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June 25
- James Webb telescope discovers its first planet — a Saturn-size 'shepherd' still glowing red hot from its formation
- Fungus that may have caused 'King Tut's curse' shows promise in treating cancer
- 'This result has been more than a decade in the making': Millions of qubits on a single quantum processor now possible after cryogenic breakthrough
- Zombie NASA satellite emits powerful radio pulse after 60 years of silence
- Scientists invent photosynthetic 'living' material that sucks CO2 out of the atmosphere
- Sun 'hole' expected to produce intense auroras tonight, potentially visible from 15 US states
- Where do atoms come from? A physicist explains.
- 'She is the only person in the world compatible with herself' — scientists discover new blood type but it's unique to just one person from Guadeloupe
- Best beginner telescopes 2025: Start your stargazing journey
- 'A first in applied physics': Breakthrough quantum computer could consume 2,000 times less power than a supercomputer and solve problems 200 times faster
- Diagnostic dilemma: A man was stabbed through the throat and the base of the skull — by a fish
June 24
- Night lizards survived dinosaur-killing asteroid strike, despite being close enough to see it happen
- 6 incredible objects hidden in Vera C. Rubin Observatory's mind-boggling first image
- NASA spots Japan's doomed 'Resilience' moon lander from orbit — and it's surrounded by far-flung debris
- New 'breathalyzer' could detect signs of disease in human breath, scientists say
- Alcohol-soaked star system could help explain 'why life, including us, was able to form'
- Mars rover captures first close-up photos of giant 'spiderwebs' on the Red Planet
- Some early-onset cancers are on the rise. Why?
- Intrepid baby-faced robot dons a jetpack for its next adventure — becoming the first humanoid robot to fly
- Final photo from iconic US satellite shows how Las Vegas has 'doubled' in size over the last 25 years — Earth from space
June 23
- We finally know why Queen Hatshepsut's statues were destroyed in ancient Egypt
- 'Deciphering these mysterious strings': How reading the Inca's knotted cords can reveal past droughts and deluges
- 'Staggering' first images from Vera C. Rubin Observatory show 10 million galaxies — and billions more are on the way
- Salmon-hat wearing orcas also give each other massages with kelp, scientists discover
- Rubin Observatory releases 'sneak peek' of first images taken with world's largest camera
- New study claims AI 'understands' emotion better than us — especially in emotionally charged situations
- Assyrian swimmers: 2,900-year-old carving of soldiers using inflatable goat skins to cross a river
- Did light exist at the beginning of the universe?
June 22
- There's a 'ghost' plume lurking beneath the Middle East — and it might explain how India wound up where it is today
- The San Andreas Fault: Facts about the crack in California's crust that could unleash the 'Big One'
- Your devices feed AI assistants and harvest personal data even if they’re asleep. Here's how to know what you're sharing.
- Ominous 'Chamaeleon' is hiding a stellar secret: Space photo of the week
- What animal has the best eyesight?
June 21
- Behold! 1st images of artificial solar eclipse captured by ESA's Proba-3 mission
- How to photograph your microscope specimens
- Astronomers capture the most intricate picture of a galaxy in a thousand colors ever seen
- Binturong: The bearcat that smells like hot buttered popcorn
- AI hallucinates more frequently as it gets more advanced — is there any way to stop it from happening, and should we even try?
- Which animals can hold their breath underwater the longest?
