Captain Cook’s Famous Shipwreck Finally Found After 25-Year Search in Rhode Island
Final report confirms identification of the famed vessel scuttled off Rhode Island in 1778.
Thousands of Centuries-Old Trees, Some Extinct in the Wild, Are Preserved by Ancient Temples in China
Religious temples across China shelter thousands of ancient trees, including species extinct in the wild.
Astronomers Just Found the Most Powerful Cosmic Event Since the Big Bang. It’s At Least 25 Times Stronger Than Any Supernova
The rare blasts outshine supernovae and reshape how we study black holes.
Why Perovskite LEDs Might Soon Replace Every Light in Your Home
Cheaper, brighter, and greener, perovskite LEDs could change lighting — if they last long enough.
Terraforming Mars Might Actually Work and Scientists Now Have a Plan to Try It
Can we build an ecosystem on Mars — and should we?
Psychologist Says Hitler, Putin and Trump Share One Startling Childhood Pattern
Unresolved trauma in childhood may feed a dangerous form of political narcissism.
Student Finds the Psychedelic Fungus the Inventor of LSD Spent His Life Searching For
The discovery could reshape how we study psychedelic compounds in nature and medicine.
This AI Can Zoom Into a Photo 256 Times And The Results Look Insane
Chain-of-Zoom could help AI "see" up to 256 times more clearly.
Sinking Giant Concrete Orbs to the Bottom of the Ocean Could Store Massive Amounts of Renewable Energy
These underwater batteries could potentially store hundreds of thousands of gigawatt-hours.
3D-Printed Pen With Magnetic Ink Can Detect Parkinson’s From Handwriting
This pen traces hand tremors to diagnose Parkinson's.
Amateur paleontologist finds nearly complete 70-million-year-old massive Titanosaur while walking his dog
Damien Boschetto found a nearly complete dinosaur skeleton in France -- an extremely rare discovery -- while walking his pooch.
Elon Musk’s Drug Use Was Worse Than Anyone Knew and It Didn’t Stop at Ketamine
Elon Musk used drugs so often it damaged his bladder and somehow still passed drug tests.
Mice Lived 30% Longer (And Better) on This Drug Combo and Scientists Are Eyeing Human Trials Next
Scientists combine two cancer drugs to delay aging and disease in mice.
This Shape-Shifting Parasite Eats Human Cells and Wears Their Proteins as a Disguise
An amoeba that kills 70,000 people a year is finally yielding its secrets.
First Stem Cell Nerve Therapy Meant to Reverse Paralysis Enters Clinical Trial
A cell therapy for regenerating broken spinal cord using lab-grown neurons enters human trials for the first time.
Megalodon May Have Eaten Whatever It Could Find to Feed Its 100,000-Calorie-Per-Day Diet
The biggest shark in history was likely an opportunistic feeder.
The First Teeth Grew on the Skin of 460-Million-Year-Old Fish and Were Never Meant for Chewing
Teeth may have started as ancient sensory tools, not tools for eating.
Taking Vitamin D Daily Might Actually Slow Down Aging at the Cellular Level
A new clinical trial suggests vitamin D slows cellular aging by preserving telomere length.
This Wild Laser Setup Reads Tiny Letters From Over 1.3 Kilometers Away
A 1950s astronomy technique was used to read pea-sized letters over 1.3 kilometers away.
Ancient 3,500-year-old Mycenaean armor tested in epic combat simulation shows Homer’s Iliad wasn’t just a fantasy story after all
This armor wasn't just for show. It could have seen deadly combat during the epic Trojan War.
China and Russia Plan to Build a Nuclear Power Plant on the Moon by 2035 Leaving the US Behind
A new kind of space race unfolds on the moon's south pole.
Roman Wall Built to Stop Spartacus Rebellion Discovered in Italian Forest
Archaeologists have uncovered a 2,070-year-old Roman fortification once used to contain Spartacus.
Scientists Found Traces of Gold Leaking from Earth’s Core
Traces of ruthenium in Hawaiian lava reveal long-suspected core–mantle leakage.
A Hawk in New Jersey Figured Out Traffic Signals and Used Them to Hunt
An urban raptor learns to hunt with help from traffic signals and a mental map.
This Newly Discovered Mini Planet Is Orbiting So Far It Takes 25,000 Years to Circle the Sun
A 700-kilometer-wide object orbits farther than almost anything we've ever seen.
