The Endurance shipwreck spent 107 years submerged in Antarctic waters before being rediscovered and later scanned in 3D. | Continue reading
U.S. health officials are investigating a multi-state outbreak of bacterial infections that has been linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders. | Continue reading
Four "potentially hazardous" space rocks, which are between 100 and 580 feet across, will all make their closest approaches to Earth within less than 12 hours of one another on Thursday (Oct. 24). Two of them were only discovered earlier this month. | Continue reading
Geoenvironmental scientist Hiroto Nagai used publicly available climate data from the North and South poles to compose an ominous-sounding chamber music piece. | Continue reading
Intelsat 39 being launched from French Guiana aboard an Ariane 5 rocket in 2019. | Continue reading
A fiery meteor shot across the sky above the Great Lakes on Monday (Oct. 21) just after sunset, stunning witnesses from Michigan to New York, Kentucky and North Carolina. | Continue reading
The smallest machine of its kind in the world uses a single photon as its qubit and it can perform calculations without needing the cumbersome equipment to cool it down to near absolute zero. | Continue reading
How old is Earth? Our planet's age is known from a variety of sources, from rocks on our own planet to ones from the moon. | Continue reading
The first piece of the Euclid space telescope's map of the universe is crammed with 14 million galaxies and 100 million sources of light. The mapping project is now 1% done. | Continue reading
It's possible that the wheel was invented by copper miners in the Carpathian Mountains up to 6,000 years ago, according to a modeling study that uses techniques from structural mechanics. | Continue reading
Breast self-exams used to be recommended as a part of routine breast cancer screening. Here's why the guidelines changed and what experts recommend instead. | Continue reading
Leading climate scientists ring alarm bell on key Atlantic Ocean current collapse in open letter | Continue reading
A draw housing six Sapphire Technology AMD graphics processing units (GPUs). | Continue reading
An ancient temple made by Arabian immigrants from the Nabataean culture has finally been found off the Italian coast near Naples. | Continue reading
A new NASA-led study suggests that photosynthetic microbes could thrive in hidden bubbles of meltwater below patches of ice on Mars. This could be one of the easiest places to search for extraterrestrial life "anywhere in the universe," the team says. | Continue reading
Two preserved great auk specimens displayed at a museum in 1971. The last pair of great auks were killed in 1844. | Continue reading
Lakes appearing in the Sahara desert captured in satellite images after a cyclone dumped a years' worth of rain on northern Africa in just a few days. | Continue reading
A genetic analysis suggests that rare cases of early onset osteoporosis may be partly caused by disruptions to the function of the hormone melatonin. | Continue reading
Residents of Snjay Camp in New Delhi fill plastic containers with water from a tanker in June 2026. Severe heatwaves mean that some areas of India's capital experience water shortages in the summer. | Continue reading
How many moons does Jupiter have? Scientists have discovered dozens of them, but the answer may be more complicated than it seems. | Continue reading
Researchers claim to have broken RSA encryption using a quantum computer, but what really happened? | Continue reading
Half a dozen dinosaur eggs, each around the size of a grape, were recently saved from a construction site in China. Researchers say the tiny fossilized shells are exceptionally well preserved. | Continue reading
Scientists studying the infamous 3-body problem have discovered certain "islands of regularity" that emerge from the gravitational chaos. | Continue reading
Whether intentional or not, the way mega-settlements in southeastern Europe from 6,000 years ago were laid out would have cut down on the spread of disease. | Continue reading
A recent satellite image captured the reemergence of a unique, UFO-like cloud, known as the "Taieri Pet," which appears above New Zealand's South Island when conditions are just right. | Continue reading
A backward question mark shape on the creature's back reveals early animal evolutionary history. | Continue reading
A bright spiral galaxy appears on a background of thousands of other distant galaxies | Continue reading
A new trial suggests that at-home brain stimulation could potentially be a first-line treatment for depression. However, some experts are skeptical. | Continue reading
A new video shows how Earth's magnetic field weakened and warped before temporarily flipping during a recent "polar reversal event." | Continue reading
The archaeologist who discovered the mask believed it showed the Trojan War was real. | Continue reading
"Concerns about facial recognition had been building for decades. And now the nebulous bogeyman had finally found its form: a small company with mysterious founders and an unfathomably large database." | Continue reading
The rarity of precious gemstones comes down to the geologic process of their formation. | Continue reading
Here's what the ancient Greeks and Romans can teach us about the environment and ourselves. From Roman soldiers in crowded camps to emperors cleaning up rivers, there are many lessons to be learned. | Continue reading
Changes in the gene activity of immune cells may help flag people who have multiple sclerosis or are likely to develop it, a study of twins hints. | Continue reading
The earliest cells likely didn’t have membranes to separate and protect their components and chemistry away from a harsh surrounding environment. But they may have made do with rain. | Continue reading
"You wanted this moment to belong just to yourself and the landscape: sunset on the rim of Valles Marineris, the largest canyon in the solar system." | Continue reading
New theoretical research suggests primordial black holes could one day help researchers locate invisible dark matter. | Continue reading
Once blocked from view, the most massive young star cluster in the Milky Way has finally been revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope. | Continue reading
The Vikings landed in what is now Newfoundland, Canada around the year A.D. 1000. So why didn't they colonize the region like other Europeans did centuries later? | Continue reading
Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Roman military structure in Turkey dating to the fourth century, when Emperor Constantius II ruled. | Continue reading
Dairy products can affect the way certain medications work. But why? | Continue reading
New research suggests holographic dark energy could stop the universe's expansion. | Continue reading
This new device can AI to distinguish between different coffee blends or detect when food or drink may be on the verge of going bad. | Continue reading
Does the budget-friendly Ordo Sonic+ electric toothbrush offer good value for money? | Continue reading
This little lizard can fire blood up to 5 feet from its face, has spiky horns and inflates itself to choke predators. | Continue reading
Sea angels — a type of swimming slug — that live in the open ocean are carnivorous little creatures that have evolved to feed on sea snails. | Continue reading
People all over the world believe they've seen or heard a ghost, but there's no scientific evidence for spirits, hauntings or the paranormal. So what's behind these "encounters"? | Continue reading
A photograph of the arched stone bridge that William Rowan Hamilton scratched his equation into. | Continue reading