The weapons from a toolkit unearthed in Texas may be the earliest ever found in North America. | Continue reading
The dinosaurs were not in decline before the asteroid hit, a new study finds. Instead, poor fossilization conditions and unexposed late Cretaceous rock layers mean they're either not preserved or hard to find. | Continue reading
Epigenetic changes in the placenta may shape how the fetal brain develops and thus influence the risk of psychiatric disorders. | Continue reading
Researchers bombarded lichens with a year's worth of Martian radiation in just 5 hours — and they survived, hinting that the extremophiles could potentially live on the Red Planet. | Continue reading
Social signals stop young labyrinth spiders from hunting their siblings even when they are starving. However, the cannibalistic spiderlings quickly feed on the corpses of their brothers and sisters. | Continue reading
Japanese engineers have unveiled a concept design of the Corleo, a four-legged robotic horse that could one day carry people across a vast range of terrains. | Continue reading
A massive solar windstorm in 2017 compressed Jupiter's magnetosphere "like a giant squash ball," a new study reports. | Continue reading
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Multiple spacecraft captured the moon's shadow sweeping across North America at more than 1,500 mph during the 2024 total solar eclipse, as millions of people looked up to witness totality. | Continue reading
Dire wolves, made famous by HBO's Game of Thrones, have been extinct for around 12,500 years. But thanks to genetic engineers at biotech company Colossal Biosciences, these majestic predators are back. | Continue reading
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The classified Kosmos satellite trio has sparked intrigue in space-tracking circles. | Continue reading
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Texas officials reported the death of a second school-age child in the state's ongoing measles outbreak. | Continue reading
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In a study, memes created by OpenAI's GPT-4o model were, on average, rated funnier, more creative and more shareable than those created by humans. | Continue reading
Tonka bean trees survive lightning strikes — and use the powerful electric shocks to kill their competitors. | Continue reading
Researchers have performed a necropsy on a 130,000-year-old baby mammoth preserved in the Siberian permafrost. | Continue reading
Over five millennia ago, Stone Age people in Central Europe crafted wooden handles for their stone tools. | Continue reading
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The last-ever Dell XPS 13 is on a mission to be the best Windows laptop of the last generation, thanks to great performance and a multi-day battery life. But odd quirks remain. | Continue reading
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A dramatic video shows Isar Aerospace's first orbital launch attempt, which ended with a fiery crash into the frigid sea about 30 seconds after liftoff. | Continue reading
At the viral chatter stage of an outbreak, pathogens are just starting to infect people in sporadic bursts. It's a sign that a pandemic may be on the horizon. | Continue reading
We've rounded up the best binoculars for bird-watching currently on the market, complete with our expert reviews on the pairs to buy. | Continue reading
At first glance, these waterways make no sense. A new review article details why they are the way they are. | Continue reading
The Redmi Watch 5 is perfect for those looking to track workouts with ease. | Continue reading
A new device enables remote entanglement, allowing distant quantum processors to communicate with one another with reduced error rates. | Continue reading
Around 4,000 years ago, women in Nubia were using tumplines, a form of head strap, to carry around goods and young children. | Continue reading
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has teamed up with the MeerKAT radio telescope array to explore how magnetic fields affect star formation at the chaotic center of the Milky Way. | Continue reading
New discoveries challenge old ideas about the earliest alphabets. | Continue reading
Two prominent scientists who study multiple sclerosis — Dr. Alberto Ascherio and Dr. Stephen Hauser — are co-winners of a 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences. | Continue reading
Five researchers have been jointly awarded one of this year's Breakthrough Prizes in Life Sciences for their contributions to the development of Ozempic-style drugs. | Continue reading
A spiral galaxy known as NGC 4945 exhibits powerful winds of material blowing from the supermassive black hole located at its core in a new photo taken by the Very Large Telescope in Chile. | Continue reading
Physicists have proposed a new model of space-time that may provide the 'first observational evidence supporting string theory,' a new preprint suggests. | Continue reading
The new DGX machines are portable but powerful enough to drive complex AI modules and research, with processing capabilities previously only available in data centers. | Continue reading
A smart, stylish and affordable sonic toothbrush with impressive battery life and advanced features. | Continue reading
If humans had a similar body ratio to the northern giant mouse lemur, their testicles would be the size of grapefruits. | Continue reading
A new full-body reconstruction depicts a warrior wearing armor and holding weapons, all of which were found in a 4,000-year-old burial in Siberia. | Continue reading
Female kangaroos have one tail, two feet and three vaginas when they're giving birth. | Continue reading
The security system that underlies the internet makes use of a curious fact: You can broadcast part of your encryption to make your information much more secure. | Continue reading
April 5, 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
What are the blue blobs washing up on California beaches? What to know about these strange sea creatures. | Continue reading
Huge outpourings of magma accompanied the split between South America and Africa 135 million years ago. | Continue reading
The female sex hormone estrogen, along with progesterone, appears to underlie a fundamental difference in how males and females process pain, a mouse study finds. | Continue reading
The sounding rockets released vapor tracers and pressure sensors at different altitudes across central and northern Alaska during a sudden auroral substorm. | Continue reading
Nitisinone, a drug that is already used to treat two genetic diseases, could be repurposed to control the spread of malaria, according to new research. | Continue reading
Roman dead were often cremated, so the ancient mass grave in Vienna is a rare find. | Continue reading