thunderstorm above Louisiana in November 2024. | Continue reading
Levels of two types of bacteria in your gut could help improve the diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis. | Continue reading
This 2023 astronaut photo shows a series of slowly moving "star dunes" in the Erg Chebbi region of Morocco. Most of these massive structures are likely several centuries old. | Continue reading
Archaeologists in Denmark have discovered the remains of a large timber circle that may be contemporaneous with England's Woodhenge and Stonehenge. | Continue reading
Black hole singularities should not exist, according to theories of quantum mechanics. New tweaks to Einstein's equations of general relativity could finally do away with them, and explain what truly lies at the heart of a black hole. | Continue reading
The discovery that helium and iron can mix at the temperatures and pressures found at the center of Earth could settle a long-standing debate over how our planet formed. | Continue reading
The Blue Ghost spacecraft has taken its first images of the lunar surface as Firefly Aerospace and NASA celebrate a successful moon landing. | Continue reading
Archaeologists were surprised that the skeleton of a person wrapped in heavy chains was female. | Continue reading
Scientists are developing AI models that analyze wireless traffic as a whole, making high-speed networks such as 6G more rapid and reliable for users of cell phones and other mobile devices. | Continue reading
These masks, known for their distortion and asymmetry, are one of the oldest kinds of art in southwest Alaska. | Continue reading
Ideas about the global dispersal of Homo sapiens have changed over time. | Continue reading
Between 15 million and 6 million years ago, a drop in ocean crust production may have lowered sea level by 26 to 32 meters. | Continue reading
A new look at an ancient eruption at Campi Flegrei raises new questions about the propensity of the still-active volcano, located near Naples, to produce major eruptions in the future. | Continue reading
Perry and a celebrity female crew will launch on Blue Origin's NS-31 mission this spring. | Continue reading
Beautifully captured against a starry sky, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) — dubbed by some as the "Great Comet of 2025" — shines brightly after its last approach to the sun for hundreds of thousands of years. | Continue reading
"Stink face" seems silly to us, but for cats it's a serious way to gather social information through smell. | Continue reading
If life exists on other planets, it needs to be adaptable to extreme environments. To get a clue of what it might look like, we can turn to a surprising place: the human gut. | Continue reading
Scientists have pinpointed and described unusual subtypes of fat cells that may help scientists explain why gut fat is linked to poor health. The research could open up new avenues for medical treatments. | Continue reading
The "Cosmic Horseshoe" is an Einstein ring, a system made up of a foreground galaxy whose mass is so great, it warps the light from a galaxy behind it. Now, astronomers know where it gets this mass from. | Continue reading
The venomous centipede crawled into the Movile Cave millions of years ago and adapted to live in the pitch black, surrounded by deadly gases. | Continue reading
A 2,800-year-old fortified wall has been found in a narrow mountain pass in China. | Continue reading
Why do we laugh when tickled but are unable to tickle ourselves? Neuroscience has the answer. | Continue reading
March 1, 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
Early data suggest that the 2024-2025 flu shots have effectively lowered rates of flu hospitalization and outpatient visits in vaccinated people. | Continue reading
Built by the Norwegian startup 1X, the Neo Gamma humanoid robot is designed to complete mundane household tasks. | Continue reading
Researchers have identified a giant flying squirrel fossil from a cache of unusual animal remains dug out of an ancient sinkhole in Tennessee 25 years ago. The fossil sheds light on how flying squirrels reached North America. | Continue reading
A stunning photo of a "parade of planets", shows Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, Venus, Neptune, and Mercury in alignment from Earth. The image could be the first of its kind. | Continue reading
Researchers have discovered that humans lived in tropical rainforests 150,000 years ago, around 100,000 years earlier than previous evidence suggested. | Continue reading
A new study has pinpointed cells in the brains of mice that have the unique ability to proliferate and may help to repair damaged tissue. Scientists now need to determine if similar cells exist in human brains. | Continue reading
The U.S. is home to 63 national parks, which are areas of land protected by the federal government. How many of these parks can you name in our quiz? | Continue reading
Walvis Bay in Namibia is home to the largest solar sea-salt production plant in sub-Saharan Africa. The plant is famous for its brightly colored evaporation ponds. | Continue reading