Tesla's Optimus Gen-2 has come a long way since the firm's first Bumble-C machine in 2022 and can manipulate delicate objects with its fingers. | Continue reading
Watch NASA's Orion crew capsule make the fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere in this epic new spacecraft footage. | Continue reading
Archaeologists in Jerusalem have unearthed 16 ceramic tile fragments used in the construction of a Greek fortress. | Continue reading
Asteroids with different spins and bonding strengths may be responsible for the vast variety of impact craters on Earth, including Arizona's Barringer Crater, new simulations show. | Continue reading
An early study in monkeys suggests that an antibody therapy could prevent fentanyl overdose. | Continue reading
A new study suggests that a sleep disorder called idiopathic hypersomnia may not be as rare as previously thought. | Continue reading
NASA's 46-year-old Voyager 1 probe can only transmit binary gobbledygook following a computer glitch that could take weeks to fix. | Continue reading
Researchers hope their proposal of declaring a new geological era on the moon — the Lunar Anthropocene — will encourage discussion around human impact and help preserve important cultural artifacts such as footprints and rover tracks. | Continue reading
A genetic analysis gives new insight into the identity of a Mesolithic hunter-gatherer who died 9,000 years ago. | Continue reading
A study suggests that using cannabis in pregnancy may raise the risk of pregnancy outcomes that are linked to placental dysfunction. | Continue reading
A fossilized plant in a museum collection contained the oldest known disease-causing fungus, with microscopic images showing it bursting through the plant's wall. | Continue reading
Scientists found signs of organic molecules in the first samples of potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu, as well as a 'head scratching' material that has yet to be identified. | Continue reading
Save $34 right now at Amazon on these 20lbs and 25 lbs kettlebells to raise your heart rate, boost your metabolism, and build muscle all over. | Continue reading
Most AI models like ChatGPT can only understand and generate one type of content — like text, audio, images or video — but Google's Gemini can generate them all. | Continue reading
Researchers plugged a "brain organoid" into an artificial intelligence system, using the neural tissue to help complete computational tasks. The experiment could mark a step toward "biocomputers." | Continue reading
Dominant female meerkats' quest for dominance may be down to genes that give them the upper hand. | Continue reading
Best Buy has snipped $100 off one of our favorite fitness trackers, the Garmin Instinct 2 Solar. | Continue reading
Best Buy have knocked 50% off this HP 14 Chromebook, making an already head-turning deal even more irresistible. | Continue reading
The first life-forms capable of evolution could have appeared just moments after the Big Bang, a physicist explains. | Continue reading
An extremely rare leucistic alligator born in Gatorland, Orlando, is the result of a genetic condition that leads to the partial loss of skin pigmentation, resulting in white or translucent skin. | Continue reading
A megamouth shark that was pregnant with seven pups when it washed ashore in the Philippines has revealed secrets about how this elusive species gives birth. | Continue reading
Black holes are some of the most powerful objects in the universe — and humans could devise ways to harness that power as an energy source, a new theoretical study claims. | Continue reading
Liftoff of the military's elusive X-37B space plane is scheduled for 8:14 p.m. ET on Monday (Dec. 11). | Continue reading
The CDC issued a health alert about cases of the tick-spread disease Rocky Mountain spotted fever seen among people who recently traveled to or lived in Tecate, Baja California. | Continue reading
If you've ever tried to hold in a sneeze, this new medical case report might make you think twice. | Continue reading
An Australian teenager had a lucky escape after being bitten by an extremely toxic blue-ringed octopus. A toddler also came close to touching the deadly cephalopod. | Continue reading
Researchers have discovered a jaw-dropping ecosystem of crystal-clear lagoons and salt plains in Argentina's Puna de Atacama desert that could offer a window onto early life on Earth and Mars. | Continue reading
A brand-new meteor shower triggered by the 'Christmas comet' 46P/Wirtanen may appear over Earth for the first time on Dec. 12, though it will be visible from only a small sliver of the world. | Continue reading
This groundbreaking wireless technology can make your smartphone or wearable devices last up to five times longer on a single charge. | Continue reading
The second-largest quantum computing chip won't be fitted into IBM's next-generation System Two quantum computer. Instead, it will use three smaller 133-qubit chips with a much lower error rate. | Continue reading
Some chemical tags on DNA, called epigenetic factors, that are present at a young age can affect the maximum life spans of mammal species. | Continue reading
A dolphin with deformed flippers that look like thumbs was spotted in the Gulf of Corinth in July 2023. It likely acquired what appears to be a genetic defect during development in the womb, experts say. | Continue reading
Scalloped hammerhead sharks used to seek refuge at two Mexican seamounts, but it appears fishing has killed them off. | Continue reading
A new method of assessing tsunami risk in New Zealand finds that giant waves could hit the country's shores once every 500 years. | Continue reading
What's the oldest fossil evidence humans have for our species? | Continue reading
Possible amino acids spewing from Enceladus' subsurface ocean can survive impact with a spacecraft, lab experiments show. | Continue reading
Dec. 10, 2023: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained. | Continue reading
In this interview, immunologist Ruslan Medzhitov explains how fundamental inflammation is, why it often goes wrong, and whether there's anything we can do about chronic inflammation. | Continue reading
Inflammation can be both a superhero and a villain, depending on the context. Rather than eliminating it completely, new treatments are trying to redirect it. | Continue reading
People often experience fevers when they get sick. But what is going on in your body as your temperature spikes? | Continue reading
Astrophotographer Petr Horálek shot this image of the Milky Way dazzling above strange geological formations in the desert close to the ALMA radio telescope array in Chile. | Continue reading
We worked out how many trips each of the solar system's eight planets has taken around the sun over the past 4.6 billion years. | Continue reading
Scientists have offered a new explanation for why COVID-19 vaccines that contained adenoviruses carried a rare-but-serious risk of blood clotting. | Continue reading
Cannibalism is more common in the animal kingdom than you might think. | Continue reading
Clouded leopards can rotate their ankle joints by almost 180 degrees and they kill by biting the back of their prey's neck with their huge teeth. | Continue reading
A house in Australia harbored more than 400 moths and butterflies, and hundreds of other species, including ones never documented before. | Continue reading
The island forged in fire off the coast of Japan in October this year is still growing, as seen in a Copernicus Sentinel-2 image caught on Nov. 27. | Continue reading
Only 1 in 10,000 people can recognize musical notes on the spot. Why? | Continue reading