Taste receptors have been found far beyond the tongue, but do they help perceive taste or work like the ones in our mouths? | Continue reading
Consumers will soon be able to fill prescriptions for mifepristone at select CVS and Walgreens locations. | Continue reading
Archaeologists have discovered a collection of pre-Hispanic ceramic vases that contain traces of nicotine, possibly from liquid infusion. | Continue reading
The Hubble Space Telescope's latest image is a riot of orange, blue and violet — and a lesson in how plucky young stars clear their dusty neighborhoods. | Continue reading
It's commonplace to get a jolt from static electricity. But does it have enough electrical charge to start a fire? | Continue reading
Shoebills reach up to 5 feet in height and they are formidable ambush predators, standing still in swamps before lunging forward to swallow their prey whole with their giant bills. | Continue reading
Particles from space are constantly zooming into Earth. But which one is the speediest? | Continue reading
The Bitvae C2 aims to make water flossing easy, convenient and affordable, but can it compete with more expensive options? | Continue reading
Disturbing footage shows the moment a single orca chased down a great white shark and killed it, then swam away with the shark's liver in its jaws. | Continue reading
Archaeologists have found traces of a Saxon town known as Lundenwic buried beneath London. | Continue reading
Tiny plastic particles float inside tap water, and it's still unclear how they impact our health. But boiling the water for 5 minutes could remove most of these microplastics, a new study finds. | Continue reading
The Pine Island glacier formed a 6.5-mile-long crack at 80 mph, proving to scientists that some glaciers can shatter like glass. | Continue reading
Pfizer's recently approved RSV vaccine maintains a high and fairly steady rate of effectiveness across consecutive RSV seasons. | Continue reading
A new study in mice and human tissue samples suggests that UTI symptoms may persist after the infection has been treated due to an overgrowth of neurons in the bladder. | Continue reading
The Canon EOS R5 is one of the best wildlife cameras out there, and you can get it for under $3,000 at Walmart right now. | Continue reading
Unlike other sea spiders that carry their eggs on their backs, male giant antarctic sea spiders spend two days gluing their eggs to the seafloor. | Continue reading
The rare copper dagger may have belonged to "a warrior of a very high social status." | Continue reading
Satellite images reveal the rate that cities along the U.S. East Coast, including New York, Baltimore and Charleston, are sinking into the ground. | Continue reading
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, also known as the "devil comet," will be positioned close to the sun during the April 8 total solar eclipse. Some photographers also predict that the volcanic comet may be visible to the naked eye, especially if it blows its top before the big event. | Continue reading
The Odysseus lander powered down yesterday as it braces for two weeks of lunar night. This farewell image may be its last. | Continue reading
A shark instantly killed a stranded pygmy sperm whale on New Zealand's Māhia Peninsula, where officials had warned about increased shark activity. | Continue reading
The South Atlantic Anomaly makes a section of the southern aurora weaker and likely dimmer. | Continue reading
Researchers say they hope to recover what's left of the ships after more than 200 years underwater. | Continue reading
The Luft Pinoy is an electric minivan combined with a hydrogen-powered eVTOL system to create a flying car that's practical for island-hopping. | Continue reading
A collection of artifacts found on an island in Wales could be part of a religious offering. | Continue reading
Sea ice extent in Antarctica is vital for keeping ice on the continent and sea levels low. But its dwindling extent could mean the continent has shifted to a new regime, with global ramifications. | Continue reading
A group of extremely bright stars may be slowly reshaping the Orion Nebula and stopping one of their neighbors from forming planets, new James Webb Space Telescope observations suggest. | Continue reading
Nusantara will be the new capital of Indonesia as Jakarta continues to subside below sea level. | Continue reading
Ever feel disconnected during a stressful event? That could be your brain protecting you. | Continue reading
The Popocatépetl volcano, just outside Mexico City, has been spewing thick plumes of volcanic ash into the sky, causing flights to be grounded. | Continue reading
A NASA satellite recently spotted a series of bizarre "fallstreak holes" in clouds above Florida. The circular cloud gaps have been previously (and incorrectly) linked to paranormal phenomena. | Continue reading
The Sony A7 III stands out among its competitors for offering professional results at incredible value for money — and now you can get hundreds off it with a Walmart deal. | Continue reading
How many ancient Egyptian pyramids are still standing, especially if you count smaller, private pyramids? | Continue reading
NASA's DART spacecraft seems to have completely reshaped asteroid Dimorphos after violently crashing into it in Sept. 2022 | Continue reading
That ringing that only you can hear can become really bothersome if it persists. Here's what triggers tinnitus, plus how you can manage the condition. | Continue reading
The necropolis dates to the Copper Age and contains 22 tombs. | Continue reading
The new organoids were grown in the lab for up to 40 days, and they mimicked the central nervous system of an 11-week-old human embryo. | Continue reading
A new study explores the possibility of removing water from the air before it enters the stratosphere, where water vapor acts as a greenhouse gas, to mitigate the effects of climate change. | Continue reading
Passing stars may have altered Earth's orbit, and its climate, many times throughout cosmic history. New research digs into what that means when it comes to understanding our planet's past. | Continue reading
A series of wildfires in Texas began spreading on Monday (Feb. 26) and have now grown to historic scales, reaching 60 counties and threatening America's main nuclear weapon storage facility. | Continue reading
The Kikai-Akahoya eruption — the largest volcanic explosion in recorded history — ejected more than 80 cubic miles of volcanic rock and ash off the southwestern coast of Japan 7,300 years ago. | Continue reading
The T-Flight is a maglev train that hit a record-breaking speed of 387 mph on a short test track — but engineers want to double that rate so the train can carry passengers at speeds faster than if they were traveling by plane. | Continue reading
Researchers discover a potential genetic connection between humans' tail loss and a type of birth defect. | Continue reading
The researchers who originally proposed the Planet Nine hypothesis have narrowed down where the giant elusive world might be hiding, after carrying out an exhaustive sweep of the theoretical planet's orbital pathway. | Continue reading
Scientists say they're growing "organoids" in space to better understand cancer, neurological diseases and aging, and to hopefully uncover treatments. | Continue reading
NASA's TIMED satellite narrowly avoided hitting a defunct Russian satellite in the early hours of the morning. | Continue reading
Traveling to Mars will require living in close quarters for more than two years. Here's how astronauts can deal with the stress of those conditions. | Continue reading
A distant star system housing 6 planets that move in 'mathematically perfect' orbits has ignited a search for possible alien technosignatures. | Continue reading