Ancient Egypt's Mona Lisa? An elaborately drawn extinct goose, of course By Yasemin Saplakoglu Nearly five millennia ago, an artist inked an incredibly detailed painting of geese in the tomb of an Egyptian vizier and his wife.
Why rescuers are feeding turtles mayonnaise after a disastrous oil spill By Nicoletta Lanese The condiment helps break down the tar in the turtles' digestive tracts.
Puppy born with 6 legs, 2 tails called a 'miracle' By Rachael Rettner Despite her rare conditions, Skipper appears healthy and strong.
Atheists and believers have different moral compasses By Laura Geggel The moral compass of believers and atheists is calibrated differently.
Martian dust storms may spark electric purple glow By Brandon Specktor Colliding dust particles on Mars probably produce static electricity, a new experiment reveals.
Conservatives aren't more fearful than liberals, study finds By Stephanie Pappas Contrary to earlier research, a new international study finds that both liberals and conservatives respond to threats — just different ones.
Mysterious oil spill covers Israel's coastline in toxic tar balls By Harry Baker Israel's Mediterranean coastline has been littered with tar as the result of an oil spill off the coast, putting marine life and those cleaning it up at risk.
Astrophysicists create the most accurate 'flat map' of Earth ever By Laura Geggel Cartographers have struggled to map Earth accurately in 2D for centuries.
There's a secret code in the Mars rover's parachute By Brandon Specktor NASA scientists teased the code's existence on Monday. The Internet solved it within 6 hours.
FAA closes investigation of SpaceX's Starship SN9's test-flight crash By Mike Wall The path is now much clearer for the test flight of SN9's successor, SN10.
Ancient Egypt's Mona Lisa? An elaborately drawn extinct goose, of course By Yasemin Saplakoglu Nearly five millennia ago, an artist inked an incredibly detailed painting of geese in the tomb of an Egyptian vizier and his wife.
Rare Roman-era phallus carving found in UK By Laura Geggel An excavation in the UK unearthed the Roman-era stone carving of a phallus.
'Homegrown' California coronavirus variant is more contagious and possibly deadlier By Rachael Rettner Lab studies found that the variant was 40% better at infecting human cells compared with earlier strains.
Woman contracts COVID-19 from lung transplant in a first By Rachael Rettner A lifesaving operation turned tragic when a Michigan woman contracted COVID-19 from her double lung transplant last year and died soon after.
Lengthy clinical trials to test vaccines modified for variants won't be necessary, FDA says By Yasemin Saplakoglu The testing process for modified vaccines will likely be similar to that of the annual flu shot, FDA says.
Why rescuers are feeding turtles mayonnaise after a disastrous oil spill By Nicoletta Lanese The condiment helps break down the tar in the turtles' digestive tracts.
Video captures unusual death of baby bird drowned by a fish By Mindy Weisberger Scientists recently captured video documenting the first reported instance of a fish preying on a newly-hatched baby bird, in a flooded nest in coastal Georgia.
Weird rodent glows under UV light with disco swirls of pink and orange By Mindy Weisberger New research spotlights fluorescence in a jumping rodent known as a springhare.
Hidden 'madman' message on 'The Scream' traced back to Munch himself By Yasemin Saplakoglu Experts have long debated the identity of the inscriber, with some suggesting a dissatisfied vandalizer is the author, while others pointed fingers at the Norwegian painter himself.
New AI 'Ramanujan Machine' uncovers hidden patterns in numbers By Stephanie Pappas A new artificially intelligent 'Ramanujan Machine' can generate hundreds of new mathematical conjectures, which might lead to new math proofs and theorems.
How does the rubber pencil illusion work? By Isobel Whitcomb The rubber pencil illusion works because our brain can't keep up.
Atheists and believers have different moral compasses By Laura Geggel The moral compass of believers and atheists is calibrated differently.
Conservatives aren't more fearful than liberals, study finds By Stephanie Pappas Contrary to earlier research, a new international study finds that both liberals and conservatives respond to threats — just different ones.
Extremists struggle with certain kinds of brain processing, research shows By Stephanie Pappas Extremists and dogmatists struggle with certain kinds of cognitive processing, but they also tend to be impulsive and risk-loving.
Hidden secrets revealed in microscopic images of ancient artifacts By Mindy Weisberger A new exhibit showcases microscopy in archaeology, highlighting objects' unexpected beauty and revealing clues about the past.
