Features Archive | September 2025

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September 30th
- Sea of Saharan 'star dunes' clashes with otherworldly terrain where 2 countries meet — Earth from space
September 29th
- Eagle brooches: 1,500-year-old pins filled with dazzling gems and glass — and worn by powerful Visigoth women
- How long does DNA last?
September 28th
- Science history: Alexander Fleming wakes up to funny mold in his petri dish, and accidentally discovers the first antibiotic — Sept. 28, 1928
- Do figs really have dead wasps in them?
September 27th
- Science history: Rosetta stone is deciphered, opening a window into ancient Egyptian civilization — Sept. 27, 1822
- Why does medicine taste bad?
September 26th
- Scientists are unraveling the link between pollution and psoriasis
- Cairo Fossil Forest: The oldest forest in North America with 385 million-year-old trees
- Science history: DART, humanity’s first-ever asteroid deflection mission, punches a space rock in the face — Sept. 26, 2022
September 24th
- Diagnostic dilemma: Doctors restore a man's vision by removing his tooth and implanting it in his eye
September 23rd
- Extreme 'golf ball-size' hailstones carve 125-mile 'scar' in Canadian landscape — Earth from space
September 22nd
- Statuette of a Comic Actor: A 2,000-year-old depiction of a Roman actor letting one rip
- What happened to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs?
September 21st
- Soar through 44 million stars in Gaia telescope's latest 3D map of our galaxy — Space photo of the week
- Did ancient Egyptians really booby-trap the pyramids?
September 20th
- Paralvinella hessleri: The yellow worm that lives in acid and fights poison with poison
- Why does Pluto have such a weird orbit?
September 19th
- Why does your breath sometimes stink even after brushing your teeth?
- 'Like trying to see fog in the dark': How strange pulses of energy are helping scientists build the ultimate map of the universe
September 17th
- What are the 'magic numbers' in nuclear physics, and why are they so powerful?
- Diagnostic dilemma: A knife broke off in a man's chest, and he didn't notice it for 8 years
- Science history: A tragic gene therapy death that stalled the field for a decade — Sept. 17, 1999
September 16th
- Volcanic 'googly eyes' stare into space from skull-like peninsula — Earth from space
September 15th
- Pawnee Star Chart: A precontact elk-skin map used by Indigenous priests to tell an origin story
- Where is Queen Boudica buried?
September 14th
- James Webb telescope's 'starlit mountaintop' could be the observatory's best image yet — Space photo of the week
- Science history: Gravitational waves detected, proving Einstein right — Sept. 14, 2015
- Why do AI chatbots use so much energy?
September 13th
- Where could alien life exist in our solar system?
September 12th
- Camera trap in Chile detects strange lights blazing through the wilderness. Researchers are scrambling to explain them.
September 11th
- Action on climate change faces new threat: The doomers who think it's too late to act
September 10th
- Diagnostic dilemma: A woman kept tasting bleach — and doctors found a hidden cause in her blood
September 9th
- How the mystery origins of hairy little Yakutian horses were uncovered in Siberia's 'gateway to the underworld'
- Giant 'chessboard' surrounds Idaho river in bizarre astronaut photo — Earth from space
September 8th
- Kneeling Bull: A 5,000-year-old hybrid creature from Iran with a mysterious purpose
- Why does the universe exist?
September 7th
- James Webb telescope finds a warped 'Butterfly Star' shedding its chrysalis — Space photo of the week
- Do humans and chimps really share nearly 99% of their DNA?
September 6th
- Are alpha males real?
September 5th
- Will the James Webb telescope lead us to alien life? Scientists say we're getting closer than ever.
- Narusawa Ice Cave: The lava tube brimming with 10-foot-high ice pillars at the base of Mount Fuji
September 4th
- Astrophotography settings 101: A step-by-step guide to nailing your shot
September 3rd
- Diagnostic dilemma: Woman's severe knee pain reveals 'golden threads' in her joints
- Beginner's guide to macro photography
September 2nd
- Giant sandy 'slug' crawls through floodplains in Kazakhstan, but it could soon be frozen in place — Earth from space
September 1st
- 5 underrated photography accessories you didn’t know you needed
- Haniwa Dancers: 1,500-year-old ghostly figurines thought to hold the souls of the dead
- Are there any countries with no mosquitoes?