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Plastic pollution is poisoning the planet. Some experts suggest making plastics from more "natural" materials, but research shows those still have risks.

Science news this week Nov. 29, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

Two new peer-reviewed papers claim thousands of unexplained light flashes in vintage Palomar telescope images show statistical ties to nuclear tests and UFO reports. Not everyone agrees with the paper's conclusion.

Live blog Friday, Nov. 28, 2025: Your daily feed of the biggest discoveries and breakthroughs making headlines.

New genetic research shows that DNA and archaeological evidence align with the "long chronology" of the peopling of Australia.

The shipwreck is considered to be one of the richest in the world and has rested at the bottom of the Caribbean Sea since 1708.

Interstellar objects like 3I/ATLAS are most likely to enter our solar system from two specific directions, a new study suggests. What does it mean for Earth?

Deep underground in southern China, there is a 20,000-ton tank of liquid that can detect neutrinos. Named JUNO, the detector's first results are in — and they're very promising.

A new study says observations from the NASA Fermi space telescope suggest a halo of dark matter around the center of our galaxy, but more information is needed to confirm the result.

A fireball lit up the skies over the Great Lakes in the early hours of Sunday and was visible for hundreds of miles.

Leopard cats were living alongside people in ancient China for more than 3,500 years before domestic cats arrived from Europe via the Silk Road.

A series of lengthy droughts brought about the fall of the Indus Valley Civilization, a new study finds.

A recent study examined changes in tree canopy cover around California schools. The observed declines could put kids at higher risk of heat stress.

Anthropic said a Chinese espionage group used its Claude AI to automate most of a cyberattack campaign, but experts question how autonomous the operation really was, and what it means for the future of AI-powered hacking.

Researchers have found footprints of large, bone-crushing dogs in the 12 million-year-old Ashfall Fossil Beds in northeastern Nebraska, suggesting these large carnivores may have survived a cataclysmic Yellowstone eruption that covered parts of North America in ash.

An eerie new photo shows a giant red ring shining above Possagno, near the Italian Alps. The eye-catching image is almost identical to one taken in the same town in early 2023.

Researchers believe they can fit 25 million Josephson junctions — a useful component for quantum computing — on one two-inch wafer with this approach.

Researchers have uncovered evidence of an Indigenous artistic tradition that was painted along the U.S.-Mexico border for roughly 175 generations.

Alopecia areata, which causes patchy hair loss, is often preceded by stress. Scientists are starting to figure out why through animal studies.