Golden Dome or Glass Ceiling? Why Physicists Say Trump’s Planetary-Scale Defense System Might Never Work
Inside Trump's $175 billion plan to build a missile shield in space.
The Weirdest Sea Reptile You’ve Never Heard of Was Just Officially Named After 45-Year Limbo
An ancient marine reptile reveals an unexpected twist in plesiosaur evolution.
Professional Bodybuilders Are Five Times More Likely to Die Suddenly Than Amateurs. Yes, it’s Because of the Drugs
Bodybuilding at the professional level has a high cardiac cost.
Scientists Close to Finding Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA Using a 21-Generation Family Tree
Bridging five centuries to explore the DNA of one of history’s most enigmatic minds.
This Startup Is Using Ancient DNA to Recreate Perfumes from Extinct Flowers
Bringing vanished blooms back to life through scent, science, and storytelling.
Jupiter Was Twice Its Size and Had a Magnetic Field 50 Times Stronger After the Solar System Formed
New models suggest Jupiter was twice its current size with a magnetic field 50 times stronger.
Why Some People Never Get Lost — and Others Always Do
It’s not really in your genes that much. It’s how you live, explore, and pay attention.
New Version of LSD Boosts Brain Plasticity Without the Psychedelic Trip
An LSD-inspired drug boosts brain growth without triggering hallucinations.]
The World’s First Mass-Produced Flying Car Is Here and It Costs $1 Million
The AirCar aims for commercial launch in 2026.
Astronomers Found a Perfect Space Bubble Dozens of Light-Years Across and No One Knows How It Got There
An almost flawless spherical shell has astronomers questioning what they know about stellar death.
The Strongest Solar Storm Ever Was 500 Times More Powerful Than Anything We’ve Seen in Modern Times. It Left Its Mark in a 14,000-Year-Old Tree
The ancient event, over 500 times stronger than any modern storm, would be devastating were it to happen today.
Harvard Bought a $27.50 ‘Copy’ of Magna Carta That Turned Out To Be a Genuine Manuscript of the “Most Famous Single Document in the History of the World”
An 800-year-old document once dismissed as a more recent copy reveals its royal origins.
Scientists Blasted Human Cells With 5G Radiation and the Results Are In
Study finds human skin cells remain genetically unphased even under extreme 5G exposure.
Scientists Found ‘Anti Spicy’ Compounds That Make Hot Peppers Taste Milder
One day, an anti-spicy sauce could make your food less harsh.
The Best Archaeopteryx Fossil Ever Found Just Showed It Could Fly
An extraordinary fossil of Archaeopteryx reshapes what we know about the origin of flight.
Earliest Reptile Footprints Found By Amateur Paleontologist in 355-Million-Year-Old Rock Push Back the Dawn of Land Animals
Footprints in Australia hint reptiles evolved 35 million years earlier than thought.
A Massive Brain Study Reveals the Hidden Work Your Mind Does While You Read
How the brain handles letters, words, sentences, and entire texts.
Scorpion Stings Are Surging in Brazil with Sting Rates Rising 155%
Climate change and urban sprawl are fueling a surge in venomous stings.
Researchers Used 3D Tech to Rebuild the Parthenon’s Lighting and Discovered It Was Nothing Like We Imagined
The classical assumption of how light and shadows danced in the Parthenon is all wrong.
Cells Might Be Doing Quantum Computing. Life on Earth Has Performed 10⁶⁰ Logical Operations
A new study suggests life may compute far faster — and deeper — than we ever imagined.
AI and Brain Scans Reveal Why You Struggle to Recognize Faces of People of Other Races
Sometimes, the face in front of us isn’t the one our brain is seeing
Mysterious Stone Circles on Remote Scottish Island May Have Been Home to Humans Before Stonehenge Existed
Scientists think Ice Age humans crossed to this Scottish island and stayed.
What It’s Like to Live With Face Blindness: When Every Face Looks Like a Stranger
A new study reveals the exhausting reality behind developmental prosopagnosia and how society often overlooks it.
A New AI Tool Can Recreate Your Face Using Nothing But Your DNA
New AI built by Chinese scientists can create 3D faces from DNA with alarming accuracy.
People Living Near Golf Courses Face Double the Risk of Parkinson’s
The strong pesticides sprayed on golf courses leech into the groundwater and scientists suspect this could increase the risk of...