Deep-sea fish with lightbulb on its head mysteriously washes ashore in California By Rachael Rettner The bizarre creature is normally found at ocean depths of around 3,000 feet.
Zombie mink slaughtered due to coronavirus are 'rising' from mass graves By Nicoletta Lanese Gases excreted by the decomposing mink had pushed the carcasses up through the ground.
Plate tectonics are 3.6 billion years old, oldest minerals on Earth reveal By Laura Geggel The hidden chemistry of ancient zircon crystals has revealed the age of Earth's tectonic plates.
Grotesque 'good luck' lamp from Roman Jerusalem is missing half its face By Brandon Specktor The 2,000-year-old oil lamp may have been buried below an ancient building as a 'good luck' charm.
More accurate clocks may add more disorder to the universe, scientists say By Ben Turner The researchers found the result by studying a tiny, jiggling membrane. Their experiment could lay the groundwork for further tests of the laws of thermodynamics at the tiniest scales.
Male parasitic wasp can sniff out female mates ready to burst from their hosts By Ben Turner Male parasitic wasps emerge from their hosts a few hours earlier than females, making the ability to sniff females out all the more important.
Plate tectonics are 3.6 billion years old, oldest minerals on Earth reveal By Laura Geggel The hidden chemistry of ancient zircon crystals has revealed the age of Earth's tectonic plates.
Earthquake early warning system uses AI to predict shaking By Stephanie Pappas A new deep-learning approach to predict earthquake shaking could lead to better warnings of where and when shaking will occur.
Mars may still be volcanically active, study finds By Charles Q. Choi Evidence of what may be the youngest eruption seen yet on Mars suggests the Red Planet may still be volcanically active, raising the possibility it was recently habitable.
NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has found some mysterious rocks (photos) By Mike Wall For the past five weeks, Perseverance has been focused primarily on supporting and documenting the flights of NASA's Ingenuity helicopter. But the rover has been doing some science work, too.
Grotesque 'good luck' lamp from Roman Jerusalem is missing half its face By Brandon Specktor The 2,000-year-old oil lamp may have been buried below an ancient building as a 'good luck' charm.
Why is the King James Bible so popular? By Daryl Austin Why do people still use the King James Bible, which was translated in the early 1600s?
Zombie mink slaughtered due to coronavirus are 'rising' from mass graves By Nicoletta Lanese Gases excreted by the decomposing mink had pushed the carcasses up through the ground.
Prominent scientists call for more investigation into origins of coronavirus By Rachael Rettner The origins of SARS-CoV-2 have been hotly debated.
This chain reaction could explain rare blood clots linked to some COVID-19 vaccines By Nicoletta Lanese While plausible, this hypothesis still needs to be confirmed.
Deep-sea fish with lightbulb on its head mysteriously washes ashore in California By Rachael Rettner The bizarre creature is normally found at ocean depths of around 3,000 feet.
Male parasitic wasp can sniff out female mates ready to burst from their hosts By Ben Turner Male parasitic wasps emerge from their hosts a few hours earlier than females, making the ability to sniff females out all the more important.
Weird chromosome loss found in these creeping voles By Stephanie Pappas Creeping voles lost their Y chromosome, but they don't seem to be missing the sex chromosome.
After a Chinese zoo covered up a leopard escape, 100 chickens are searching for the big cat By Harry Baker A China zoo covered up this leopard's escape. And now, three weeks later, they have chickens and drones searching for it.
Alcohol made from radioactive Chernobyl apples seized by Ukraine government By Brandon Specktor The first batch of Atomik, an artisanal spirit made from apples grown near Chernobyl, was suddenly seized by the Ukrainian government.
Medieval shrine gets stone carving of face wearing a COVID-19 mask By Mindy Weisberger Visitors to a newly-restored shrine in the St. Albans Cathedral will be greeted by a carved stone face wearing a protective mask.
Why does 'emotional pain' hurt? By Isobel Whitcomb R.E.M. wasn't singing about backaches or sprained ankles.
No, men don't learn toxic masculinity from their fathers By Cameron Duke A man's lack of friends may predict whether he will embrace toxic masculinity, while the presence or absence of a male role model early in life isn't a factor.
What's the minimum number of people needed to survive an apocalypse? By Patrick Pester There are many ways the world could end, from all-out nuclear war to a giant asteroid strike. How many people would need to survive such an apocalypse for humans to avoid extinction?
Never-ending detonations could blast hypersonic craft into space By Edd Gent A never-ending detonation could be the key to hypersonic flight and space planes that can seamlessly fly from Earth into orbit.
Stratolaunch flies world's largest airplane on 2nd test flight By Mike Wall Stratolaunch's Roc carrier plane, which is being groomed to haul hypersonic vehicles aloft, conducted its second-ever test flight Thursday morning (April 29).
A student's physics project could make quantum computers twice as reliable By Stephanie Pappas A remarkably simple change in the codes used to correct errors in quantum computers could half the number of destabilizing mistakes in these systems.
