Archaeologists have dated Bronze Age artifacts unearthed in Switzerland to roughly 1500 B.C. | Continue reading
Naturally occurring superheavy elements beyond those listed in the periodic table could potentially explain why asteroid 33 Polyhymnia is so dense, new research suggests. | Continue reading
Heart murmurs are extra, unusual sounds heard during a heartbeat — but why do they happen? | Continue reading
The "law of increasing functional information" says that complex systems in nature evolve to become more complex. | Continue reading
Irukandji jellyfish, which are around the same size as a dime, have a venom-filled sting that can trigger an extremely painful and occasionally deadly syndrome. | Continue reading
A tooth unearthed in Spain and dating to the Pliocene is the latest evidence of a crocodile ever found in Europe and supports the idea crocs crossed over from Africa about 6.2 million years ago. | Continue reading
Paleontologists have discovered the first molecular evidence of pheomelanin, a pigment that causes red hair, in the fossil record. | Continue reading
Excavations of the tomb of ancient Egyptian queen Meret-Neith reveal she was an influential figure with "unusually high levels of authority," but experts are divided about whether she actually reigned. | Continue reading
See Mars' geology up close, thanks to decades of stunning images from the Mars Express satellite, in a new visualization of Noctis Labyrinthus, the 'Labyrinth of Night'. | Continue reading
Stars could be sliced in half by "relativistic blades," or ultra-powerful outflows of plasma shaped by extremely strong magnetic fields, an unpublished paper claims. | Continue reading
Did you hit "snooze" this morning? You're not alone, and the extra sleep may improve your brain function after getting up, a study suggests. | Continue reading
Scientists have published a new atlas of a primate brain with single-cell resolution. | Continue reading
China's forthcoming Tropical Deep-sea Neutrino Telescope (TRIDENT) will search for the origins of cosmic rays in momentary flashes of light beneath the ocean's surface. | Continue reading
A crocodile in Kenya's Mara River was filmed thrashing around with the corpse of a baby hippo in its jaws in unusual sighting. It is unclear if the crocodile killed the calf or if it snatched a stillborn. | Continue reading
After you've eaten beets, your poop and urine can take on a shocking red or pink color — but why? | Continue reading
Mount Vesuvius' eruption in A.D. 79 carbonized hundreds of scrolls and papyri in the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum. Now, AI has decoded part of a scroll. | Continue reading
The Orionid meteor shower will peak this weekend. Here's when to get the best view. | Continue reading
These ancient 'mummy portraits' provide a window into ancient Egyptian life and culture. | Continue reading
Human violence in the Middle East has ebbed and flowed since 12000 B.C., with spikes in the Copper and Iron ages and a lull in the Bronze Age, new research finds. | Continue reading
Three mass mortality events have struck a population of gray whales off the west coast of North America since the 1980s, and scientists have linked them to changing conditions in the Arctic. | Continue reading
Almost every part of North, Central and South America had a view of a partial solar eclipse on Oct. 14, with millions of lucky viewers witnessing a glorious 'ring of fire' around the moon. | Continue reading
A new analysis has concluded that the Gulf Stream is definitely slowing, but whether it's due to climate change is hard to tell. | Continue reading
The man developed the painful rash two days after eating undercooked shiitake mushrooms. | Continue reading
Thanks to El Niño, meteorologists are predict a snowy winter in the Rockies, storms and wet weather in the South and drier conditions in the Northwest and Uppder Midwest. | Continue reading
A 7.5-foot-tall statue of a man clutching his penis was unearthed at one of the oldest temple sites in Turkey. | Continue reading
The NOAA satellites GOES-East and GOES-West watched as the shadow of the moon darkened the surface of Earth on Saturday, Oct. 14. | Continue reading
Research suggests cannibalism was a funerary rite for the Magdalenian people in northwest Europe, but others preferred to bury their dead. | Continue reading
The cryovolcanic comet 12P/Pons–Brooks, which will make its closest approach to Earth next year, has re-sprouted its distinctive "horns" after its second major eruption in four months. | Continue reading
Astronomers suggest that an alternative concept of gravity, known as modified Newtonian dynamics, could explain orbital inconsistencies that have previously pointed to the existence of a ninth planet in the solar system. | Continue reading
The speed at which food moves through the digestive tract depends on many factors. | Continue reading
New James Webb Space Telescope observations might be able to explain why clusters of young stars keep turning up near the Milky Way’s central black hole. | Continue reading
Foxgloves contain digoxin, a drug used to treat cardiac arrhythmia and heart failure that can also be toxic. But can ingesting it cause a heart attack? | Continue reading
Oct. 15, 2023: 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
British physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski explains how Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen's expedition to the North Pole was 'one of the most bonkers and brilliant experiments ever devised'. | Continue reading
In this extract from the new book Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works, oceanographer Helen Czerski explains the ingenious way turtles contend with the extreme saltiness of the sea. | Continue reading
In this interview, British oceanographer Helen Czerski explains the systems driving our ocean, compares it to a fancy cocktail, and explains what the next great ocean frontier is. | Continue reading
Killer whales are surprisingly gentle in the wild when interacting with humans — though it's sometimes a different story with orcas in captivity. | Continue reading
Hydrogen is not a metal on Earth, but scientists keep trying to create metallic hydrogen under high pressure to unlock a new superconductor. | Continue reading
Paintings of sea-centaurs, the hellhound Cerberus and other mythical beings cover a 2,200-year-old tomb unearthed near Naples in Italy. | Continue reading
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has reached a record-breaking speed as it gets a gravitational assist from Venus to fall closer to the sun's scorching surface. | Continue reading
Amid the Soul Nebula's harsh red light, a cocoon of gas holds baby stars in the making in this ethereal new Hubble telescope image. | Continue reading
Diamonds are naturally hard, but is there anything from Earth, space or even a lab that's harder? | Continue reading
The most detailed atlas of the human brain ever devised includes many cell types we've never seen before. | Continue reading
NASA researchers plan to launch three rockets carrying scientific instruments toward the moon's shadow on Oct. 14, to study changes in the atmosphere brought about by the annular solar eclipse. | Continue reading
As the woman picked up the platypus, the animal dug its spurs dug into her bare hand and injected venom into her body. | Continue reading
A photograph of a paper nautilus in the aftermath of the Taal volcano eruption in the Philippines has won 2023 Ocean Photographer of the Year award. | Continue reading
Scientists discovered an enzyme within the ant "blood-brain barrier" that helps control whether an ant ends up a soldier or a forager. | Continue reading
Eclipses can be strange. Here are some of the weird things you can expect to experience during the Oct. 14 partial eclipse. | Continue reading