- Science news this week: 'Dragon Man's' identity and the universe's 'missing matter'
- Women likely ruled in Stone Age China, DNA analysis of 4,500-year-old skeletons reveals
June 20
- 'Dreadful danger for all mankind': Einstein's powerful anti-war letter goes up for auction
- Medieval gold ring found in castle in Slovakia has rare purple sapphire imported from Sri Lanka
- Humanity could be just 3 years away from crossing a dire climate threshold, report warns
- DARPA smashes wireless power record, beaming energy more than 5 miles away — and uses it to make popcorn
- Plants have a secret, second set of roots deep underground that scientists didn't know about
- Hells Canyon caves reveal unexpected finding about America's deepest gorge
- Massive 'heat dome' is bringing 'extremely dangerous' temperatures to the eastern half of the US
- Taal Lake: The volcanic crater that has 'an island within a lake, within an island within a lake, within an island'
- 'Reliable quantum computing is here': Novel approach to error-correction can reduce errors in future systems up to 1,000 times, Microsoft scientists say
- Watch David Attenborough's Ocean from anywhere in the world with this NordVPN deal — and grab an Amazon voucher just in time for Prime Day
June 19
- Mathematicians discover a completely new way to find prime numbers
- Ketamine may treat depression by 'flattening the brain's hierarchies,' small study suggests
- 'World's most difficult jigsaw puzzle': Archaeologists piece together thousands of shattered fresco blocks from ancient Roman villa
- Mars cozies up to one of the brightest stars in the sky in 'mind-blowing' conjunction photo
- Viking Age burial of chieftain with 'enormous power' found in Denmark — and he may have served Harald Bluetooth
- 'A bundle of microscopic tornadoes' may have given the universe its structure
- We may finally know how Tylenol works — and it's not how we thought
- A 'new star' has exploded into the night sky — and you can see it from North America
- SpaceX's Starship explodes on Texas launch pad in 'catastrophic failure' during routine test
- How did Ramesses II die — and did his more than 100 children fight for the throne?
- Ancient groundwater records reveal worrying forecast for US Southwest
- Advanced AI models generate up to 50 times more CO₂ emissions than more common LLMs when answering the same questions
- Is Mars really red? A physicist explains the truth.
- In 2025, Tornado Alley has become almost everything east of the Rockies — and it's been a violent year
June 18
- Evidence is building that people were in the Americas 23,000 years ago
- The brain might have a hidden 'off switch' for binge drinking
- 1 psychedelic psilocybin dose eases depression for years, study reveals
- Get ready! First images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory are streaming live in less than an hour.
- 'Huge surprise' reveals how some humans left Africa 50,000 years ago
- Bizarre radio signals that defy physics detected under Antarctica: 'It's one of these long-standing mysteries'
- Indonesia's Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano erupts twice in 2 days, unleashing 6-mile-high ash cloud
- Satellite coated in ultra-dark 'Vantablack' paint will launch into space next year to help combat major issue
- Covering poop lagoons with a tarp could cut 80% of methane emissions from dairy farms
- Ancient 'Dragon Man' skull from China isn't what we thought
- Best macro lenses 2025: Get close to nature with incredible detail
- JWST spies frigid alien world on bizarre orbit: 'One of the coldest, oldest and faintest planets that we've imaged to date'
- China pits rival humanoids against each other in world's first 'robot boxing tournament'
- Diagnostic dilemma: A woman started eating foam from her chair while receiving dialysis
June 17
- Mysterious deep-space radio signals reveal location of the universe's 'missing matter'
- 'Artificial intelligence is not a miracle cure': Nobel laureate raises questions about AI-generated image of black hole spinning at the heart of our galaxy
- Best thermal binoculars: Observe nocturnal wildlife after dark
- Giant 'Saharan dust' plume swirls around Africa a week before it hit Florida — Earth from space
- Industrial waste is turning into a new type of rock at 'unprecedented' speed, new study finds
- Supernovas may have triggered life-threatening changes in ancient Earth's climate. Scientists say it could happen again
- Urevo SpaceWalk E4W under-desk treadmill review: A worthy addition to your home office
- Hurricanes and sandstorms can be forecast 5,000 times faster thanks to new Microsoft AI model
- James Webb telescope spots tiny galaxies that may have transformed the universe
- Viking Age woman was buried with her dog in an elaborate 'boat grave,' excavations reveal
June 16
- Apollo astronauts discovered the moon is covered in tiny orange glass beads. Now we finally know why.
- James Webb telescope ups the odds that 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in 2032
- Tarkhan Dress: World's oldest known outfit was worn to an ancient Egyptian funeral 5,000 years ago
- This EV battery fully recharges in just 18 seconds — and it just got the green light for mass production
- Why is the Pacific Ocean so big?
