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We Finally Know Where Bats Came From—and Dracula Would Approve

An ancient wall discovered beneath a Paris hotel could confirm the city's origins: "Major breakthrough"

Man's metal detector wouldn't stop beeping, leading to record-breaking trove of ancient Roman coins

New ‘fire amoeba’ breaks heat survival record

This Skeleton May Prove That Imperial China Really Did Cut Off Noses as Punishment

A new battery could make edible electronics safer

Lunar orbiter spots ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ new crater on the moon

'Rusty treasure' found in Danube has 2,000-year-old iron that could equip a whole army with weapons

'We are on our way to groundbreaking science': NASA shares first test image from Roman telescope's 300-megapixel camera

NASA budgeted 200 kilograms of fuel for Roman’s first course correction, but the telescope used only 18. Combined with extra fuel loaded before launch and further expected savings, that could stretch its 10-year fuel plan to at least 22 years.

Scientists build a DNA computer that can perform calculations in a drop of water

This Rare Gene Drastically Raises Lung Cancer Risk in People Who Never Smoked

Scientists find youngest exoplanet on record

New wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers say

Humpback whale seen grieving dead calf in rare footage: "Heartbreaking to watch"

Scientists develop new method for deciphering ancient scrolls

A giant Pompeii-scale eruption buried an ancient Andes landscape and preserved it for 22 million years

Astronomers had only 116 observations of the jet erupting from blazar 3C 345 across 27 years. An AI system turned them into the highest-resolution continuous reconstruction yet—and revealed features appearing to travel 10–13 times faster than light.

Scientists Studied 185,896 Miles of Roman Roads—and That’s Still the ‘Tip of the Iceberg’

Diplodocus, Long Thought Exclusively American, Turns Up in Spain

I’m a dementia expert. This is what HRT really does to women’s brains

Haunting Hubble 'bubble' image captures cosmic cycle of destruction and creation

Five night sky events to look out for this autumn

The Atlantic Ocean Has a Hidden 'Heat Valve' That Controls Earth's Temperature

Infectious diseases will seed new ground as the planet warms

Hobbyist Archaeologist Uncovers Finland’s Largest Viking-Age Coin Hoard

JWST discovers that Chariklo's invisible rings are changing

Puberty, pregnancy, and menopause show shared and distinct structural changes across the lifespan

Mercury may be shrinking faster than scientists expected

Record-breaking rain in California was caused by abnormally high temperatures on the other side of the world, study finds

Enigmatic Denisovans lived by cave in what is now China for 100,000 years, rare fossils and handcrafted tools reveal

Scientists Who Study Sleep and Narcolepsy Win Prestigious Lasker Award

Your personality may be more genetic than scientists realized

Is There Alien Debris on the Moon? Some Scientists Plan to Find Out.

XPeng starts IRON humanoid robot production as Tesla Optimus stalls

Spanish archaeologists find 4,400-year-old tomb in Egypt with original colours intact

Earth's moon could have formed in just 5 hours after giant impact

Ancient Egyptian tomb holding the king's 'keeper of secrets' unearthed at Saqqara

Retired NFL Players Open Up About Concussions: ‘Yeah, I Have CTE. It’s Almost 100% Positive.’

Man discovers Denmark’s largest Viking Age silver hoard while digging a terrace in his garden

Longitudinal dynamics of gene expression and metabolomics in an aging population cohort

Psilocybin May Prevent Nerve Damage Caused by Chemotherapy, Study Finds

New map of a male fly central nervous system includes all 166,000 neurons

Scientists observe Einstein's gravity in the quantum world

Ancient supervolcano found under English coast

Heat makes emergency rooms busier. Study shows which illness and injuries rise during hot spells

Stone Age sculpture of a person riding a leopard discovered in Turkey may be 'a symbol of power'

Ancient shark graveyard discovered in Egypt reveals 5 extinct species from dinosaur era

Scientists Reverse Alzheimer's Damage in Mice With Just Two Injections

Two die of measles in Pennsylvania outbreak, health officials say

Two unvaccinated Pennsylvanians die of measles as schools prepare to open, marking the nation’s first measles fatalities this year

The peptide craze has hit Florida hard. What you need to know.

‘We are hitting a different chapter’: OpenAI leader warns of threat of ‘persistent’ AI cyber-attacks

Stone tools suggest Neanderthals once inhabited Arabian deserts

New NASA Pictures Reveal SpaceX Crash's Devastation On The Moon's Magnificent Desolation

Researchers Now Understand Why Astronauts Can't 'Go'

Black hole star? Solar-system-size 'dot' from the early universe is our best evidence yet of a brand-new type of cosmic object

Astronomers spot the closest, fastest star ever seen orbiting our galaxy's monster black hole

Archeologists used to think women in prehistory wielded no power. Genetic data is upending that idea.

Scientists Find Hidden Messages in Cat Pee

Human brain organoids record the passage of time over multiple years