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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.

This Woman Who Lived 4,500 Years Ago in One of Americas’ Oldest Civilizations Still Has Hair and Nails

She was neither a Mayan nor an Incan. She was an elite Caral.

China is unbeatable when it comes to EVs. Here’s what Europe and the US can learn

The country has mastered the science of making and selling electric vehicles like hot cakes.

New Global River Map Is the First to Include River Bifurcations and Canals

GRIT provides a much more detailed look at how rivers merge and split, which could enhance hydrological modeling, flood forecasting, and water management efforts.

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.

Orange Cats Are Genetically Unlike Any Other Mammal and Now We Know Why

The iconic coats are due to a mutation not seen in other animals.

Scientists Found 'Anti Spicy' Compounds That Make Hot Peppers Taste Milder

One day, an anti-spicy sauce could make your food less harsh.

In 2019, Iceland started experimenting with a shorter workweek. It's been a resounding success

We weren't sure at first, but Iceland is showing that the shorter workweek works.

Grok Won’t Shut Up About “White Genocide” Conspiracy Theories — Even When Asked About HBO or Other Random Things

Regardless of the context Grok, it seems, is being used to actively push a topic onto its users.

99.999% of the Seafloor Is Still a Mystery We Haven't Explored

The deep seafloor remains a mystery—only 0.001% has been seen.

Flamingos Create Underwater Tornadoes to Suck Up Their Prey

Pink birds spin water tornados to trap prey like underwater spiderwebs

This is absolutely the best way to crack an egg, according to science

The side of the egg is, surprisingly, more resilient. It acts like a shock absorber.

Barbie’s Feet Have Something to Say About Modern Womanhood

Barbie's feet are changing from heels to flats, and it says a lot about our society.

One in Three Americans Can't Last a Month Without Income and the Numbers Are Worse for Women

Households face a year of shrinking savings and growing financial uncertainty.

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.

Scientists Create “Bait” to Lure Baby Corals Back to Dying Reefs

A new bioengineered ink dramatically boosts coral larvae settlement.

A Nearby Star Sings a Stellar Tune, and Scientists can Hear Its Age

A 10-billion-year-old star's subtle vibrations rewrite rules of stellar aging and structure

Inside Amazon’s Secretive Plan to Blanket Earth with Internet from Space

Amazon’s Project Kuiper aims to beam internet from space—but raises questions on debris, sky glow.

Wild Chimpanzees Use Medicine To Treat Each Other’s Wounds

Chimpanzees don’t just treat their own injuries, but care for others, too.

Meet Mosura fentoni, the Bug-Eyed Cambrian Weirdo with Three Eyes and Gills in Its Tail

Evolution went strong in this one.

Japan’s Stem Cell Scientists Claim Breakthrough in Parkinson’s Treatment

It’s a small study, but it could change everything for neurodegenerative diseases.

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.

Whale Tagging at Dawn and Other Stunning Photos of Science in the Wild

Science doesn't just happen in labs—it unfolds under Arctic skies, in frog-filled forests, and atop misty mountains.

Antarctica has a huge, completely hidden mountain range. New data reveals its birth over 500 million years ago

Have you ever imagined what Antarctica looks like beneath its thick blanket of ice? Hidden below are rugged mountains, valleys, hills and plains. Some peaks, like the towering Transantarctic Mountains, rise above the ice. But others, like the mysterious and ancient Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains in the middle of East Antarctica, are completely buried. The Gamburtsev […]

Does AI Have Free Will? This Philosopher Thinks So

As AI systems grow more autonomous, we should start treating them like moral agents.

Ancient British Miners Shipped Tin All the Way to the Pharaohs

Before London even existed, people in Britain were supplying the Mediterranean civilizations.

The UK just trained a health AI on 57 million people to predict disease

A new AI trained on nearly all of England’s health data may reshape medicine.

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.

People Spend $12,000 to Tattoo Their Eyes and Change Their Color but the Risks Are Still Unknown

A new cosmetic trend lets people tattoo their corneas to change eye color.

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.

Obsidian Artifacts Reveal a Hidden, Thriving Economy in the Aztec Empire

Aztecs weren’t just warriors and priests, they were savvy traders.

3,700 Hours with Wild Chimps Reveal Evolutionary Roots of Attachment

This study is about chimps. But in a way, it's also about us.

Just five minutes of junk food advertising are enough to get kids eating more calories

Junk food ads math: 5 minutes equals 130 more kilocalories per day.

How the US can mine its own critical minerals − all without digging new holes

Rare earth elements are tiny yet essential parts of many of the technologies you use every day. New techniques are making their recovery from US sources increasingly viable.

A pet dog was found alive and kicking 529 days after going missing on a deadly island full of snakes

Meet Valerie, a superdog that survived the Kangaroo island and its deadly snakes. It even gained weight in the wild.

How Brushless DC Motors Are Driving Growth in the Electric Vehicle Market

As the electric vehicle motor sector surges toward $72 billion, brushless DC motors are quietly taking center stage

The Cubist of the Undergrowth: Scientists Discover Snail with Picasso-Like Shell

A tiny new snail species echoes the angular spirit of modern art.

Sexual Fantasies During Surgery Are a Disturbing Side Effect of Sedatives No One Talks About

Some anesthetics and sedatives may trigger vivid sexual fantasies — or hallucinations of assault

Nutrition expert says this less painful alternative to intermittent fasting works just as well

The study found that restricting carbs can elicit the same favourable metabolic effects as fasting.

AI Would Obliterate the Nazi's WWII Enigma Code in Minutes—Here's Why That Matters Today

AI cracked a wartime Enigma code in under 13 minutes.

CERN Creates Gold from Lead and There's No Magic, Just Physics

Researchers at CERN have managed to knock enough protons off lead atoms to make gold.

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.

How Some Flowers Evolved the Grossest Stench — and Why Flies Love It

Flowers keep making the same mutation time and time again.

The Controversial TikTok Dentist Behind Viral 'Mewing' Craze Is Barred from Practice

If you’ve scrolled through TikTok in the last few years, chances are you’ve seen it. A handsome young person (usually a man), mouth closed, pressing his tongue to the roof of his mouth, claiming this one move can sculpt your jawline and change your life. This is “mewing,” and the man behind it—Dr. Michael Mew—has […]

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 Parkinson's.

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