June 15
- Common parasite decapitates human sperm
- 'Statistically, that shouldn’t have happened': Something very weird occurred in the ocean after the dinosaur-killing asteroid hit
- James Webb telescope discovers 'a new kind of climate' on Pluto, unlike anything else in our solar system
- NASA spots Martian volcano twice the height of Mount Everest bursting through the morning clouds: Space photo of the week
- How do migrating birds know where they're going?
June 14
- 1,000-year-old Viking Age hoard has a pendant that may be a cross or Thor's hammer
- How much gold is there in the world?
- Missing link star? Why this 'teenage vampire' white dwarf has scientists so excited
- How long would it take for humans to go extinct if we stopped having babies?
- Tectonic plates can spread subduction like a contagion — jumping from one oceanic plate to another
- Southern cassowary: The giant prehistoric bird with dinosaur feet
- 14,000-year-old ice age 'puppies' were actually wolf sisters that dined on woolly rhino for last meal
- Does the color purple really exist?
- Science news this week: Overdue earthquakes and star-shaped brain cells
June 13
- Instead of 'de-extincting' dire wolves, scientists should use gene editing to protect living, endangered species
- Scientists discover strong, unexpected link between Earth's magnetic field and oxygen levels
- 'Completely new and totally unexpected finding': Iron deficiency in pregnancy can cause 'male' mice to develop female organs
- Surprised scientists discover the 'dark sides' of Uranus' moons are the wrong way around
- Friday the 13th solar storm could bring auroras to 18 US states this weekend
- People can be identified by their breathing patterns with 97% accuracy
- Groundwater in the Colorado River basin won't run out — but eventually we won’t be able to get at it, scientists warn
- Powerful solar telescope unveils ultra-fine magnetic 'curtains' on the sun's surface
- Enslaved Africans led a decade-long rebellion 1,200 years ago in Iraq, new evidence suggests
June 12
- There's a new blood test for Alzheimer's. Here's everything you need to know about it.
- Monster black hole jet from the early universe is basking in the 'afterglow' of the Big Bang
- Superbugs evolve inside the human body — tracking them in real time could help save patients, scientists say
- Strikingly simple 'dial' in the brain may help it distinguish imagination from reality
- Strange pits on 'hobbit' teeth and other archaic humans could reveal hidden links in our family tree
- One Roman soldier had enormous feet, 2,000-year-old waterlogged leather shoe reveals
- Building your own slides is a great way to get more from your microscope — here's how to make them
- A hidden 'super-Earth' exoplanet is dipping in and out of its habitable zone
- Werner syndrome: A rare inherited condition that causes dramatic, early aging
- 'It's a ticking time bomb': Acid levels in Earth's oceans have already breached 'danger zone', study suggests
June 11
- Bottom of the sun becomes visible to humans for the first time in history (photos)
- Astronomers discover most powerful cosmic explosions since the Big Bang
- New menstrual pad device tracks period blood for signs of disease
- Ottoman-era burial found in Israel may violate Islamic tradition
- Almost half of California's faults — including San Andreas — are overdue for earthquakes
- Meet 'Dragon prince' — the newly discovered T. rex relative that roamed Mongolia 86 million years ago
- 'Strawberry Moon' in pictures: Major lunar standstill sees June's full moon hang low in the sky
- Roman-era 'fast food' discovered in ancient trash heap on Mallorca
- Astronomers simulate a star's final moments as it's swallowed by a black hole: 'Breaks like an egg'
- Russian scientists discover a new island in the Caspian Sea — the world's largest inland body of water
- Diagnostic dilemma: Black widow spider's venom poisoned a woman through her eyeball
- 'People thought this couldn't be done': Scientists observe light of 'cosmic dawn' with a telescope on Earth for the first time ever
June 10
- People's mental health often improves after weight-loss surgery. A study pinpoints the real reason why.
- Why does NASA's Perseverance rover keep taking pictures of this maze on Mars?
