A 2020 satellite photo shows "blackwater" flowing from South Carolina's Winyah Bay after Hurricane Sally made landfall and triggered flash flooding. | Continue reading
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Volunteers at Bannockburn House in Scotland discovered a musket ball hole in a wall that dates to the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. | Continue reading
In a global first, scientists working in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the North Pacific Ocean have found that metallic nodules on the seafloor produce their own oxygen, dubbed "dark oxygen." | Continue reading
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While headlines around the world claimed that ancient galaxies discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope were "breaking" our understanding of the Big Bang, the truth is much more nuanced — and much more interesting. | Continue reading
Command module pilot Michael Collins took this iconic Apollo 11 photo 55 years ago today, after his historic trip around the far side of the moon made him "the world's loneliest man". | Continue reading
Animals are disappearing too fast for researchers to record all of the extinctions we've caused. | Continue reading
This bizarre animal lives on the seabed and uses its large hand-like fins to move walk around. | Continue reading
The James Webb Space Telescope has revolutionized astronomy in just two years of operations, but how can it see a galaxy 33.8 billion light-years away in a universe that is only 13.8 billion years old? | Continue reading
When a dog looks strikingly like its owner, is that a coincidence or is there more to the story? | Continue reading
NASA's Curiosity rover revealed an 'oasis' of rare elemental sulfur on Mars after accidentally crushing a rock with its tires. The yellow crystals have never been spotted on the Red Planet before. | Continue reading
So much is still unknown about consciousness, nevermind whether brain organoids will achieve it, explains a leading neuroscientist. | Continue reading
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released a final proposal to kill around 450,000 invasive barred owls in the Northwest, in an attempt to save two native species. | Continue reading
Coastguards had to tow a 40-foot-long sailboat back to port after two young orcas severely damaged the boat's rudder near Guilvinec in the French region of Brittany. | Continue reading
Blocking a pro-inflammatory protein extended the life span of mice by around 25%. Could it do the same in humans? | Continue reading
Blocking a pro-inflammatory protein extended the life span of mice by around 25%. Could it do the same in humans? | Continue reading
Scientists consider Last Chance Lake to be an analog for lakes that may have existed on Earth 4 billion years ago and contained the ingredients for early life on our planet. | Continue reading
A beaked whale that recently washed up dead on a New Zealand beach likely belongs to the world's rarest cetacean species. If confirmed, researchers could dissect the species for the very first time. | Continue reading
Do dead stars glow? A strange gravitational phenomenon could be generating enormous amounts of light around neutron stars, new research suggests. | Continue reading
"This very arid soil houses a treasure," ecologist María Fernanda Pérez told Live Science after the Atacama Desert produced a rare winter bloom. | Continue reading
A 13-year-old boy hiking in Haifa discovered a Roman-era ring with a depiction of Minerva, the goddess of war and wisdom. | Continue reading
A case study shows how a therapy typically used for cancer could be adapted to treat a disorder that Céline Dion recently disclosed she has. | Continue reading
Archaeologists discovered rock carvings featuring several pharaohs during an underwater expedition near Aswan, Egypt. | Continue reading
The European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft is back to routine operations studying the Milky Way after a meteor strike punctured its protective shield, allowing charged solar particles to stream through. | Continue reading
Recent studies suggest PFAS can pass through human skin and through the placenta. What does that mean for our health? | Continue reading
A coastal taipan named Cyclone recently delivered three times the average amount of venom for its species in one go, setting a new record. | Continue reading
The ESM3 model can 'write' new proteins from scratch, opening up new possibilities for synthetic biology. | Continue reading
New simulations suggest that a 9-mile-thick layer of diamonds may lurk deep below the surface of Mercury. The gems almost certainly can't be mined for bling — but they may help solve some of the planet's biggest mysteries. | Continue reading
Astronomers are proposing a new, more quantitative definition of what makes a planet. The new definition looks more directly at the object's mass — but it would still leave Pluto out of the running. | Continue reading
A new study examines fossil teeth of the Taung Child to hone in on its age. | Continue reading
We've rounded up the best binocular deals on the market to help you save money — with options for all budgets and experience levels. | Continue reading
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The discovery of butchered bones belonging to a glyptodont, a giant relative of the armadillo, suggests that humans were living in Argentina 20,000 years ago. | Continue reading
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A new paper suggests that comet C/2023 A3, also known as Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, may completely break apart before it reaches its closest approach to Earth in October. If the comet does survive long enough to reach us, it should be bright enough to spot with the naked eye. | Continue reading
The Apple Watch Series 9 45mm is now 28% off at Amazon, the cheapest it has ever been — but hurry, this offer will not last long. | Continue reading
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Psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, reduces the synchronicity within a brain network responsible for reflection and the sense of self. | Continue reading
Whether you're a student or a scientist, get serious about science with the powerful Swift SW380T, $150 off with this Prime Day microscope deal. | Continue reading
Reports of a daylight fireball and loud booms across New York City and New Jersey suggest a meteor entered the atmosphere above the city and traveled west at 38,000 mph, NASA says. | Continue reading