A roughly 100-year-old western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise has become a mom for the first time after reproducing with a male of the same age at Philadelphia Zoo. | Continue reading
A sudden stratospheric warming event reversed the winds that make up the northern polar vortex on March 9. A new animation shows the vortex also moved away from the Arctic towards Europe. | Continue reading
The best image-stabilized binoculars provide a clear and steady view. | Continue reading
The colorful swirls and stripes that characterize China's Rainbow Mountains would have remained hidden without the epic tectonic collision that created the Himalayas. | Continue reading
The Acer Swift Go 14 AI offers great battery life but won't otherwise blow you away. | Continue reading
Test your knowledge of the secrets of snakes in this quiz. | Continue reading
The innovative SwitchBot air purifier table is a game-changer for pet owners. | Continue reading
A new view of the Helix Nebula reveals a dying white dwarf star at the nebula's center. This star's violent eating habits could be responsible for strange X-ray emissions in the region. | Continue reading
An ichthyosaur was pregnant with twins when she died, a fossil from Cretaceous Chile reveals. | Continue reading
We find out whether the Dark Skys DS-FX competes with the best star projectors on the market. | Continue reading
Has the sun already reached solar maximum? New data suggests Solar Cycle 25 may have peaked earlier than expected. Find out what this means. | Continue reading
Using a mathematical model, scientists explored how the human brain might represent information about physical spaces and about people, places and things. Turns out, it may process both in a similar way. | Continue reading
Researchers have used a mind-reading brain implant to continuously play a paralyzed person's thoughts through a speaker, allowing them to talk again. | Continue reading
A survey of workers who use AI has revealed the tools could be slowly impairing our critical thinking skills. | Continue reading
Measles can erase the immune system's "memory" and cause a rare but fatal health condition. The MMR vaccine prevents these repercussions, evidence shows. | Continue reading
We have tried and tested dozens of air purifiers over the years, measuring their accuracy and speed in removing airborne pollutants — here's everything we found. | Continue reading
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has completed is 2nd ultra-close flyby of the sun, and survived to transmit its data back to Earth. | Continue reading
Q.ANT's new chip uses photon power in a bid to solve AI's big energy issue. It's also 50 times faster than silicon-based equivalents, the company says. | Continue reading
Nocardiosis is a rare bacterial infection that attacks the lungs, skin and brain. | Continue reading
The discovery of nearly 20 alligator-size amphibians that died together during the Triassic in what is now Wyoming is providing scientists important clues about these creatures' lives. | Continue reading
After 11 years mapping the Milky Way, the European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope has retired. Scientists hailed it as "the discovery machine of the decade." | Continue reading
Smart scales track changes in your muscle mass, body fat percentage and other health metrics — but how do they work? | Continue reading
A metalworking die found in Denmark features a depiction of a horse and warrior that is remarkably similar to motifs on the Sutton Hoo helmet in England. | Continue reading
Under extreme metabolic conditions, like a marathon, the brain may turn to cellular fat stores to maintain function, according to a new study. | Continue reading
SPHEREx's first images — containing roughly 100,000 points of light stars, galaxies and nebulae — have confirmed that the telescope is working according to its design. | Continue reading
The recently launched Fram2 mission, which is funded and led by cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang, will attempt to grow mushrooms, test out hormone diapers and X-ray civilian astronauts. However, experts say that these novel experiments are unlikely to yield meaningful results … | Continue reading
Forecasters have warned of historic flooding in the central US this week, anticipating multiple bouts of heavy rainfall and extreme thunderstorms. | Continue reading
Surprising results from hypersonic air flow simulations could help design stronger, faster and more durable supersonic vehicles. | Continue reading
It is one of Amazon's bestsellers, but is it worth investing in? | Continue reading
Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust above it to "drip" and suck down rocks from across the continent. | Continue reading
The best smart telescopes offer a supremely easy way of viewing the night sky. | Continue reading
Unitree's G1 demonstrates a new level of robotic agility with a complex movement following an AI software update. | Continue reading
Tropical storms have been steadily increasing in frequency over the past 5,700 years, new evidence from sediment in the Great Blue Hole reveals, with a massive spike in the past two decades. | Continue reading
A man with a complex medical history ended up with a rare bacterial infection after taking probiotics in the hospital. | Continue reading
The rich history of ancient Egypt involves power struggles, amazing feats of engineering, advances in writing and art, and more. | Continue reading
A 3-year-old girl in Israel found an ancient Canaanite amulet shaped like a scarab while she was out walking with her family. | Continue reading
U.S. government scientists have developed a new phase of matter dubbed 'half ice, half fire,' which unites opposing electron spins in a unique magnet. | Continue reading
An eerie new video from ESA's Solar Orbiter shows a towering 'cyclone' of plasma exhibiting behaviors never seen before on our sun. | Continue reading
Whether a galactic environment has the right conditions for habitable planets to form could depend on how the black hole in that galaxy is rotating. | Continue reading
Discover interesting facts about the different types of bears and learn why not all bears hibernate. | Continue reading
The release of DeepSeek was a reminder that the U.S. is not the assured frontrunner of AI development. As the race between China and the U.S. intensifies, is America inadvertently giving it's biggest rival a huge leg up? | Continue reading
Lava bursts through Grindavík's defense barriers as new volcanic eruption begins on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula | Continue reading
A 2014 satellite image captured a rare glimpse of a massive, eerily circular ring of clouds that formed slap-bang in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. | Continue reading
The newfound ecosystem is filled with sea crabs, octopuses and gigantic sponges, suggesting it may have been thriving for centuries. | Continue reading
Study finds that AI fundamentally lacks the human capability to make creative mental connections, raising warning signs for how we deploy AI tools. | Continue reading
The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 before a perilous close approach in 2032. The telescope confirmed Earth is safe, but the moon may still be in trouble. | Continue reading
The partial solar eclipse on March 29 wowed skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere. | Continue reading
A stone tool discovery in China rewrites the human story of Middle Paleolithic era in East Asia | Continue reading