- Haunting blood-red squid with large hooks drifts through Antarctic ocean's midnight zone in world-first video
- First-ever image of China's mysterious 'quasi moon' probe revealed weeks after it secretly launched into space
- 'Extraordinary' sarcophagus discovered in Israel shows carving of Dionysus beating Hercules in a drinking contest
- IBM will build monster 10,000-qubit quantum computer by 2029 after 'solving science' behind fault tolerance — the biggest bottleneck to scaling up
- 'River of fire' flows from Mount Etna during 'crazy' explosive outburst — Earth from space
- 'Lost Colony' of Roanoke may have assimilated into Indigenous society, archaeologist claims — but not everyone is convinced
- Hello, summer! June solstice brings the start of summer, and the longest day of the year, to North America
June 9
- Gold coins from 'world's richest shipwreck' reveal 300-year-old depictions of castles, lions and Jerusalem crosses
- Star-shaped brain cells may underpin the brain's massive memory storage
- See a young star potentially giving birth to a giant planet in new image from Very Large Telescope
- Cutting-edge AI models from OpenAI and DeepSeek undergo 'complete collapse' when problems get too difficult, study reveals
- Hammerhead shark falls from sky in South Carolina, interrupting disc golf game
- Ancient DNA from Papua New Guinea reveals centuries of genetic isolation
- Top Father's Day deals on telescopes, binoculars and cameras
- Sun Chariot: An ornate Bronze Age treasure that may have featured in an ancient Nordic religious ceremony
- Why are tropical animals so colorful?
June 8
- NASA's Parker Solar Probe spots powerful magnetic explosion aimed at the sun's surface
- HIV/AIDS: Facts about the viral infection that attacks the immune system
- 2,800-year-old royal tomb discovered near King Midas' home in Turkey
- Monster black hole M87 is spinning at 80% of the cosmic speed limit — and pulling in matter even faster
- The best time to see the Milky Way is fast approaching! How to see our galaxy at its best in June.
- Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope takes best look at 'Sombrero Galaxy' in 244 years
- What's the safest seat on a plane?
June 7
- Robots run out of energy long before they run out of work to do — feeding them could change that
- Turning the Red Planet green? It's time to take terraforming Mars seriously, scientists say
- Pacific spiny lumpsucker: The adorable little fish with a weird suction cup resembling human teeth
- Which animal has the best sense of smell?
- Science news this week: 'City-killer' asteroid swarms and a buried toddler 'Ice Prince'
June 6
- James Webb telescope unveils largest-ever map of the universe, spanning over 13 billion years
- AI 'hallucinates' constantly, but there's a solution
- AI analysis suggests Dead Sea Scrolls are older than scientists thought, but not all experts are convinced
- The sun: Facts about the bright star at the center of the solar system
- Alan Turing's seminal papers, almost destroyed by a shredder, head to auction
- Hidden layer beneath Italy's Campi Flegrei caldera may explain why it's so restless
- Elon Musk threatens to decommission SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft after Trump feud. What does it mean for the US space industry?
