The artifact is from an Iron Age settlement at Hattusa that was established after the city was abandoned by the Hittites. | Continue reading
Researchers have raised concerns about the high number of kids and preteens consistently taking melatonin, because the long-term safety of the sleep aid has not been well-studied. | Continue reading
Archaeologists in Norway have discovered a stone-lined tomb from the late Neolithic that holds the remains of at least five people. | Continue reading
Experts have warned that an underground magma tunnel between a pair of Icelandic towns could erupt at any moment. But what will this eruption look like? And how far-reaching will its effects be? | Continue reading
A tool bag that gave astronauts the slip during a spacewalk at the International Space Station is surprisingly bright and can be seen from Earth with binoculars. | Continue reading
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Using a CRISPR-guided technique called "base editing," scientists edited the genes of liver cells in 10 people's bodies. | Continue reading
The researchers say their study pushes back the dates for the use of spear-throwers in Europe by more than 10,000 years. | Continue reading
AI programs usually master either information-perfect games like chess or information-imperfect games like poker, but "Student of Games" is a general algorithm that can master both types. | Continue reading
Iceland's volcanic activity is generally tame compared with explosive eruptions along the Pacific's Ring of Fire. This time, it's shaking up a town. | Continue reading
Dubbed the "brightest of all time," or the BOAT, a gamma-ray burst detected in 2022 continues to astound astronomers, revealing severe effects in Earth's atmosphere. | Continue reading
Archaeologists in Germany have unearthed the foundations of two temples and a shallow, circular ditch at a former Roman camp. | Continue reading
The premium Leica Ultravid 8x50 HD-Plus binoculars give superbly bright and sharp views, even in low light, but their price may put them out of the realm of the everyday observer. | Continue reading
Far from any galaxy, icy grains of dust in deep space may be able to form organic molecules, a new preprint study finds. | Continue reading
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U.S. and Canadian health officials are separately investigating Salmonella outbreaks, both related to pet foods, in their countries. | Continue reading
As new and powerful telescopes gather fresh data about the universe, they reveal the limits of older theories like Einstein's relativity. | Continue reading
Fossilized bird tracks discovered in Australia show these ancient creatures lived in the southern polar regions on the supercontinent of Gondwana. | Continue reading
Obesity is wreaking havoc on cats' digestive systems, causing "significant changes" in their gut microbial compositions and giving them highly acidic poop. | Continue reading
MBARI researchers came across a rarely seen dreamer anglerfish off California's coast. Video footage of the alien-looking fish only shows its silhouette because its skin is so dark it absorbs almost all of the light that hits it. | Continue reading
Four huge deposits from supervolcano eruptions over the last 40,000 years have been discovered at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. | Continue reading
True crabs evolved to migrate between marine and land environments multiple times throughout their 250 million-year-old history, new study finds. | Continue reading
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Latest updates on the imminent volcanic eruption in Iceland, which threatens local towns and the famous Blue Lagoon spa resort following a series of earthquakes and the appearance of sinkholes. | Continue reading
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Researchers have simulated how comets pinballing from one planet to another could deliver critical organic molecules to exoplanets. | Continue reading
A compact optical powerhouse, this offering from Nikon exudes excellent daytime performance and portability for the avid traveler and outdoor enthusiast. | Continue reading
No one knows what causes lunar swirls, but new evidence shows they may be tied to certain elevations on the moon's surface. | Continue reading
The magnolia wood LignoSat is an attempt to make space junk biodegradable. NASA and Japan's space agency (JAXA) could launch it as soon as 2024. | Continue reading
Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula is now in a new era of volcanic eruptions that will last for up to 500 years, and the building magma beneath Sundhnúkur and Grindavík is part of this millenia-long cycle. | Continue reading
Up to 15 "shooting stars" per hour may be visible in dark skies as the Leonid meteor shower peaks Friday and Saturday (Nov. 17 and 18). | Continue reading
Russia's Klyuchevskoy volcano, which is the tallest volcano in Europe and Asia, violently erupted on Nov. 1 and left behind a trail of smoke and ash that was photographed by NASA satellites. | Continue reading
A spider-inspired robot called mCLARI weighs less than a gram and could one day be deployed to aid first responders following a natural disaster or help out in surgery. | Continue reading
State-of-the-art climate models suggest that we are not committing to decades of additional warming once we stop spewing carbon into the atmosphere. That means there's still time to stop the worst impacts of climate change. | Continue reading
In this interview, elephant expert Ross MacPhee explains how the giant animals' tusks record every week of their lives and why their noses are so remarkable. | Continue reading
A new show on "The Secret World of Elephants" at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City dishes on the evolution and remarkable lives of these huge (and sometimes dwarf) pachyderms. | Continue reading
Elephants in Kenya's Amboseli National Park appear to call to each other with individual names using low, complex "rumbles," a study has found. | Continue reading
Phallic objects like this were common in the Roman world to ward off evil. | Continue reading
There might be an advantage to separating scent information from each nostril, a new study hints. | Continue reading
Our universe seems to be perfectly suited for life. But anyone who claims that's evidence of a multiverse is falling prey to a logical fallacy. | Continue reading
Scientists are developing a new device that could help breast cancer patients who experience a loss of sensation after having a mastectomy. | Continue reading
Supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* is spinning nearly as fast as it can, dragging the very fabric of space-time with it and shaping the heart of the Milky Way. | Continue reading
Solid optical performance in a simple but stylish package, the Leica Trinovid 10x42 HD binoculars feel good in the hand and are easy on the eye. | Continue reading
Authorities in Iceland have warned that a volcanic eruption is imminent, with the town of Grindavík, close to the country's famous Blue Lagoon resort, evacuated. | Continue reading
A pair of archaeologists has spent the last 15 years cataloging toxic and gross artifacts moldering in museum collections. | Continue reading
The well-preserved bronze coins found off the coast of Sardinia could be linked to a shipwreck. | Continue reading
Why are most planets and moons (mostly) spherical? | Continue reading
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