"For the first time, we have physical evidence showing us what was happening in the moon's interior during this critical stage of its evolution, and that's really exciting." | Continue reading
Identifying the most effective cancer treatment for a given patient from the get-go can help improve outcomes. | Continue reading
Ripples in space-time point to the merger of a neutron star with another mystery object. The object, which falls right within the mass-gap range, sheds light on a long-sought, murky realm. | Continue reading
The landscape features in the dreamtime stories of Australia's Indigenous people. | Continue reading
This exciting field of computer science focuses on technologies that mimic human intelligence — with AI systems becoming way more prevalent in recent years. | Continue reading
In this excerpt from the beautiful book "Rewild the World at Bedtime" by Emily Hawkins and illustrator by Ella Beech, we discover how one of Mozambique's most diverse national parks recovered from the devastating effects of war. | Continue reading
They act kind of like drugs, but they aren't regulated like them. | Continue reading
Fiery pink towers could be seen erupting from the sun during the total solar eclipse on April 8. What are they? | Continue reading
Are snorers immune to the sounds of their own snores? | Continue reading
If we continue on our current trajectory, the sixth mass extinction is inevitable and the times we're living through now will be part of that geological period. | Continue reading
Juvenile bull shark numbers have significantly increased in Mobile Bay, Alabama, as waters warm — but swimmers don't need to worry, researchers say. | Continue reading
Geneticists have critiqued a study suggesting extinct Javan tigers are still alive, but the search is just beginning. | Continue reading
AI researchers found they could dupe an AI chatbot into giving a potentially dangerous response to a question by feeding it a huge amount of data it learned from queries made mid-conversation. | Continue reading
After the Great North American Eclipse comes a long "ring of fire" annular solar eclipse that can be seen in some iconic destinations. | Continue reading
There are many mysteries surrounding Europe's hunter-gatherers, but farming played a role in their demise. | Continue reading
Researchers say they've identified a kind of fat that plays a major role in aging and can be controlled with short-term exercise. | Continue reading
In a rare observation, scientists found a baby star "sneezing" gas, dust and magnetic energy out of its disk. This behavior could help solve a longstanding mystery about how stars form without tearing themselves apart. | Continue reading
A new DNA study of living and historical members of the Blackfoot Confederacy in the U.S. and Canada suggests that they share a lineage with people from the last ice age. | Continue reading
Archaeologists in Poland have found the 300-year-old remains of a man who had a prosthetic that helped him live with a condition called cleft palate. | Continue reading
A large extinction in the midst of the expansion of life during the Cambrian period was caused by the tectonics of a supercontinent, new research argues. | Continue reading
Excavations near Crowland Abbey in eastern England have unearthed a prehistoric henge that may have become a "holy island" for Christian hermits in the early medieval period. | Continue reading
The creators of the Taichi chiplet claim it's more energy-efficient and scalable than other photonic components and can be used to train superhuman AI models in the future. | Continue reading
Scientists using the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument have unveiled the largest 3D map of the universe ever. The results suggest that dark energy, the mysterious force pulling the universe apart, may be weakening, challenging prevailing theories of cosmology. | Continue reading
Seen in 2022, a gamma-ray burst nicknamed the BOAT is believed to be the brightest explosion ever witnessed by humanity. But the James Webb Telescope's search for its origins has only thrown up more questions. | Continue reading
New data suggest that exoplanet WASP-76 b could harbor a massive, rainbow-colored light show known as a "glory." Until now, this phenomenon has been seen only within our solar system. | Continue reading
A newly discovered asteroid got within 12,000 miles of Earth on a harrowing, ultra-close approach today. The space rock won't return for 70 years. | Continue reading
Strange radio signals coming from a magnetar that "woke up" after more than a decade of radio silence cannot be explained by our current understanding of the universe's strongest magnets, hinting at a puzzling new phenomenon. | Continue reading
Doctors described a case of a rare infection called ocular pentastomiasis, which is caused by a parasite known to lay its eggs in snakes. | Continue reading
An expedition to the Salas y Gómez Ridge off Rapa Nui in the Pacific Ocean documented 160 species that were not previously known to inhabit the region, including 50 that are new to science. | Continue reading
Short, stumpy robots learned how to play soccer — and improved their skills dramatically thanks to a new AI training technique that combines several pre-existing methods. | Continue reading
Experts explain what the expected FDA ban on formaldehyde in hair-straightening products really means for everyday Americans. | Continue reading
A study suggests the ice giants Uranus and Neptune aren't quite as watery as previously thought. They may also contain huge amounts of frozen methane, potentially solving the puzzle of how they formed. | Continue reading
A solar eclipse viewing party at Canada's Royal Botanical Gardens peaked with a 90-second totality that blew minds and moved hearts. Also, there were geese. | Continue reading
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter photographed a mysterious, surfboard-shaped object orbiting the moon. Here's what it really was. | Continue reading
The research found evidence of the "incaprettamento" method of murder at 14 Neolithic sites in Europe. | Continue reading
Several media outlets have incorrectly claimed that explosive solar flares were spotted during the April 8 total solar eclipse. But there were no flares during totality, so what did people see? | Continue reading
The 2023 Turing Award has been given to Avi Widgerson. The mathematician found that adding randomness into algorithms made them better at solving nondeterministic problems. | Continue reading
Erratically thrashing and whirling smalltooth sawfish are stranding on beaches — and scientists don't know why they're behaving this way. | Continue reading
On April 8, just a few hours before the solar eclipse, an amateur astronomer discovered a small "sungrazer" comet in close proximity to our home star. The newfound object was photographed during totality before disintegrating into nothingness later the same day. | Continue reading
The skull modifications were found on the skeletons of three women buried on Gotland almost 1,000 years ago. | Continue reading
Researchers have designed waterproof gloves equipped with sensors that can translate hand gestures into messages, which could help divers communicate better. | Continue reading
Engineers have successfully flown a drone at near-supersonic speeds thanks to a new type of engine that burns like a rocket and could one day lead to hypersonic Mach 9 commercial flights. | Continue reading
Research suggests a fox buried with hunter-gatherers 1,500 years ago had a "strong bond" with humans. | Continue reading
The total solar eclipse on April 8 plunged Syracuse, New York's Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology into darkness for 90 seconds, creating a wondrous and memorable totality. | Continue reading
Celebrated theoretical physicist Peter Higgs, best known for predicting the existence of the Higgs boson, has died at the age of 94 after a short illness. | Continue reading
Now that the April 8 solar eclipse is over, what should you do with your used solar eclipse glasses? One option is to donate them to underserved communities, so needy folks can watch future eclipses safely. | Continue reading
The April 8 eclipse inspired awe from many skywatchers — but now concerns about possible eye damage appear to be rising. | Continue reading
A truck that was transporting 102,000 spring Chinook salmon to the Imnaha River in northeastern Oregon crashed in a road bend, spilling most of its cargo into a nearby creek. | Continue reading