- Lake Natron: The caustic, blood-red lake in Tanzania that turns animals to 'stone'
- Two stunning conjunctions will light up the night sky this month. Here's how to see Mars and Mercury 'kiss' the moon
June 5
- Taurine is 'not a reliable biomarker of anything yet': Study challenges hype over 'anti-aging' supplement
- 3 ancient Maya cities discovered in Guatemala, 1 with an 'astronomical complex' likely used for predicting solstices
- People's racial and ethnic identities don't reflect their genetic ancestry
- 'Hard landing': Japanese spacecraft carrying Europe's first moon rover has likely been destroyed, company says
- 'Rubber paw illusion': Mice can 'sense' artificial limbs, just as humans do
- James Webb telescope spots 'groundbreaking' molecule in scorching clouds of giant 'hell planet'
- Human evolution news, features and articles
- Record-breaking piles of sargassum seaweed wash up on Caribbean beaches, with more on the way
- 'Meth is what makes you able to do your job': AI can push you to relapse if you're struggling with addiction, study finds
- Earth's energy imbalance is rising much faster than scientists expected — and now researchers worry they might lose the means to figure out why
- Watch 'superorganism' created by tiny worms — the first time it's ever been spotted in the wild
- 10 weird and wonderful things to look at under a microscope
- Nuclear fusion record smashed as German scientists take 'a significant step forward' to near-limitless clean energy
- Electronic face 'tattoos' could measure your mental strain at work
- 'Cone-headed' skull from Iran was bashed in 6,200 years ago, but no one knows why
- Human evolution: Facts about the past 300,000 years of Homo sapiens
June 4
- Long, dark 'streaks' spotted on Mars aren't what scientists thought
- Ancient DNA reveals mysterious Indigenous group from Colombia that disappeared 2,000 years ago
- College student discovers psychedelic fungus that eluded LSD inventor
- What if the Big Bang wasn't the beginning? New research suggests it may have taken place inside a black hole
- Ginormous planet discovered around tiny red star challenges our understanding of solar systems
- An 'invisible threat': Swarm of hidden 'city killer' asteroids around Venus could one day collide with Earth, simulations show
- Celestron SkyMaster 25x100 binocular review
- Oclean X Ultra S review: The first talking electric toothbrush
- 'Alien's language' problem that stumped mathematicians for decades may finally be close to a solution
- Diagnostic dilemma: A rare genetic disease stained a woman's heart black
- 'Foolhardy at best, and deceptive and dangerous at worst': Don't believe the hype — here's why artificial general intelligence isn't what the billionaires tell you it is
June 3
- Australian 'trash parrots' have now developed a local 'drinking tradition'
- Weed may be bad for your heart, whether you smoke or consume edibles
- NASA spacecraft finds solar 'cannonballs' may have stripped Mars of its water — proving decades-old theory
- Facing steep funding cuts, scientists propose using black holes as particle colliders instead of building new ones on Earth
- Trump's 2026 budget would slash NASA funding by 24% and its workforce by nearly one third
- Mount Etna eruption in images: See Europe's largest active volcano blow from different angles
- Swarovski Optik AX Visio 10x32 smart binocular review
- Braided gold Viking arm-ring discovered by amateur metal detectorist on Isle of Man
- The mysterious hill in Sudan that looks like 'landlocked lips' — Earth from space
- Mysterious 'mega-tsunamis' that shook the entire world for 9 days revealed by satellite
June 2
- Blue-eyed 'Ice Prince' toddler was buried with a sword and a piglet 1,350 years ago in Bavaria
- When is June's full moon, and why is it called the 'Strawberry Moon'?
- New Balance 1080 v14 running shoes review: One of the best all-rounders on the market
- Cats recognize familiar BO and can spot strangers from the stink of their armpits and toes
- 'It's like trying to grow a tree in an oven': Gold mining is sucking the Amazon rainforest dry
- WATCH Mount Etna erupt: Europe's largest volcano blows as tourists scramble to safety
- Replika AI chatbot is sexually harassing users, including minors, new study claims
- Kenko VC Smart Cellarto 10x30 WP image stabilized binocular review
- Florida bobcat bites the head off of 13-foot Burmese python in the Everglades
- Blueair Classic Pro CP7i air purifier review: A gentle giant with germ-busting properties
- Prosciutto di Portici: A portable sundial that looks like a pork leg — and it was likely owned by Julius Caesar's father-in-law before Mount Vesuvius erupted
- How are you able to read words without vowels?
June 1
- Avast, matey! 5 of the biggest pirate hauls in history
- Celtic quiz: Test your knowledge about these fierce tribes once described by Julius Caesar
- Can adults grow new brain cells?
- New 8K-resolution photos of the sun show off incredible details of raging sunspots
- The 5 biggest mistakes learner microscope owners make
- Astronomers discover black hole ripping a star apart inside a galactic collision. 'It is a peculiar event'
- Space photo of the week: Pink 'raindrops' on the sun captured in greatest detail ever
- What's the difference between a leopard and a jaguar?