Recent studies have found that prolonged exposure to elevated temperatures can be harmful to health – and might even influence aging. | Continue reading
A newly identified mutation helps super-sleepers get by on just four to six hours of shut-eye per night, while the rest of us need around eight hours. Researchers described the SIK3-N783Y mutation in a new study after testing it on sleep-deprived inbred mice. | Continue reading
A report into April's deadly flooding has found that climate change made the central Mississippi River valley's extreme weather event more likely and more intense. | Continue reading
A coin stash worth more than $340,000 could have been hidden in the hills of the Czech Republic during one of the 20th century’s greatest upheavals. Historians are attempting to unravel the mystery. | Continue reading
Researchers think the vehicle was used as a staff car by naval officers during World War II. | Continue reading
Very little is known about Powelliphanta augusta, an elusive snail species threatened with extinction. The new footage is the first time their bizarre egg laying behavior has been captured on camera. | Continue reading
Asian needle ants found in the southeastern states of the U.S. have been spreading north and west for years, but experts now consider them to be a medically important pest and urge caution. | Continue reading
A strange atmospheric pattern known as an "omega block" is preventing the usual eastward progression of weather across the U.S. — but what is this weird block, and when will it go away? | Continue reading
Scientists have discovered a way to use live tissue as a computational reservoir to solve problems and potentially predict chaotic systems like the weather. | Continue reading
All that you've heard about the Vikings may not be true. | Continue reading
A mysterious cluster of 60 stars may be just another Milky Way star cluster, or it may be one of the smallest galaxies ever seen. | Continue reading
Archaeologists can estimate a person's sex with 95% accuracy, but many experts are focused on what can be learned about humans outside the male/female gender binary. | Continue reading
British naturalist David Attenborough celebrates his 99th birthday on May 8, 2025. Here are some incredible facts about the iconic broadcaster. | Continue reading
Archaeologists working at the Cueva de Sangre site in Guatemala have discovered an unusual ancient Maya ritual. | Continue reading
NASA's massive super-pressure balloon has completed a 16-day trip around the Southern Hemisphere — a milestone in high-altitude flight and atmospheric research. | Continue reading
Metal detectorists in southwest England unearthed the two gold-and-garnet objects from the Anglo-Saxon period in January. | Continue reading
Sugar beets and spinach are the best vegetables to grow if you live in a temperate, midsize city during a nuclear winter, a new study suggests, while wheat and carrots are recommended for industrial production on the outskirts of town. | Continue reading
Wave-like soil patterns on the Martian surface match those found in Earth's cold, mountain regions, which could help scientists better understand the Red Planet's climate history and search for signs of life. | Continue reading
The National Institute of Standards and Technology's new cesium fountain clock is one of the most precise atomic clocks ever created. | Continue reading
In a house in the ruins of Pompeii, archeologists have discovered evidence that a family of four attempted to barricade a door with a bed during Vesuvius's terrible eruption. | Continue reading
Exposure to extreme climate events will increase two to seven times more for those born in 2020 compared with those in 1960, a new study warns. | Continue reading
An Irish startup has created the world's first silicon-based quantum computer — it can still integrate seamlessly with classical computing in data centers. | Continue reading
This 2018 satellite photo shows an unknown substance swirling across the Gulf of Gdańsk in Poland. Scientists were shocked to later discover what it really was. | Continue reading
T. rex was previously suspected to have evolved in Asia and migrated to North America, but new research shows that the direct ancestors of this iconic dinosaur may have been the one to make the journey instead. | Continue reading
The discovery of 2024 PT5, a small, rocky body dubbed a "minimoon" during its discovery last year, hints at a hidden population of lunar fragments traveling near Earth. | Continue reading
A man developed a rare condition after getting a tattoo on his genitals. | Continue reading
The ancient Egyptian fortress was in use around 2,000 years ago in the Sinai Desert. | Continue reading
Physicists have used a novel technique to observe individual atoms interacting in free space for the first time ever. The new technique confirms a century-old quantum mechanical theory. | Continue reading
Two shipwrecks off Costa Rica were long thought to be the remains of pirate ships, but new analyses reveal that they were actually Danish ships that took part in the transatlantic slave trade. | Continue reading
Researchers studying pterosaur tracks have found that ancient flying reptiles became better adapted to life on land during the middle of the Jurassic period and even shared environments with dinosaurs. | Continue reading
"It would recklessly slash NASA’s science budget by 47%." | Continue reading
Plans are underway to create new AI-powered drones that can fly for much longer than current designs. | Continue reading
Where will the failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 land when it crashes back to Earth in the coming week? Most major cities are in the potential crash zone — but the odds of a direct strike are extremely slim. | Continue reading
The question of how the super-blue paint was made now has a second answer. | Continue reading
A new documentary explores the tragic final night of the RMS Titanic with the most detailed digital reconstruction of the ship ever created. | Continue reading
A recently unearthed altar in Tikal holds the burial of a child and adult, but it wasn't built by the Maya. Instead, it appears foreigners from Teotihuacan built it. | Continue reading
A meteorite found in Antarctica in 2012 suggests Earth may have formed with the materials needed to make water, a new study hints. | Continue reading
Researchers have determined that a mysterious jawbone discovered on the seafloor off the coast of Taiwan was Denisovan, proving that the archaic humans were distributed widely over Asia. | Continue reading
Archaeologists have found conclusive evidence of psychedelic drug use more than 2,500 years ago in Peru. | Continue reading
A newly excavated horse cemetery in Germany dates to Roman times. | Continue reading
New research reveals how humans communicate through their gaze. | Continue reading
The lower incidence of dementia seen in adults who received the shingles vaccine is likely not just a correlation, scientists say, based on new results of an observational study. | Continue reading
A global study seeks insights into what helps people feel happy, healthy and satisfied — and what holds them back. | Continue reading
Scientists have developed a method for storing quantum information in a single dimension, thereby reducing decoherence, using chromium sulfide bromide. | Continue reading
This tiny figurine may represent a mythical warrior maiden who assisted Odin, the Norse god of war. | Continue reading
Earth has four seasons, but do other planets in our solar system also have hot summer days and cold winter nights? | Continue reading
May's full moon will appear full all weekend and beyond, but will peak on Monday (May 12). Here's everything you need to know about it. | Continue reading
ALMA observations of carbon monoxide emission from 15 protoplanetary disks reveal a stunning variety of gas structures, including gaps, rings and spirals. | Continue reading